Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 vs Snapdragon 8 Gen 1

Flagship

The Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 leads the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 by 79% on AnTuTu v11 (23.68 Lakhs vs 13.20 Lakhs) and is 27% faster in Geekbench single-core and 60% in multi-core. None of the key differences favour the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1.

Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 vs Snapdragon 8 Gen 1: key differences

Where the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 leads

13% higher peak CPU clock

3.4 GHz vs 3 GHz
Newer Arm instruction set

ARMv9.2-A vs ARMv9-A
2x larger L3 cache

12 MB vs 6 MB
2.1x more GPU compute power

3584 GFLOPS vs 1675 GFLOPS
Newer RAM type

LPDDR5X vs LPDDR5
50% faster RAM

4800 MHz vs 3200 MHz
Newer storage standard

UFS 4.0 vs UFS 3.1
79% higher AnTuTu v11 score

23.68 Lakhs vs 13.20 Lakhs
60% faster in Geekbench multi-core

6,626 vs 4,134
27% faster in Geekbench single-core

2,162 vs 1,704

AnTuTu and Geekbench scores

AnTuTu v11 Total

+79% faster

Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 23,68,420

Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 13,20,406

Geekbench Single-Core

+27% faster

Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 2,162

Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 1,704

Geekbench Multi-Core

+60% faster

Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 6,626

Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 4,134

Full specifications

Green marks the better value wherever one can be measured.

Specification Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Snapdragon 8 Gen 1

Overview

Launch Date: October 2023; December 2021
Chipset Class: Flagship; Flagship
Manufacturer: Qualcomm; Qualcomm
Model Number: SM8650-AB, SM8650-AC; SM8450

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 3 GHz - Cortex-X2
3x 2.5 GHz - Cortex-A710
4x 1.8 GHz - Cortex-A510
Max Frequency: 3400 MHz; 3000 MHz
Instruction Set: ARMv9.2-A; ARMv9-A
Process Node: TSMC 4 nm; 4 nm
Manufacturing: TSMC; Samsung
L2 Cache: 1 MB; 1 MB
L3 Cache: 12 MB; 6 MB
TDP: 8 W; 5.3 W

GPU

GPU Name: Adreno 750; Adreno 730
GPU Frequency: 903 MHz - 1000 MHz; 818 MHz
Shading Units: 1536; 512
FLOPS: 3584 GFLOPS; 1675 GFLOPS
Ray Tracing Support: Yes; No
NPU: Hexagon NPU; Hexagon NPU
API Support: Vulkan 1.3, OpenCL 2.0, OpenGL ES 3.2; Vulkan 1.1, OpenCL 2.0, OpenGL ES 3.2

Memory & Storage

RAM Type: LPDDR5X; LPDDR5
RAM Frequency: 4800 MHz; 3200 MHz
Memory Bus: 4x16-bit; 4x16-bit
Max Bandwidth: 76.8 GB/s; 51.2 GB/s
Max RAM Size: 24 GB; 24 GB
Storage Type: UFS 4.0; UFS 3.1

Camera & Display

Camera Support: 200 MP; 200 MP
Video Capture: 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS, 720p at 960FPS; 8K at 30 FPS, 4K at 120 FPS
Max Display Resolution: 4K; 4K
Video Playback: 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS; 8K at 30 FPS, 4K at 120 FPS
Video Codecs: H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9; H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Audio Codecs: AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV; AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Modem: Snapdragon X75 5G; Snapdragon X65 5G
Network Support: 5G; 5G
Download Speed: 10 Gbps; 10 Gbps
Upload Speed: Up to 3.5 Gbps; 3.67 Gbps
Wi-Fi: 7; 6
Bluetooth: 5.4; 5.3
Navigation: GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NavIC; GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NavIC