Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

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

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 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 8 Gen 2
1561620
CPU436420367514
GPU870679596874
Memory392296300073
UX352620297159
NanoReview Score20520151561620
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
14979
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
13003
Stability73 %n/a
Graphics Test89 fps77 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
2193
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
1991
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
7304
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
5299
File Compression288.3 MB/s210 MB/s
HTML5 Browser198.1 pages/s153.9 pages/s
PDF Rendering227.4 MP/sec153.3 MP/sec
Background Blur26.7 frames/s17.1 frames/s
Photo Processing64.9 frames/s51.9 frames/s
Image Detection174.5 frames/s128.6 frames/s
HDR238.2 MP/sec159.7 MP/sec
Ray Tracing7.38 MP/sec5.92 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile 144 FPS (Ultra) 90 FPS (Ultra)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile 144 FPS (Ultra) 60 FPS (Ultra)
FortniteFortnite 60 FPS (Ultra) 56 FPS (Ultra)
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends 60 FPS (Ultra) 118 FPS (Ultra)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz 60 FPS (Ultra) 120 FPS (Ultra)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact 144 FPS (Ultra) 59 FPS (Ultra)
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang 60 FPS (Ultra) 59 FPS (Ultra)
Device Xiaomi 14 Pro ZTE Nubia Red Magic 8 Pro (1116x2480)

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4
- 3x 3.15 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 2x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 1/3.2 (Cortex-X3)
- 2/2.8 (Cortex-A715)
- 2/2.8 (Cortex-A710)
- 3/2 (Cortex-A510)
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 3300 3200
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv9-A
L2 cache 1 MB 1 MB
L3 Cache 12 MB 8 MB
Process tech. 4 nm 4 nm
Transistor count n/a 16 billion
Power (TDP) 8 W 8.5 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 750 Adreno 740
Architecture Adreno 700 Adreno 700
GPU Frequency 770 MHz 680 MHz
Execution Units 6 3
Shader Units 256 512
Total shader 1536 1536
FLOPS 2774 GFLOPS 2089 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
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

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 4800 MHz 4200 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 76.8 Gbit/s 67.2 Gbit/s
Max RAM 24 GB 24 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
- UFS 4.0
Max. resolution 3840x2160 pixels 3840x2160 pixels
Camera 1x200 pixels 1x200 pixels
Video recording 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video quality 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X75 Snapdragon X70
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 10000 MB/s Up to 10000 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3500 MB/s Up to 3500 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 7 7
Bluetooth version 5.4 5.3
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced October, 2023 yr November, 2022 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename SM8650-AB, SM8650-AC SM8550-AB

Results

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

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