Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 660

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 660. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 660
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 660
252006
CPU38142389180
GPU50913536992
Memory33835256965
UX25275768869
NanoReview Score1481667252006
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
11205
Qualcomm Snapdragon 660
373
Stabilityn/a96 %
Graphics Test67 fps2 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
2019
Qualcomm Snapdragon 660
342
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
5570
Qualcomm Snapdragon 660
1232
File Compression228.2 MB/s71.3 MB/s
HTML5 Browser163 pages/s41.6 pages/s
PDF Rendering195.5 MP/sec51.8 MP/sec
Background Blur18 frames/s1.89 frames/s
Photo Processing52.1 frames/s10.2 frames/s
Image Detection125.2 frames/s13.6 frames/s
HDR176.4 MP/sec46.2 MP/sec
Ray Tracing5.98 MP/sec1.97 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3 GHz – Cortex-X4
- 4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A520
- 4/2.2 (Kryo 260 Gold Cortex-A73)
- 4/1.84 (Kryo 260 Silver Cortex-A53)
Process TSMC Samsung
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 3000 2200
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8-A
L2 cache 1 MB 2 MB
L3 Cache 8 MB n/a
Process tech. 4 nm 14 nm
Transistor count n/a 1.75 billion
Power (TDP) 7.5 W 5 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 735 Adreno 512
Architecture Adreno 700 Adreno 500
GPU Frequency 1100 MHz 647 MHz
Execution Units 3 1
Shader Units 256 128
Total shader 768 128
FLOPS 1689.6 GFLOPS 165.6 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 680

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 4200 MHz 1866 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 2x16 bit
Bandwidth 67.2 Gbit/s 13.9 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 3.1
- UFS 4.0
- eMMC 5.1
- UFS 2.1
Max. resolution 3840x2160 pixels 2560x1600 pixels
Camera 1x200 pixels 1x48 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video quality 4K at 120FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X70 5G X12
4G Support LTE Cat. 22 LTE Cat. 13
5G Support Yes No
Download speed Up to 6500 MB/s Up to 600 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3500 MB/s Up to 150 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 7 5
Bluetooth version 5.4 5.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced March, 2024 yr May, 2017 yr
Class Flagship Mid-range
Codename SM8635 SM6115

Results

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

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