Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 vs Snapdragon 8s Gen 4

Flagship

The Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 are within 2% of each other on AnTuTu v11 (23.68 Lakhs vs 23.14 Lakhs). In Geekbench single-core, the two are within 4%. In Geekbench multi-core, the two are within 2%. Where the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 does better: newer storage standard (UFS 4.1 vs UFS 4.0).

Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 vs Snapdragon 8s Gen 4: key differences

Where the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 leads

6% higher peak CPU clock

3.4 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
50% larger L3 cache

12 MB vs 8 MB
52% more GPU compute power

3584 GFLOPS vs 2355 GFLOPS

Where the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 leads

Newer storage standard

UFS 4.1 vs UFS 4.0

AnTuTu and Geekbench scores

AnTuTu v11 Total

+2% faster

Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 23,68,420

Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 23,14,089

Geekbench Single-Core

+4% faster

Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 2,162

Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 2,073

Geekbench Multi-Core

+2% faster

Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 6,626

Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 6,511

Full specifications

Green marks the better value wherever one can be measured.

Specification Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Snapdragon 8s Gen 4

Overview

Launch Date: October 2023; Apirl 2025
Chipset Class: Flagship; Flagship
Manufacturer: Qualcomm; Qualcomm
Model Number: SM8650-AB, SM8650-AC; SM8735

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-X4
3x 3.01 GHz - Cortex-A720
2x 2.80 GHz - Cortex-A720
2x 2.02 GHz - Cortex-A720
Max Frequency: 3400 MHz; 3200 MHz
Instruction Set: ARMv9.2-A; ARMv9.2-A
Process Node: TSMC 4 nm; 4 nm
Manufacturing: TSMC; TSMC
L2 Cache: 1 MB; 6 MB
L3 Cache: 12 MB; 8 MB
TDP: 8 W; -

GPU

GPU Name: Adreno 750; Adreno 825
GPU Frequency: 903 MHz - 1000 MHz; 1150 MHz
Shading Units: 1536; 512
FLOPS: 3584 GFLOPS; 2355 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; 4800 MHz
Memory Bus: 4x16-bit; 4x16-bit
Max Bandwidth: 76.8 GB/s; 76.8 GB/s
Max RAM Size: 24 GB; 24 GB
Storage Type: UFS 4.0; UFS 4.1

Camera & Display

Camera Support: 200 MP; 320 MP
Video Capture: 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS, 720p at 960FPS; 4K at 60 FPS
Max Display Resolution: 4K; WQHD+
Video Playback: 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS; 8K at 60 FPS
Video Codecs: H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9; H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
Audio Codecs: AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV; AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Modem: Snapdragon X75 5G; Snapdragon X75 5G
Network Support: 5G; 5G
Download Speed: 10 Gbps; 4.2 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; QZSS, Galileo, Beidou, GLONASS, NavIC, GPS, GNSS