Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 835

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 835. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 835
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 835
368607
CPU38142397035
GPU509135116400
Memory33835287397
UX25275767775
NanoReview Score1481667368607
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
11205
Qualcomm Snapdragon 835
1165
Stabilityn/a95 %
Graphics Test67 fps6 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
2019
Qualcomm Snapdragon 835
415
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
5570
Qualcomm Snapdragon 835
1508
File Compression228.2 MB/s89.3 MB/s
HTML5 Browser163 pages/s51.5 pages/s
PDF Rendering195.5 MP/sec58.8 MP/sec
Background Blur18 frames/s2.83 frames/s
Photo Processing52.1 frames/s12 frames/s
Image Detection125.2 frames/s14.1 frames/s
HDR176.4 MP/sec55.2 MP/sec
Ray Tracing5.98 MP/sec2.43 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3 GHz – Cortex-X4
- 4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A520
- 4/2.45 (Kryo 280 Cortex-A73)
- 4/1.9 (Kryo 280 Cortex-A53)
Process TSMC Samsung
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 3000 2450
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 10 nm
Transistor count n/a 3 billion
Power (TDP) 7.5 W 9 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 735 Adreno 540
Architecture Adreno 700 Adreno 500
GPU Frequency 1100 MHz 710 MHz
Execution Units 3 4
Shader Units 256 64
Total shader 768 256
FLOPS 1689.6 GFLOPS 363.5 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 682

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 4200 MHz 1866 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 2x32 bit
Bandwidth 67.2 Gbit/s 29.8 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
UFS 2.1
Max. resolution 3840x2160 pixels 3840x2160 pixels
Camera 1x200 pixels 1x32 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
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X70 5G X16
4G Support LTE Cat. 22 LTE Cat. 16
5G Support Yes No
Download speed Up to 6500 MB/s Up to 1000 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

Other

Announced March, 2024 yr November, 2016 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename SM8635 MSM8998

Results

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

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