Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
We’ve put together a comprehensive comparison of the newly released Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoCs, brought to you by Qualcomm and Qualcomm respectively. This analysis breaks down the pros and cons of these 8-core CPUs, evaluated through their Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark scores, along with their technical details.
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 8 Gen 2
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 27.27% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 (980 vs 770 MHz).
Pros of Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 has 3.13 % higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 ( 3300 vs 3200 MHz).
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 has 14.29 % higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 ( 4800 vs 4200 MHz).
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 has 65.21 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 ( 2109 K vs 1277 K).
Benchmarks
Evaluating performance through competitive testing in leading benchmarks.AnTuTu 10
| CPU | 270867 | 495720 |
| GPU | 567801 | 914123 |
| Memory | 239879 | 361002 |
| UX | 198202 | 338475 |
| Total score | 1276749 | 2109320 |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | - | - |
| Graphics test | 81 FPS | - |
| Score | 12967 | - |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and Dimensity 9300CPU
| Architecture | 1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X3 4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A715 3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510 | 1x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4 3x 3.15 GHz – Cortex-A720 2x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A720 2x 2.26 GHz – Cortex-A520 |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Base Frequency | 2000MHz | 2260MHz |
| Turbo Frequency | 3200MHz | 3300MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv9-A | ARMv9-A |
| L2 cache | - | - |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | - |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | 12 MB |
| Process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Transistor count | - | - |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 10 W | - |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 740 | Adreno 750 |
| Architecture | Adreno 700 | Adreno 700 |
| GPU frequency | 980 MHz | 770 MHz |
| Pipelines | - | - |
| Shading units | - | - |
| Total shaders | - | - |
| FLOPS | - | - |
| Vulkan version | 1.3 | - |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | - |
| DirectX version | 12 | - |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Hexagon |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5x | LPDDR5X |
| Memory frequency | 4200 MHz | 4800 MHz |
| Bus | - | - |
| Max bandwidth | - | 77 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 24 GB | 24 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0 | UFS 4.0 |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 3840 x 2160 |
| Max camera resolution | 1 x 200 MP | 1x 200MP |
| Video capture | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS |
| Video playback | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, AV1, 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 X70 | Snapdragon X75 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed 5G | Up to 10000 Mbps | Up to 10000 Mbps |
| Download speed 4G | Up to 2500 Mbps | - |
| Upload speed 5G | Up to 3500 Mbps | Up to 3500 Mbps |
| Upload speed 4G | Up to 316 Mbps | - |
| Wi-Fi | 7 | 7 |
| Bluetooth | 5.3 | 5.4 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | November 2022 | October 2023 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | SM8550-AB | SM8650-AB |
| Official page | Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 official site | Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 official site |