Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 vs Kirin 8000

We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 (with Adreno 750 graphics) and HiSilicon Kirin 8000 (). Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.

Review

General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulkan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score

Key Differences

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
  • Performs 6.3x better in floating-point computations
  • Shows significantly better (up to 2.9x) AnTuTu 11 score โ€“ 2345K vs 808K
  • Has a smaller size transistor (4 versus 7 nm)
  • Supports 50% higher memory bandwidth (76.8 against 51.2 GB/s)
  • 38% higher CPU clock speed (3300 vs 2400 MHz)
  • Higher GPU frequency (~16%)
  • Better instruction set architecture

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
2345563
808658
CPU 700525 269523
GPU 805478 112296
Memory 296043 211603
UX 543517 215236
Total score 2345563 808658
Samples [443 tests] [13 tests]

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
6511
2399
Asset compression 256.8 MB/sec 129.7 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 190.9 pages/sec 58.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 209.1 Mpixels/sec 87.7 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 168.6 images/sec 49.9 images/sec
HDR 208.6 Mpixels/sec 77.9 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 24 images/sec 7.98 images/sec
Photo processing 63.6 images/sec 23.6 images/sec
Ray tracing 7.27 Mpixels/sec 3.69 Mpixels/sec
Samples 139 tests 7 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
15378
2309
Background blur 26.9 images/sec 4.24 images/sec
Face detection 13.2 images/sec 2.43 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.7 Gpixels/sec 0.17 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.61 Gpixels/sec 0.24 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.98 Gpixels/sec 0.13 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.18 Gpixels/sec 0.04 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 43.4 Gpixels/sec 6.71 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 3083.6 FPS 601.9 FPS
API OpenCL Vulkan
Samples 90 tests 3 tests

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Score 1652 314
Stability 79% 98%
Graphics test 12 FPS 2 FPS
3DMark Solar Bay
Score 8190 -
Stability 72% -
Graphics test 31 FPS -
Section 1 36 FPS -
Section 2 31 FPS -
Section 3 26 FPS -
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Score 4676 -
Graphics test 27 FPS -

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
16318
10251
Web score 16536 9466
Video editing score 7905 6509
Data manipulation score 14260 8311
Photo editing score 31248 18282
Writing score 19168 12099
Phones tested 41 models 2 models

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-09-28 (zloy)AnTuTu 122576231
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-09-27 -> AeonAnTuTu 122370620
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-09-27 (ArtemPat)AnTuTu 122617867
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-09-26 (Eon)Geekbench 7 CPU1896 / 6424
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-09-25 (gertjan28)Geekbench 7 GPU9730
HiSilicon Kirin 8000
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-09-24 (ุฃุจู’ุง ุตูŽุงู„ูุญู)AnTuTu 12863749
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-09-21 (auron)Geekbench 6 CPU936 / 2600
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-07-27 (ุฃุจู’ุง ุตูŽุงู„ูุญู)Geekbench 6 CPU909 / 2399
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-07-25 (ุฃุจู’ุง ุตูŽุงู„ูุญู)Geekbench 6 GPU2309
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-07-23 (ุฃุจู’ุง ุตูŽุงู„ูุญู)Geekbench 6 CPU909 / 2382

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and Kirin 8000

CPU

Architecture 1x 3.3 GHz โ€“ Cortex-X4
3x 3.15 GHz โ€“ Cortex-A720
2x 2.96 GHz โ€“ Cortex-A720
2x 2.27 GHz โ€“ Cortex-A520
1x 2.4 GHz โ€“ 1xA77 H
3x 2.19 GHz โ€“ 1xA77 L
4x 1.84 GHz โ€“ A55
Cores 8 8
Frequency 3300 MHz 2400 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L2 cache 1 MB -
L3 cache 12 MB -
Process 4 nanometers 7 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 8 W -
Manufacturing TSMC SMIC

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 750 -
Architecture Adreno 700 -
GPU frequency 903-1000 MHz 864 MHz
Pipelines 6 -
Shading units 256 -
Total shaders 1536 -
FLOPS 2774 Gigaflops 442.3 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.3 -
OpenCL version 2.0 -
DirectX version 12.1 -

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Yes

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory frequency 4800 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 76.8 Gb/s 51.2 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 12 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1 UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 -
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP -
Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 30FPS, 1K at 60FPS
Video playback 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 30FPS, 1080p at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X75 Balong
4G support LTE Cat. 24 -
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 10000 Mbps -
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps -
Wi-Fi 7 7
Bluetooth 5.4 6.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced October 2023 October 2024
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number SM8650-AB, SM8650-AC -
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 official site -
Successor - Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 -
Further details
Notes on Snapdragon 8 Gen 3:
    - Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 for Galaxy has a 100 MHz higher CPU and GPU clock speed. It has a higher GPU performance rate of up to 3072 Gigaflops.

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