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

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

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus 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 8 Gen 3
2052015
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
1124140
CPU436420349844
GPU870679338796
Memory392296195051
UX352620240449
NanoReview Score20520151124140
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
14979
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
7530
Stability73 %84 %
Graphics Test89 fps45 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
2193
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
1697
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
7304
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
4404
File Compression288.3 MB/s176.4 MB/s
HTML5 Browser198.1 pages/s115.8 pages/s
PDF Rendering227.4 MP/sec157.2 MP/sec
Background Blur26.7 frames/s16.2 frames/s
Photo Processing64.9 frames/s41.8 frames/s
Image Detection174.5 frames/s114 frames/s
HDR238.2 MP/sec134.1 MP/sec
Ray Tracing7.38 MP/sec4.67 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile 144 FPS (Ultra) 77 FPS (Ultra)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile 144 FPS (Ultra) 59 FPS (Ultra)
FortniteFortnite 60 FPS (Ultra) 38 FPS (Ultra)
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends 60 FPS (Ultra) 81 FPS (Ultra)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz 60 FPS (Ultra) 116 FPS (Ultra)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact 144 FPS (Ultra) 114 FPS (Ultra)
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang 60 FPS (Ultra) 53 FPS (Ultra)
Device Xiaomi 14 Pro Xiaomi Poco F5 (1080x2400)

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4
- 3x 3.15 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 2x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 1x 2.91 GHz – Cortex-X2
- 3x 2.49 GHz – Cortex-A710
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 3300 2910
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A n/a
L1 cache n/a 1024 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 2 MB
L3 Cache 12 MB 8 MB
Process tech. 4 nm 4 nm
Transistor count n/a 10.2 billion
Power (TDP) 8 W 6 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 750 Adreno 725
Architecture Adreno 700 Adreno 700
GPU Frequency 770 MHz 580 MHz
Execution Units 6 2
Shader Units 256 512
Total shader 1536 1024
FLOPS 2774 GFLOPS 1187.8 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 1.1
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 Hexagon Yes

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory Frequency 4800 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 76.8 Gbit/s 51.2 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 4.0
- UFS 4.1
UFS 3.1
Max. resolution 3840x2160 pixels 2560x1600 pixels
Camera 1x200 pixels 1x200 pixels
Video recording 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X75 Snapdragon X62
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 10000 MB/s Up to 4400 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3500 MB/s Up to 1600 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 7 6
Bluetooth version 5.4 5.3
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced October, 2023 yr March, 2023 yr
Class Flagship Mid-range
Codename SM8650-AB, SM8650-AC SM7475-AB

Results

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

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