Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
We’ve created an extensive comparison of the latest Snapdragon 778g 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 778g
- Snapdragon 778g has -55.45% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 (490 vs 1100 MHz).
Pros of Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
- Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 has 25.00 % higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 778g ( 3000 vs 2400 MHz).
- Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 has 31.25 % higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 778g ( 4200 vs 3200 MHz).
- Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 has 33.33 % smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 778g ( 4 vs 6 nm).
- Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 has 176.54 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 778g ( 1495 K vs 540 K).
- Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 778g .
- Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 Support 150.00 % higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 778g ( 64 vs 25.6 GB/s).
Benchmarks
Evaluating performance through competitive testing in leading benchmarks.AnTuTu 10
| CPU | 161744 | 374214 |
| GPU | 156423 | 516258 |
| Memory | 90737 | 344248 |
| UX | 131554 | 259884 |
| Total score | 540458 | 1494604 |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | 98% | 85.3% |
| Graphics test | 14 FPS | 67 FPS |
| Score | 2468 | 11301 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 778g and Dimensity 9300CPU
| Architecture | 1x 2.4 GHz – Kryo 670 Prime (Cortex-A78) 3x 2.2 GHz – Kryo 670 Gold (Cortex-A78) 4x 1.9 GHz – Kryo 670 Silver (Cortex-A55) |
1x 3 GHz – Cortex-X4 4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720 3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A520 |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Base Frequency | 1900MHz | 2000MHz |
| Turbo Frequency | 2400MHz | 3000MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.4-A | ARMv9.2-A |
| L2 cache | - | - |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | - | 8 MB |
| Process | 6 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Transistor count | - | - |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 5 W | 6 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 642L | Adreno 735 |
| Architecture | Adreno 600 | Adreno 700 |
| GPU frequency | 490 MHz | 1100 MHz |
| Pipelines | 2 | 2 |
| Shading units | 384 | 768 |
| Total shaders | 768 | 1536 |
| FLOPS | 684 Gigaflops | 3379.2 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.3 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 12 | 12.1 |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 770 | 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 3.0, UFS 3.1 | UFS 4.0 |
| Max display resolution | 2520 x 1080 | 3840 x 2160 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 192MP, 2x 36MP | 1x 200MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 30FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 30FPS | 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 | X53 | Snapdragon X70 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 22 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed 5G | Up to 3700 Mbps | Up to 6500 Mbps |
| Download speed 4G | Up to 1200 Mbps | - |
| Upload speed 5G | Up to 2900 Mbps | Up to 3500 Mbps |
| Upload speed 4G | Up to 210 Mbps | - |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 7 |
| Bluetooth | 5.2 | 5.4 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | May 2021 | March 2024 |
| Class | Mid-range | Flagship |
| Model number | SM7325 | SM8635 |
| Official page | Snapdragon 778g official site | Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 official site |