Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 vs Snapdragon 7s Gen 3

We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 (with Adreno 750 graphics) and 7s Gen 3 (Adreno 810). 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 5.2x better in floating-point computations
  • Supports 200% higher memory bandwidth (76.8 against 25.6 GB/s)
  • Shows significantly better (up to 2.3x) AnTuTu 11 score – 2345K vs 1041K
  • 32% higher CPU clock speed (3300 vs 2500 MHz)
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3
  • Higher GPU frequency (~5%)

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
2345563
CPU 700525 405718
GPU 805478 179932
Memory 296043 193010
UX 543517 263239
Total score 2345563 1041899
Samples [443 tests] [140 tests]

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Asset compression 256.8 MB/sec 157.5 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 190.9 pages/sec 83.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 209.1 Mpixels/sec 116.6 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 168.6 images/sec 59.8 images/sec
HDR 208.6 Mpixels/sec 96.1 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 24 images/sec 11.7 images/sec
Photo processing 63.6 images/sec 26.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 7.27 Mpixels/sec 4.29 Mpixels/sec
Samples 139 tests 14 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Background blur 26.9 images/sec 8.39 images/sec
Face detection 13.2 images/sec 4.05 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.7 Gpixels/sec 0.16 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.61 Gpixels/sec 0.2 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.98 Gpixels/sec 0.31 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.18 Gpixels/sec 0.05 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 43.4 Gpixels/sec 17.4 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 3083.6 FPS 628.9 FPS
API OpenCL Vulkan
Samples 90 tests 12 tests

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Score 1652 379
Stability 79% -
Graphics test 12 FPS 3 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
Web score 16536 13557
Video editing score 7905 7169
Data manipulation score 14260 11111
Photo editing score 31248 21690
Writing score 19168 16942
Phones tested 41 models 8 models

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-24 (Denislav Antimov)AnTuTu 122573019
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-23 (DEMON77)AnTuTu 122536327
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-23 (Dairy_Milk)AnTuTu 122593648
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-23 (Zeeshan Ali)AnTuTu 112317592
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-22 (Blackz)AnTuTu 112368229
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-16 (Arkelian)AnTuTu 121060019
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-15 (Floyd)AnTuTu 111054677
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-14 (nandoAp)AnTuTu 111091436
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-12 (MishaDesher)AnTuTu 121029598
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-31 (SilentSPHINX)AnTuTu 11936025

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and Snapdragon 7s Gen 3

CPU

Architecture 1x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4
3x 3.15 GHz – Cortex-A720
2x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A720
2x 2.27 GHz – Cortex-A520
1x 2.5 GHz – Kryo Prime (Cortex-A720)
3x 2.4 GHz – Kryo Gold (Cortex-A720)
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo Silver (Cortex-A520)
Cores 8 8
Frequency 3300 MHz 2500 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv9.2-A
L2 cache 1 MB -
L3 cache 12 MB -
Process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 8 W -
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 750 Adreno 810
Architecture Adreno 700 Adreno 800
GPU frequency 903-1000 MHz 1050 MHz
Pipelines 6 2
Shading units 256 128
Total shaders 1536 256
FLOPS 2774 Gigaflops 537.6 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.3 1.3
OpenCL version 2.0 3.0
DirectX version 12.1 12.1

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Yes

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory frequency 4800 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 76.8 Gb/s 25.6 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 16 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1 UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 1920 x 1200
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP 1x 200MP
Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video playback 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 30FPS
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 -
4G support LTE Cat. 24 -
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 10000 Mbps Up to 2900 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 1600 Mbps
Wi-Fi 7 6
Bluetooth 5.4 5.4
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced October 2023 August 2024
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number SM8650-AB, SM8650-AC SM7635
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 official site Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 official site
Successor - Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 - Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 4
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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