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

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

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3
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 8 Gen 1
1169574
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3
807253
CPU315665271394
GPU426818203911
Memory192834163972
UX234257167976
NanoReview Score1169574807253
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
6718
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3
n/a
Graphics Test40 fpsn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
1661
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3
1178
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
4002
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3
3146
File Compression154.9 MB/s160.4 MB/s
HTML5 Browser112.7 pages/s82.3 pages/s
PDF Rendering147.2 MP/sec113.8 MP/sec
Background Blur13.8 frames/s12.1 frames/s
Photo Processing36.3 frames/s20.3 frames/s
Image Detection94 frames/s59.2 frames/s
HDR122 MP/sec97.2 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.39 MP/sec4.28 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile 88 FPS (Ultra) n/a
CODCall of Duty: Mobile 60 FPS (Ultra) n/a
FortniteFortnite 42 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends 89 FPS (Ultra) n/a
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz 114 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang 40 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Device Xiaomi Poco F4 GT (1080x2400) n/a

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3 GHz – Cortex-X2
- 3x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A710
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
- 1x 2.5 GHz – Kryo Prime (Cortex-A720)
- 3x 2.4 GHz – Kryo Gold (Cortex-A720)
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo Silver (Cortex-A520)
Process Samsung TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 3000 2500
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv9.2-A
L2 cache 1 MB n/a
L3 Cache 6 MB n/a
Process tech. 4 nm 4 nm
Power (TDP) 5.3 W n/a

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 730 Adreno 810
Architecture Adreno 700 Adreno 800
GPU Frequency 818 MHz 1050 MHz
Execution Units 2 2
Shader Units 512 128
Total shader 1024 256
FLOPS 1675.3 GFLOPS 537.6 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.1 1.3
OpenCL 2.0 3.0
DirectX 12.1 12.1

AI Acceleration

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

Memory

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

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type UFS 3.1 - UFS 2.2
- UFS 3.1
Max. resolution 3840x2160 pixels 1920x1200 pixels
Camera 1x200 pixels 1x200 pixels
Video recording 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video quality 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X65 n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 n/a
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 10000 MB/s Up to 2900 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3670 MB/s Up to 1600 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 6
Bluetooth version 5.3 5.4
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced December, 2021 yr August, 2024 yr
Class Flagship Mid-range
Codename SM8450 SM7635

Results

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

Survey

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2 (66.67%)
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Total Votes: 3

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