Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
We’ve created an extensive comparison of the latest Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 vs Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 SoCs, manufactured by Qualcomm and Qualcomm respectively. We’ve assessed the strengths and weaknesses of these 8-core processors based on Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark results, along with a detailed look at their technical specifications.
Review
CPU Performance
Evaluation of Single-Core and
Multi-Core Processor Performance
Gaming Performance
Gaming and OpenCL/Vulkan
Performance of the Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)
Battery life
Energy Efficiency in Battery Usage
Tech Insist Score
Overall Performance Rating of the
Chip
Key Differences
Pros of Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
- Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 has 14.07 % higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 ( 3000 vs 2630 MHz).
- Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 has 31.25 % higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 ( 4200 vs 3200 MHz).
- Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 has 72.42 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 ( 1495 K vs 867 K).
- Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 .
- Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 Support 150.00 % higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 ( 64 vs 25.6 GB/s).
Benchmarks
Evaluating performance through competitive testing in leading benchmarks.AnTuTu 10
| CPU | 256787 | 374214 |
| GPU | 272332 | 516258 |
| Memory | 177778 | 344248 |
| UX | 159966 | 259884 |
| Total score | 866863 | 1494604 |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | - | 85.3% |
| Graphics test | - | 67 FPS |
| Score | - | 11301 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 and Dimensity 9300CPU
| Architecture | 1x 2.63 GHz – Cortex-A715 3x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A715 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510 |
1x 3 GHz – Cortex-X4 4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720 3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A520 |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Base Frequency | 1800MHz | 2000MHz |
| Turbo Frequency | 2630MHz | 3000MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.6-A | ARMv9.2-A |
| L2 cache | - | - |
| L2 cache | - | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | - | 8 MB |
| Process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Transistor count | - | - |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 6 W | 6 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 720 | Adreno 735 |
| Architecture | Adreno 700 | Adreno 700 |
| GPU frequency | - | 1100 MHz |
| Pipelines | - | 2 |
| Shading units | - | 768 |
| Total shaders | - | 1536 |
| FLOPS | - | 3379.2 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | - | 12.1 |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Hexagon |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5X |
| Memory frequency | 3200 MHz | 4200 MHz |
| Bus | - | - |
| Max bandwidth | 25.6 Gbit/s | 64 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 16 GB | 24 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | UFS 4.0 |
| Max display resolution | 3360 x 1600 | 3840 x 2160 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 200MP | 1x 200MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 60FPS, 1K at 120FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 60FPS, 1080p at 120FPS | 4K at 120FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 | H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9 |
| Audio codecs | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | Snapdragon X63 | Snapdragon X70 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 18 | LTE Cat. 22 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed 5G | Up to 5000 Mbps | Up to 6500 Mbps |
| Download speed 4G | - | - |
| Upload speed 5G | Up to 1600 Mbps | Up to 3500 Mbps |
| Upload speed 4G | - | - |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 7 |
| Bluetooth | 5.3 | 5.4 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | November 2023 | March 2024 |
| Class | Mid range | Flagship |
| Model number | SM7550-AB | SM8635 |
| Official page | Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 official site | Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 official site |