Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3

vs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 4 nm (7 nm vs 4 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 3300 MHz (2840 MHz vs 3300 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: October 2023 (December 2018 vs October 2023)

Basic

Qualcomm
Label Name
Qualcomm
December 2018
Launch Date
October 2023
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
SM8150
Model Name
SM8650-AB
1x 2.84 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)
3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver)
Architecture
1x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4
5x (3x3.2 GHz/2x3.0GHz) – Cortex-A720
2x 2.3 GHz – Cortex-A520
8
Cores
8
7 nm
Technology
4 nm
2840 MHz
Frequency
3300 MHz
6.7
Transistor count
-

GPU Specifications

Adreno 640
GPU name
Adreno 750
585 MHz
GPU frequency
770 MHz
0.8985 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
384
Shading units
-
2
Execution units
-
2.0
OpenCL version
3.0 FP
1.1
Vulkan version
-
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
4K @ 60 Hz, QHD+ @ 144 Hz
12.1
DirectX version
-

Connectivity

Up to 5000 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 10000 Mbps
LTE Cat. 20
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.0
Bluetooth
5.4
6
Wi-Fi
7
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR4X
Memory type
LPDDR5X
2133 MHz
Memory frequency
4800 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

1 MB
L2 Cache
-
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
1x 192MP, 2x 22MP
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP
UFS 3.0
Storage type
UFS 4.0
4K at 120FPS
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
6 W
TDP
-
ARMv8.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv9
Hexagon 690
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 855
939
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
2192 +133%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 855
2855
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
7085 +148%
Geekbench 5 Single Core
Snapdragon 855
518
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
908 +75%
Geekbench 5 Multi Core
Snapdragon 855
1830
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
4048 +121%
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 855
603872
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
1933536 +220%