Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G
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 720G
389059
CPU436420141170
GPU87067972788
Memory39229674189
UX352620100912
NanoReview Score2052015389059
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
14979
Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G
1050
Stability73 %99 %
Graphics Test89 fps6 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
2193
Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G
750
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
7304
Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G
1774
File Compression288.3 MB/s92.6 MB/s
HTML5 Browser198.1 pages/s45.7 pages/s
PDF Rendering227.4 MP/sec63.4 MP/sec
Background Blur26.7 frames/s5.25 frames/s
Photo Processing64.9 frames/s17.1 frames/s
Image Detection174.5 frames/s35.5 frames/s
HDR238.2 MP/sec56.7 MP/sec
Ray Tracing7.38 MP/sec2.54 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile 144 FPS (Ultra) 43 FPS (High)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile 144 FPS (Ultra) 40 FPS (Ultra)
FortniteFortnite 60 FPS (Ultra) 28 FPS (Low)
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends 60 FPS (Ultra) n/a
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz 60 FPS (Ultra) 51 FPS (Ultra)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact 144 FPS (Ultra) 30 FPS (High)
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang 60 FPS (Ultra) 34 FPS (Medium)
Device Xiaomi 14 Pro Realme 7 Pro (1080x2400)

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4
- 3x 3.15 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 2x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 2x 2.3 GHz – Kryo 465 Gold (Cortex-A76)
- 6x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 465 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Process TSMC Samsung
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 3300 2300
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L2 cache 1 MB n/a
L3 Cache 12 MB n/a
Process tech. 4 nm 8 nm
Power (TDP) 8 W 5 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 750 Adreno 618
Architecture Adreno 700 Adreno 600
GPU Frequency 770 MHz 750 MHz
Execution Units 6 2
Shader Units 256 128
Total shader 1536 256
FLOPS 2774 GFLOPS 384 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 Hexagon 692
GPU Frequency n/a 5 TOPS

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 4800 MHz 1866 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 2x16 bit
Bandwidth 76.8 Gbit/s 14.9 Gbit/s
Max RAM 24 GB 8 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 2.1
Max. resolution 3840x2160 pixels 2520x1080 pixels
Camera 1x200 pixels 1x192 pixels
Video recording 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 30FPS, 1K at 60FPS
Video quality 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 30FPS, 1080p at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
384 kHz/32 bit

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X75 X15
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 15
5G Support Yes No
Download speed Up to 10000 MB/s Up to 800 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3500 MB/s Up to 150 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 7 6
Bluetooth version 5.4 5.1
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced October, 2023 yr January, 2020 yr
Class Flagship Mid-range
Codename SM8650-AB, SM8650-AC SM7125

Results

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

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