Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 vs Google Tensor

SoC Comparison Result

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

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 4 nm (4 nm vs 5 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 3000 MHz (3000 MHz vs 2800 MHz)
  • Higher Max Bandwidth: 67 Gbit/s (67 Gbit/s vs 51.2 Gbit/s)
  • Newer Launch Date: March 2024 (March 2024 vs October 2021)

Basic

Qualcomm
Label Name
Google
March 2024
Launch Date
October 2021
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
Samsung
SM8650-AB
Model Name
S5E9845
1x 3.0 GHz – Cortex-X4 4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720 3x 2.0 GHz – Cortex-A520
Architecture
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-X1 2x 2.25 GHz – Cortex A76 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex A55
8
Cores
8
4 nm
Technology
5 nm
3000 MHz
Frequency
2800 MHz

GPU Specifications

Adreno 735
GPU name
Mali-G78 MP20
750 MHz
GPU frequency
848 MHz
3.7308 TFLOPS
FLOPS
2.1709 TFLOPS
786
Shading units
64
2
Execution units
20
2.0
OpenCL version
2.0
1.3
Vulkan version
1.3
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
12.1
DirectX version
12

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.4
Bluetooth
5.2
7
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR5
4200 MHz
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
67 Gbit/s
Max Bandwidth
51.2 Gbit/s

Miscellaneous

Hexagon
Neural processor (NPU)
Tensor Processing Unit
-
L2 Cache
3 MB
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
1x 200MP
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP, 2x 32MP
UFS 4.0
Storage type
UFS 3.1
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
6 W
TDP
5.6 W
ARMv9-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
1638 +24%
Tensor
1319
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
3991 +23%
Tensor
3234
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
1846775 +127%
Tensor
813782