Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 450

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 450. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 450
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 3
2052015
Qualcomm Snapdragon 450
136304
CPU43642049828
GPU87067918186
Memory39229642347
UX35262025943
NanoReview Score2052015136304
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
14979
Qualcomm Snapdragon 450
n/a
Stability73 %n/a
Graphics Test89 fpsn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
2193
Qualcomm Snapdragon 450
168
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
7304
Qualcomm Snapdragon 450
762
File Compression288.3 MB/s48.5 MB/s
HTML5 Browser198.1 pages/s23.8 pages/s
PDF Rendering227.4 MP/sec36.5 MP/sec
Background Blur26.7 frames/s0.91 frames/s
Photo Processing64.9 frames/s5.11 frames/s
Image Detection174.5 frames/s9.42 frames/s
HDR238.2 MP/sec25.6 MP/sec
Ray Tracing7.38 MP/sec1.36 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile 144 FPS (Ultra) n/a
CODCall of Duty: Mobile 144 FPS (Ultra) n/a
FortniteFortnite 60 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends 60 FPS (Ultra) n/a
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz 60 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact 144 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang 60 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Device Xiaomi 14 Pro n/a

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4
- 3x 3.15 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 2x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A720
8x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53
Process TSMC Samsung
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 3300 1800
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8-A
L2 cache 1 MB n/a
L3 Cache 12 MB n/a
Process tech. 4 nm 14 nm
Transistor count n/a 2 billion
Power (TDP) 8 W 3 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 750 Adreno 506
Architecture Adreno 700 Adreno 500
GPU Frequency 770 MHz 600 MHz
Execution Units 6 1
Shader Units 256 48
Total shader 1536 48
FLOPS 2774 GFLOPS 57.6 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 1.0
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX 12.1 11

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Hexagon Hexagon 546

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR3
Memory Frequency 4800 MHz 933 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 1x32 bit
Bandwidth 76.8 Gbit/s 7.46 Gbit/s
Max RAM 24 GB 4 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type - UFS 4.0
- UFS 4.1
eMMC 5.1
Max. resolution 3840x2160 pixels 1920x1200 pixels
Camera 1x200 pixels 1x21 pixels
Video recording 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 1K at 60FPS
Video quality 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS 1080p at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X75 X9
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 7
5G Support Yes No
Download speed Up to 10000 MB/s Up to 300 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3500 MB/s Up to 150 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 7 5
Bluetooth version 5.4 4.1
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS

Other

Announced October, 2023 yr June, 2017 yr
Class Flagship Low end
Codename SM8650-AB, SM8650-AC SDM450

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 the clear winner in this comparison.

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