Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 vs Google Tensor G5
The Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 leads the Google Tensor G5 by 79% on AnTuTu v11 (23.68 Lakhs vs 13.27 Lakhs). Geekbench is split: the Google Tensor G5 is 6% faster in single-core, while the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 is 5% faster in multi-core. Where the Google Tensor G5 does better: 11% higher peak CPU clock (3.78 GHz vs 3.4 GHz) and smaller process node (3 nm vs TSMC 4 nm).
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 vs Google Tensor G5: key differences
Where the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 leads
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50% larger L3 cache
12 MB vs 8 MB
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2.1x more GPU compute power
3584 GFLOPS vs 1689.6 GFLOPS
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79% higher AnTuTu v11 score
23.68 Lakhs vs 13.27 Lakhs
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5% faster in Geekbench multi-core
6,626 vs 6,301
Where the Google Tensor G5 leads
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11% higher peak CPU clock
3.78 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
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Smaller process node
3 nm vs TSMC 4 nm
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11% faster RAM
5333 MHz vs 4800 MHz
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6% faster in Geekbench single-core
2,298 vs 2,162
AnTuTu and Geekbench scores
AnTuTu v11 Total
+79% fasterGeekbench Single-Core
+6% fasterGeekbench Multi-Core
+5% fasterFull specifications
Green marks the better value wherever one can be measured.
Overview
- Launch Date
- October 2023
- August 2025
- Chipset Class
- Flagship
- Flagship
- Manufacturer
- Qualcomm
- Model Number
- SM8650-AB, SM8650-AC
- GS501
CPU
- Total Cores
- 8
- 8
- Core Configuration
- 1x 3.3 GHz - Cortex X4
3x 3.15 GHz - Cortex A720
2x 2.96 GHz - Cortex A720
2x 2.27 GHz - Cortex A520 - 1x Cortex X4 - 3.78GHz
5x Cortex A725 - 3.05GHz
2x Cortex A520 - 2.25GHz - Max Frequency
- 3400 MHz
- 3780 MHz
- Instruction Set
- ARMv9.2-A
- ARMv9.2-A
- Process Node
- TSMC 4 nm
- 3 nm
- Manufacturing
- TSMC
- TSMC
- L2 Cache
- 1 MB
- 1 MB
- L3 Cache
- 12 MB
- 8 MB
- TDP
- 8 W
- 6 W
GPU
- GPU Name
- Adreno 750
- PowerVR DXT-48-1536
- GPU Frequency
- 903 MHz - 1000 MHz
- 1100 MHz
- Shading Units
- 1536
- 128
- FLOPS
- 3584 GFLOPS
- 1689.6 GFLOPS
- Ray Tracing Support
- Yes
- No
- NPU
- Hexagon NPU
- -
- API Support
- Vulkan 1.3, OpenCL 2.0, OpenGL ES 3.2
- Vulkan 1.4, OpenCL 3.0, OpenGL ES 3.2
Memory & Storage
- RAM Type
- LPDDR5X
- LPDDR5X
- RAM Frequency
- 4800 MHz
- 5333 MHz
- Memory Bus
- 4x16-bit
- 4x 16-bit
- Max Bandwidth
- 76.8 GB/s
- 68.2 GB/s
- Max RAM Size
- 24 GB
- 16 GB
- Storage Type
- UFS 4.0
- UFS 4.0
Camera & Display
- Camera Support
- 200 MP
- 200MP
- Video Capture
- 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS, 720p at 960FPS
- 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
- Max Display Resolution
- 4K
- WQHD+
- 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, HEVC, AV1, VP9
- Audio Codecs
- AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
- AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Connectivity
- Modem
- Snapdragon X75 5G
- Samsung Exynos 5400 5G
- Network Support
- 5G
- 5G
- Download Speed
- 10 Gbps
- 14.79 Gbps
- Upload Speed
- Up to 3.5 Gbps
- 3.5 Gbps
- Wi-Fi
- 7
- 7
- Bluetooth
- 5.4
- 6.0
- Navigation
- GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NavIC
- GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS
Links
Benchmark results
Every AnTuTu and Geekbench result for both chips. Green marks the higher score.
AnTuTu v11
- Total
- 23,68,420
- 13,26,623
- CPU
- 6,52,232
- 4,63,275
- GPU
- 8,24,065
- 4,11,537
- Memory
- 3,30,935
- 2,33,612
- UX
- 5,61,188
- 2,12,199
Geekbench
- Single-Core
- 2,162
- 2,298
- Multi-Core
- 6,626
- 6,301
Overall Score
Each category scored out of 100.
Total Score
+12 pointsCPU Score
+12 pointsGPU Score
+18 pointsMemory Score
+5 pointsMore Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and Tensor G5 comparisons
Each chip against rivals with a similar overall score.
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