Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus 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 3200 MHz)
  • Higher Max Bandwidth: 64 Gbit/s (64 Gbit/s vs 51.2 Gbit/s)
  • Newer Launch Date: October 2023 (October 2023 vs May 2022)

Basic

Qualcomm
Label Name
Qualcomm
October 2023
Launch Date
May 2022
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
-
SM8650-AB
Model Name
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
1x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4 5x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-A720 2x 2.3 GHz – Cortex-A520
Architecture
1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X23x 2.75 GHz – Cortex-A7104x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510
8
Cores
8
4 nm
Technology
4 nm
3300 MHz
Frequency
3200 MHz

GPU Specifications

Adreno 750
GPU name
Adreno 730
770 MHz
GPU frequency
900 MHz
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
Vulkan version
1.1
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
-
DirectX version
12

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
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
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
ARMv9-A
Instruction set
ARMv9-A

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
2192 +32%
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
1665
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
7085 +69%
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
4202
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
1933536 +64%
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
1178340