Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus
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 888 Plus
963578
CPU381423266610
GPU509135304681
Memory338352174498
UX252757217789
NanoReview Score1481667963578
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
11205
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus
5462
Stabilityn/a99 %
Graphics Test67 fps32 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
2019
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus
1550
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
5570
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus
3887
File Compression228.2 MB/s169.3 MB/s
HTML5 Browser163 pages/s106.3 pages/s
PDF Rendering195.5 MP/sec140.4 MP/sec
Background Blur18 frames/s14.2 frames/s
Photo Processing52.1 frames/s36.2 frames/s
Image Detection125.2 frames/s87.3 frames/s
HDR176.4 MP/sec122.4 MP/sec
Ray Tracing5.98 MP/sec4.56 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3 GHz – Cortex-X4
- 4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A520
- 1x 2.995 GHz – Kryo 680 Prime (Cortex-X1)
- 3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 680 Gold (Cortex-A78)
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 680 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Process TSMC Samsung
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 3000 2995
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8.4-A
L1 cache n/a 512 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 1 MB
L3 Cache 8 MB 4 MB
Process tech. 4 nm 5 nm
Transistor count n/a 10.3 billion
Power (TDP) 7.5 W 8 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 735 Adreno 660
Architecture Adreno 700 Adreno 600
GPU Frequency 1100 MHz 840 MHz
Execution Units 3 3
Shader Units 256 256
Total shader 768 768
FLOPS 1689.6 GFLOPS 1290.2 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 780

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory Frequency 4200 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 67.2 Gbit/s 51.2 Gbit/s
Max RAM 24 GB 24 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 3.0
- UFS 3.1
Max. resolution 3840x2160 pixels 3840x2160 pixels
Camera 1x200 pixels 1x200 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video quality 4K at 120FPS 8K 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
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X70 5G X60
4G Support LTE Cat. 22 LTE Cat. 22
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 6500 MB/s Up to 7500 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3500 MB/s Up to 3000 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 7 6
Bluetooth version 5.4 5.2
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced March, 2024 yr June, 2021 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename SM8635 SM8350-AC

Results

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

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