Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
We’ve crafted a detailed comparison between the recently launched Snapdragon 888 and Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 SoCs, developed by Qualcomm and Qualcomm respectively. Our assessment weighs the benefits and drawbacks of these 8-core processors based on Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark benchmarks, as well as their full 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 888
- Snapdragon 888 has 7.98% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 (2840 vs 2630 MHz).
- Snapdragon 888 supports 100.00 % higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 ( 51.2 vs 25.6 MHz).
Pros of Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
- Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 has 20.00 % smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 888 ( 4 vs 5 nm).
- Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 has 7.22 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 888 ( 867 K vs 808 K).
- Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 888 .
Benchmarks
Evaluating performance through competitive testing in leading benchmarks.AnTuTu 10
| CPU | 211734 | 256787 |
| GPU | 306250 | 272332 |
| Memory | 133870 | 177778 |
| UX | 156641 | 159966 |
| Total score | 808495 | 866863 |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | 91% | - |
| Graphics test | 30 FPS | - |
| Score | 5126 | - |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 888 and Dimensity 9300CPU
| Architecture | 1x 2.84 GHz – Kryo 680 Prime (Cortex-X1) 3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 680 Gold (Cortex-A78) 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 680 Silver (Cortex-A55) |
1x 2.63 GHz – Cortex-A715 3x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A715 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510 |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Base Frequency | 1800MHz | 1800MHz |
| Turbo Frequency | 2840MHz | 2630MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.4-A | ARMv8.6-A |
| L2 cache | 512 KB | - |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | - |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | - |
| Process | 5 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Transistor count | - | - |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 10 W | 6 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 660 | Adreno 720 |
| Architecture | Adreno 600 | Adreno 700 |
| GPU frequency | 840 MHz | - |
| Pipelines | 2 | - |
| Shading units | 512 | - |
| Total shaders | 1024 | - |
| FLOPS | 1720 Gigaflops | - |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.3 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 12 | - |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 780 | Yes |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5 |
| Memory frequency | 3200 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Bus | - | - |
| Max bandwidth | 51.2 Gbit/s | 25.6 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 24 GB | 16 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1 | UFS 3.1 |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 3360 x 1600 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP | 1x 200MP |
| Video capture | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 60FPS, 1K at 120FPS |
| Video playback | 8K at 30FPS | 4K at 60FPS, 1080p at 120FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 |
| Audio codecs | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | X60 | Snapdragon X63 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 22 | LTE Cat. 18 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed 5G | Up to 7500 Mbps | Up to 5000 Mbps |
| Download speed 4G | Up to 2500 Mbps | - |
| Upload speed 5G | Up to 3000 Mbps | Up to 1600 Mbps |
| Upload speed 4G | Up to 316 Mbps | - |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.2 | 5.3 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | December 2020 | November 2023 |
| Class | Flagship | Mid range |
| Model number | SM8350 | SM7550-AB |
| Official page | Snapdragon 888 official site | Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 official site |