Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 680

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 680. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
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 680
308333
CPU381423104065
GPU50913539362
Memory33835292127
UX25275772779
NanoReview Score1481667308333
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
11205
Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
588
Graphics Test67 fps3 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
2019
Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
412
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
5570
Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
1444
File Compression228.2 MB/s90 MB/s
HTML5 Browser163 pages/s46.2 pages/s
PDF Rendering195.5 MP/sec64.4 MP/sec
Background Blur18 frames/s3.06 frames/s
Photo Processing52.1 frames/s11.7 frames/s
Image Detection125.2 frames/s16.3 frames/s
HDR176.4 MP/sec51.6 MP/sec
Ray Tracing5.98 MP/sec2.52 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile n/a 59 FPS (Medium)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile n/a 60 FPS (Low)
FortniteFortnite n/a 23 FPS (Low)
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends n/a 65 FPS (Low)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz n/a 62 FPS (Medium)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact n/a 54 FPS (Ultra)
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang n/a 26 FPS (Low)
Device n/a Xiaomi Redmi Note 11 (1080x2400)

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3 GHz – Cortex-X4
- 4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A520
- 4/2.4 (Kryo 265 Gold Cortex-A73)
- 4/1.9 (Kryo 265 Silver Cortex-A53)
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 3000 2400
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L2 cache 1 MB n/a
L3 Cache 8 MB n/a
Process tech. 4 nm 6 nm
Power (TDP) 7.5 W n/a

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 735 Adreno 610
Architecture Adreno 700 Adreno 600
GPU Frequency 1100 MHz 1114 MHz
Execution Units 3 1
Shader Units 256 128
Total shader 768 128
FLOPS 1689.6 GFLOPS 285.2 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 686

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 4200 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 2x16 bit
Bandwidth 67.2 Gbit/s 17 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 2.2
Max. resolution 3840x2160 pixels 2520x1080 pixels
Camera 1x200 pixels 1x64 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
- VP8
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X70 5G X11
4G Support LTE Cat. 22 LTE Cat. 13
5G Support Yes No
Download speed Up to 6500 MB/s Up to 390 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3500 MB/s Up to 150 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 7 5
Bluetooth version 5.4 5.1
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced March, 2024 yr October, 2021 yr
Class Flagship Low end
Codename SM8635 SM6225

Results

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

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