Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 vs Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
The Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 leads the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 by 35% on AnTuTu v11 (23.68 Lakhs vs 17.56 Lakhs) and is 11% faster in Geekbench single-core and 32% in multi-core. None of the key differences favour the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2.
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 vs Snapdragon 8 Gen 2: key differences
Where the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 leads
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1% higher peak CPU clock
3.4 GHz vs 3.36 GHz
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Newer Arm instruction set
ARMv9.2-A vs ARMv9-A
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50% larger L3 cache
12 MB vs 8 MB
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62% more GPU compute power
3584 GFLOPS vs 2208.8 GFLOPS
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14% faster RAM
4800 MHz vs 4200 MHz
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Newer storage standard
UFS 4.0 vs UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
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35% higher AnTuTu v11 score
23.68 Lakhs vs 17.56 Lakhs
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32% faster in Geekbench multi-core
6,626 vs 5,037
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11% faster in Geekbench single-core
2,162 vs 1,942
AnTuTu and Geekbench scores
AnTuTu v11 Total
+35% fasterGeekbench Single-Core
+11% fasterGeekbench Multi-Core
+32% fasterFull specifications
Green marks the better value wherever one can be measured.
Overview
- Launch Date
- October 2023
- November 2022
- Chipset Class
- Flagship
- Flagship
- Manufacturer
- Qualcomm
- Qualcomm
- Model Number
- SM8650-AB, SM8650-AC
- SM8550-AB, SM8550-AC2
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 3.2 GHz - Cortex X3
2x 2.8 GHz - Cortex A715
2x 2.8 GHz - Cortex A710
3x 2 GHz - Cortex A510 - Max Frequency
- 3400 MHz
- 3360 MHz
- Instruction Set
- ARMv9.2-A
- ARMv9-A
- Process Node
- TSMC 4 nm
- 4 nm
- Manufacturing
- TSMC
- TSMC
- L2 Cache
- 1 MB
- 1 MB
- L3 Cache
- 12 MB
- 8 MB
- TDP
- 8 W
- 8.5 W
GPU
- GPU Name
- Adreno 750
- Adreno 740
- GPU Frequency
- 903 MHz - 1000 MHz
- 680 MHz
- Shading Units
- 1536
- 1024
- FLOPS
- 3584 GFLOPS
- 2208.8 GFLOPS
- Ray Tracing Support
- Yes
- Yes
- NPU
- Hexagon NPU
- Hexagon NPU
- API Support
- Vulkan 1.3, OpenCL 2.0, OpenGL ES 3.2
- Vulkan 1.3, OpenCL 2.0, OpenGL ES 3.2
Memory & Storage
- RAM Type
- LPDDR5X
- LPDDR5X
- RAM Frequency
- 4800 MHz
- 4200 MHz
- Memory Bus
- 4x16-bit
- 4x16-bit
- Max Bandwidth
- 76.8 GB/s
- 67.2 GB/s
- Max RAM Size
- 24 GB
- 24 GB
- Storage Type
- UFS 4.0
- UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
Camera & Display
- Camera Support
- 200 MP
- 200 MP
- Video Capture
- 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS, 720p at 960FPS
- 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS, 720p at 960FPS
- Max Display Resolution
- 4K
- 4K
- Video Playback
- 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
- 8K HDR at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
- Video Codecs
- H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
- H.264, H.265, VP9, AV1
- Audio Codecs
- AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
- AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Connectivity
- Modem
- Snapdragon X75 5G
- Snapdragon X70 5G
- Network Support
- 5G
- 5G
- Download Speed
- 10 Gbps
- 10 Gbps
- Upload Speed
- Up to 3.5 Gbps
- 3.5 Gbps
- Wi-Fi
- 7
- 7
- Bluetooth
- 5.4
- 5.3
- Navigation
- GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NavIC
- GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS, NavIC
Links
Benchmark results
Every AnTuTu and Geekbench result for both chips. Green marks the higher score.
AnTuTu v11
- Total
- 23,68,420
- 17,56,001
- CPU
- 6,52,232
- 5,58,984
- GPU
- 8,24,065
- 4,39,885
- Memory
- 3,30,935
- 3,01,880
- UX
- 5,61,188
- 4,55,252
Geekbench
- Single-Core
- 2,162
- 1,942
- Multi-Core
- 6,626
- 5,037
Overall Score
Each category scored out of 100.
Total Score
+8 pointsCPU Score
+12 pointsGPU Score
+7 pointsMemory Score
+5 pointsMore Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 comparisons
Each chip against rivals with a similar overall score.
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