Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 870

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 4 nm (4 nm vs 7 nm)
  • Higher Max Bandwidth: 67 Gbit/s (67 Gbit/s vs 44 Gbit/s)
  • Newer Launch Date: March 2024 (March 2024 vs January 2021)
  • Higher Frequency: 3200 MHz (3000 MHz vs 3200 MHz)

Basic

Qualcomm
Label Name
Qualcomm
March 2024
Launch Date
January 2021
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
SM8650-AB
Model Name
SM8250-AC
1x 3.0 GHz – Cortex-X4 4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720 3x 2.0 GHz – Cortex-A520
Architecture
1x 3.2 GHz – Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77) 3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77) 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55)
8
Cores
8
4 nm
Technology
7 nm
3000 MHz
Frequency
3200 MHz

GPU Specifications

Adreno 735
GPU name
Adreno 650
750 MHz
GPU frequency
670 MHz
3.7308 TFLOPS
FLOPS
1.3721 TFLOPS
786
Shading units
512
2
Execution units
2
2.0
OpenCL version
2.0
1.3
Vulkan version
1.1
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
12.1
DirectX version
12.1

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 22
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, SBAS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR5
4200 MHz
Memory frequency
2750 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
67 Gbit/s
Max Bandwidth
44 Gbit/s

Miscellaneous

Hexagon
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 698
-
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, 2x 25MP
UFS 4.0
Storage type
UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
6 W
TDP
6 W
ARMv9-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
1638 +42%
Snapdragon 870
1151
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
3991 +20%
Snapdragon 870
3336
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
1846775 +133%
Snapdragon 870
794278