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

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

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s 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 7s Gen 3
807253
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2
3115282
CPU271394679852
GPU2039111283493
Memory163972646515
UX167976505422
NanoReview Score8072533115282
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3
1178
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2
3393
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3
3146
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2
11515
File Compression160.4 MB/s421.4 MB/s
HTML5 Browser82.3 pages/s268 pages/s
PDF Rendering113.8 MP/sec300.8 MP/sec
Background Blur12.1 frames/s42.4 frames/s
Photo Processing20.3 frames/s115.6 frames/s
Image Detection59.2 frames/s353.8 frames/s
HDR97.2 MP/sec339.4 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.28 MP/sec14.1 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 1x 2.5 GHz – Kryo Prime (Cortex-A720)
- 3x 2.4 GHz – Kryo Gold (Cortex-A720)
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo Silver (Cortex-A520)
- 2x 4.6 GHz -
- 6x 3.63 GHz -
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2500 4600
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv9.2-A
L3 Cache n/a 16 MB
Process tech. 4 nm 3 nm

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 810 n/a
Architecture Adreno 800 n/a
GPU Frequency 1050 MHz n/a
Execution Units 2 n/a
Shader Units 128 n/a
Total shader 256 n/a
FLOPS 537.6 GFLOPS 3990 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 n/a
OpenCL 3.0 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 LPDDR5 LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 3200 MHz n/a
Bus 2x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 25.6 Gbit/s n/a
Max RAM 16 GB n/a

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 4.0
- UFS 4.1
Max. resolution 1920x1200 pixels n/a
Camera 1x200 pixels 1x320 pixels
Video recording 4K at 30FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video quality 4K at 30FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

4G Support n/a LTE Cat. 24
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 2900 MB/s n/a
Upload speed Up to 1600 MB/s n/a
Wi-Fi version 6 7
Bluetooth version 5.4 6.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced August, 2024 yr September, 2025 yr
Class Mid-range Flagship
Codename SM7635 SM8850

Results

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

Survey

Which smartphone would you pick?
0 (0%)
0 (0%)
Total Votes: 0

User comments

Share your opinion or ask questions below