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

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

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 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 Gen 2
1561620
CPU368941367514
GPU485676596874
Memory314911300073
UX241740297159
NanoReview Score14112681561620
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3
10829
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
13003
Graphics Test64 fps77 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3
1913
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
1991
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3
5098
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
5299
File Compression212.4 MB/s210 MB/s
HTML5 Browser154 pages/s153.9 pages/s
PDF Rendering181.3 MP/sec153.3 MP/sec
Background Blur16.7 frames/s17.1 frames/s
Photo Processing45.7 frames/s51.9 frames/s
Image Detection117.4 frames/s128.6 frames/s
HDR156.1 MP/sec159.7 MP/sec
Ray Tracing5.53 MP/sec5.92 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile n/a 90 FPS (Ultra)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile n/a 60 FPS (Ultra)
FortniteFortnite n/a 56 FPS (Ultra)
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends n/a 118 FPS (Ultra)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz n/a 120 FPS (Ultra)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact n/a 59 FPS (Ultra)
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang n/a 59 FPS (Ultra)
Device n/a ZTE Nubia Red Magic 8 Pro (1116x2480)

Processor

Architecture - 1x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-X4
- 4x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 3x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A520
- 1/3.2 (Cortex-X3)
- 2/2.8 (Cortex-A715)
- 2/2.8 (Cortex-A710)
- 3/2 (Cortex-A510)
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2800 3200
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv9-A
L2 cache n/a 1 MB
L3 Cache n/a 8 MB
Process tech. 4 nm 4 nm
Transistor count n/a 16 billion
Power (TDP) 5.5 W 8.5 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 732 Adreno 740
Architecture Adreno 700 Adreno 700
GPU Frequency 950 MHz 680 MHz
Execution Units 3 3
Shader Units 256 512
Total shader 768 1536
FLOPS 1459.2 GFLOPS 2089 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX 12.1 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 LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 4200 MHz 4200 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 67.2 Gbit/s 67.2 Gbit/s
Max RAM 24 GB 24 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type UFS 4.0 - UFS 3.1
- UFS 4.0
Max. resolution 2560x1600 pixels 3840x2160 pixels
Camera 1x200 pixels 1x200 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 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 Snapdragon X70
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 3500 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 7 7
Bluetooth version 5.4 5.3
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced March, 2024 yr November, 2022 yr
Class Mid-range Flagship
Codename SM7675-AB SM8550-AB

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