Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Frequency: 3300 MHz (3300 MHz vs 3000 MHz)
  • Higher Max Bandwidth: 64 Gbit/s (64 Gbit/s vs 51.2 Gbit/s)
  • Newer Launch Date: October 2023 (October 2023 vs December 2021)

Basic

Qualcomm
Label Name
Qualcomm
October 2023
Launch Date
December 2021
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
Samsung
SM8650-AB
Model Name
SM8450
1x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4 5x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-A720 2x 2.3 GHz – Cortex-A520
Architecture
1x 3 GHz – Cortex-X2 3x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A710 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
8
Cores
8
4 nm
Technology
4 nm
3300 MHz
Frequency
3000 MHz

GPU Specifications

Adreno 750
GPU name
Adreno 730
770 MHz
GPU frequency
818 MHz
-
FLOPS
2.5128 TFLOPS
-
Shading units
768
-
Execution units
2
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
Vulkan version
1.1
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
-
DirectX version
12.1

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.4
Bluetooth
5.3
7
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR5
4800 MHz
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
64 Gbit/s
Max Bandwidth
51.2 Gbit/s

Miscellaneous

Hexagon
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
-
L2 Cache
1 MB
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
1x 200MP
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP
UFS 4.0
Storage type
UFS 3.1
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
-
TDP
5.3 W
ARMv9-A
Instruction set
ARMv9-A

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
2192 +32%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
1664
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
7085 +76%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
4030
Geekbench 5 Single Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
908 +46%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
623
Geekbench 5 Multi Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
4048 +89%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
2142
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
1933536 +76%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
1096529