Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

We’ve conducted a comprehensive side-by-side comparison between the latest Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 and Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 SoCs, from Qualcomm and Qualcomm respectively. Our analysis delves into the performance of these 8-core processors, based on Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark benchmark results, providing detailed technical comparisons.

Review

General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
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

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of Snapdragon 7s Gen 2
  • Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 has -14.55% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 (940 vs 1100 MHz).
Pros of Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
  • Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 has 25.00 % higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 ( 3000 vs 2400 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 has 31.25 % higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 ( 4200 vs 3200 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 has 148.57 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 ( 1495 K vs 601 K).
  • Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 .
  • Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 Support 150.00 % higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 ( 64 vs 25.6 GB/s).

Benchmarks

Evaluating performance through competitive testing in leading benchmarks.

AnTuTu 10

The AnTuTu Benchmark evaluates CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O capabilities across various scenarios.
CPU 149371 374214
GPU 232144 516258
Memory 105312 344248
UX 114446 259884
Total score 601273 1494604

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Wild Life Performance
Stability 99% 85.3%
Graphics test 18 FPS 67 FPS
Score 2677 11301

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 and Dimensity 9300

CPU

Architecture 4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A78
4x 1.95 GHz – Cortex-A55
1x 3 GHz – Cortex-X4
4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720
3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A520
Cores 8 8
Base Frequency 1950MHz 2000MHz
Turbo Frequency 2400MHz 3000MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-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) 5 W 6 W

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 710 Adreno 735
Architecture Adreno 700 Adreno 700
GPU frequency 940 MHz 1100 MHz
Pipelines - 2
Shading units - 768
Total shaders - 1536
FLOPS - 3379.2 Gigaflops
Vulkan version - 1.3
OpenCL version - 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 2.2, UFS 3.1 UFS 4.0
Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP 1x 200MP
Video capture 4K at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 4K at 30FPS 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, 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 X62 Snapdragon X70
4G support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 22
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed 5G Up to 2900 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 5.2 5.4
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced September 2023 March 2024
Class Mid range Flagship
Model number SM7435-AB SM8635
Official page Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 official site Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 official site