Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 vs Snapdragon Qualcomm 8 Plus Gen 1

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3, vs Snapdragon Qualcomm 8 Plus Gen 1. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 and Snapdragon Qualcomm 8 Plus Gen 1
Processor Performance
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Gaming Performance
Graphics and OpenCL/Vulkan tests
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
AnTuTu 10
AnTuTu 10
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
817003
Snapdragon Qualcomm 8 Plus Gen 1
1299948
CPU263765351855
GPU261155487080
Memory137609213520
UX154474247493
NanoReview Score8170031299948
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
5916
Snapdragon Qualcomm 8 Plus Gen 1
7655
Stabilityn/a46 %
Graphics Test35 fps45 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
1139
Snapdragon Qualcomm 8 Plus Gen 1
1767
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
3375
Snapdragon Qualcomm 8 Plus Gen 1
4591
File Compression164.1 MB/s195.5 MB/s
HTML5 Browser92.9 pages/s118.1 pages/s
PDF Rendering120.1 MP/sec175.1 MP/sec
Background Blur12 frames/s16.5 frames/s
Photo Processing29.6 frames/s34 frames/s
Image Detection65.2 frames/s117.5 frames/s
HDR105.1 MP/sec146.3 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.38 MP/sec5.31 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile n/a 89 FPS (Ultra)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile n/a 60 FPS (Ultra)
FortniteFortnite n/a 47 FPS (Ultra)
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends n/a 114 FPS (Ultra)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz n/a 120 FPS (Ultra)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact n/a 58 FPS (Ultra)
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang n/a 56 FPS (Ultra)
Device n/a ZTE Nubia Red Magic 7S Pro (1080x2400)

Processor

Architecture - 1x 2.63 GHz – Kryo Prime (Cortex-A715)
- 3x 2.4 GHz – Kryo Gold (Cortex-A715)
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo Silver (Cortex-A510)
- 1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X2
- 3x 2.75 GHz – Cortex-A710
- 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2630 3200
Instruction set ARMv8.6-A ARMv9-A
L2 cache n/a 1 MB
L3 Cache 4 MB 6 MB
Process tech. 4 nm 4 nm
Power (TDP) n/a 6 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 720 Adreno 730
Architecture Adreno 700 Adreno 700
GPU Frequency 975 MHz 900 MHz
Execution Units 2 2
Shader Units 256 512
Total shader 512 1024
FLOPS 998.4 GFLOPS 1843.2 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 1.1
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX n/a 12.1

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Yes Hexagon

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
Memory Frequency 3200 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus 2x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 25.6 Gbit/s 51.2 Gbit/s
Max RAM 16 GB 24 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type - UFS 2.2
- UFS 3.1
UFS 3.1
Max. resolution 2880x1800 pixels 3840x2160 pixels
Camera 1x200 pixels 1x200 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS, 1K at 120FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS, 1080p at 120FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X63 Snapdragon X65
4G Support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 24
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 5000 MB/s Up to 10000 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3500 MB/s Up to 3670 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 6
Bluetooth version 5.4 5.3
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced November, 2023 yr May, 2022 yr
Class Mid-range Flagship
Codename SM7550-AB SM8475

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Snapdragon Qualcomm 8 Plus Gen 1 the clear winner in this comparison.

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