Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2

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

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2
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 Plus Gen 3
1411268
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2
3115282
CPU368941679852
GPU4856761283493
Memory314911646515
UX241740505422
NanoReview Score14112683115282
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3
10829
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2
n/a
Graphics Test64 fpsn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3
1913
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2
3393
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3
5098
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2
11515
File Compression212.4 MB/s421.4 MB/s
HTML5 Browser154 pages/s268 pages/s
PDF Rendering181.3 MP/sec300.8 MP/sec
Background Blur16.7 frames/s42.4 frames/s
Photo Processing45.7 frames/s115.6 frames/s
Image Detection117.4 frames/s353.8 frames/s
HDR156.1 MP/sec339.4 MP/sec
Ray Tracing5.53 MP/sec14.1 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 1x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-X4
- 4x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 3x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A520
- 2x 4.6 GHz -
- 6x 3.63 GHz -
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2800 4600
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv9.2-A
L3 Cache n/a 16 MB
Process tech. 4 nm 3 nm
Power (TDP) 5.5 W n/a

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 732 n/a
Architecture Adreno 700 n/a
GPU Frequency 950 MHz n/a
Execution Units 3 n/a
Shader Units 256 n/a
Total shader 768 n/a
FLOPS 1459.2 GFLOPS 3990 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 n/a
OpenCL 2.0 n/a
DirectX 12.1 n/a

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 LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 4200 MHz n/a
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 67.2 Gbit/s n/a
Max RAM 24 GB n/a

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type UFS 4.0 - UFS 4.0
- UFS 4.1
Max. resolution 2560x1600 pixels n/a
Camera 1x200 pixels 1x320 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X63 5G n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 24
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 5000 MB/s n/a
Upload speed Up to 3500 MB/s n/a
Wi-Fi version 7 7
Bluetooth version 5.4 6.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced March, 2024 yr September, 2025 yr
Class Mid-range Flagship
Codename SM7675-AB SM8850

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3 the clear winner in this comparison.

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