Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 450

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

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s 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 8s Gen 3
1481667
Qualcomm Snapdragon 450
136304
CPU38142349828
GPU50913518186
Memory33835242347
UX25275725943
NanoReview Score1481667136304
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
11205
Qualcomm Snapdragon 450
n/a
Graphics Test67 fpsn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
2019
Qualcomm Snapdragon 450
168
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
5570
Qualcomm Snapdragon 450
762
File Compression228.2 MB/s48.5 MB/s
HTML5 Browser163 pages/s23.8 pages/s
PDF Rendering195.5 MP/sec36.5 MP/sec
Background Blur18 frames/s0.91 frames/s
Photo Processing52.1 frames/s5.11 frames/s
Image Detection125.2 frames/s9.42 frames/s
HDR176.4 MP/sec25.6 MP/sec
Ray Tracing5.98 MP/sec1.36 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3 GHz – Cortex-X4
- 4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A520
8x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53
Process TSMC Samsung
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 3000 1800
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8-A
L2 cache 1 MB n/a
L3 Cache 8 MB n/a
Process tech. 4 nm 14 nm
Transistor count n/a 2 billion
Power (TDP) 7.5 W 3 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 735 Adreno 506
Architecture Adreno 700 Adreno 500
GPU Frequency 1100 MHz 600 MHz
Execution Units 3 1
Shader Units 256 48
Total shader 768 48
FLOPS 1689.6 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 4200 MHz 933 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 1x32 bit
Bandwidth 67.2 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 3.1
- UFS 4.0
eMMC 5.1
Max. resolution 3840x2160 pixels 1920x1200 pixels
Camera 1x200 pixels 1x21 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 1K at 60FPS
Video quality 4K at 120FPS 1080p at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X70 5G X9
4G Support LTE Cat. 22 LTE Cat. 7
5G Support Yes No
Download speed Up to 6500 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
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS

Other

Announced March, 2024 yr June, 2017 yr
Class Flagship Low end
Codename SM8635 SDM450

Results

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

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