Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 801

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 801. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 801
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 801
125245
CPU38142344542
GPU50913528537
Memory33835222889
UX25275729277
NanoReview Score1481667125245
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
11205
Qualcomm Snapdragon 801
n/a
Graphics Test67 fpsn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
2019
Qualcomm Snapdragon 801
205
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
5570
Qualcomm Snapdragon 801
698
File Compression228.2 MB/sn/a
HTML5 Browser163 pages/sn/a
PDF Rendering195.5 MP/secn/a
Background Blur18 frames/sn/a
Photo Processing52.1 frames/sn/a
Image Detection125.2 frames/sn/a
HDR176.4 MP/secn/a
Ray Tracing5.98 MP/secn/a

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3 GHz – Cortex-X4
- 4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A520
4x 2.5 GHz – Krait
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 4
Frequency 3000 2500
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8-A
L1 cache n/a 128 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 2 MB
L3 Cache 8 MB n/a
Process tech. 4 nm 28 nm
Transistor count n/a 1 billion
Power (TDP) 7.5 W 6 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 735 Adreno 330
Architecture Adreno 700 Adreno 300
GPU Frequency 1100 MHz 578 MHz
Execution Units 3 1
Shader Units 256 128
Total shader 768 128
FLOPS 1689.6 GFLOPS 148 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 1.0
OpenCL 2.0 1.2
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

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR3
Memory Frequency 4200 MHz 933 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 2x32 bit
Bandwidth 67.2 Gbit/s 14.9 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 5.0
Max. resolution 3840x2160 pixels 2560x2048 pixels
Camera 1x200 pixels 1x21 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
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X70 5G n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 22 LTE Cat. 5
5G Support Yes No
Download speed Up to 6500 MB/s Up to 150 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3500 MB/s Up to 50 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 7 5
Bluetooth version 5.4 4.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo

Other

Announced March, 2024 yr February, 2014 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename SM8635 MSM8974 v3

Results

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

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