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Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 vs Tensor G3

Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
VS
Tensor G3
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
Tensor G3

We compared the 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 (Adreno 730) with the newer 9-core Google Tensor G3 (Mali-G715 MP7) SoC. Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Benchmarks
  4. AnTuTu v11
  5. GeekBench 6
  6. Gaming
  7. Specs
  8. Comments (2)

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 Plus Gen 1
  • Performs 16% better in floating-point computations
  • 10% higher CPU clock speed (3200 vs 2910 MHz)
Pros of Google Tensor G3
  • Supports 33% higher memory bandwidth (68.2 against 51.2 GB/s)
  • Has 1 more cores

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks
SoC:
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
vs
Tensor G3

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 +1%
1420808
Tensor G3
1409016
CPU 537485 482403
GPU 241551 384611
Memory 254727 218603
UX 387045 323399
Total score 1420808 1409016
Samples [116 tests] [33 tests]
Submit your AnTuTu result

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Asset compression 190.8 MB/sec 197.6 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 126.3 pages/sec 134.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 164.1 Mpixels/sec 148.4 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 114.8 images/sec 82.1 images/sec
HDR 141.5 Mpixels/sec 142.1 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 16 images/sec 13.2 images/sec
Photo processing 37.7 images/sec 48.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 4.69 Mpixels/sec 5.34 Mpixels/sec
Samples 72 tests 11 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Background blur 8.63 images/sec 10.6 images/sec
Face detection 5.22 images/sec 6.85 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.35 Gpixels/sec 0.16 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.43 Gpixels/sec 0.35 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.43 Gpixels/sec 0.32 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.09 Gpixels/sec 0.08 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 24.4 Gpixels/sec 11.9 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 666.6 FPS 1088 FPS
API Vulkan Vulkan
Samples 39 tests 9 tests

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Score 856 982
Stability 98% 74%
Graphics test 6 FPS 7 FPS
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Score 2756 -
Stability 44% -
Graphics test 16 FPS -

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
Web score 12737 -
Video editing score 7462 -
Data manipulation score 12439 -
Photo editing score 32017 -
Writing score 16257 -
Phones tested 5 models -

Gaming

Table of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games
PUBG Mobile 89 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
Call of Duty: Mobile 60 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
Fortnite 47 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
Shadowgun Legends 114 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
World of Tanks Blitz 120 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
Genshin Impact 56 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang 58 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
Device ZTE Nubia Red Magic 7S Pro
1080 x 2400		 -
We provide average results. FPS may differ, depending on game version, OS and other factors.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-02 (Wortek)AnTuTu1294979
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-01 -> OfficalK12GeekBench CPU1429 / 4113
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-01 -> OfficalK12AnTuTu1382609
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-29 (Smofan)AnTuTu1433942
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-19 (Абдухаким)AnTuTu1344510
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Google Tensor G3
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-28 (asfiii-malik)AnTuTu1515235
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-28 (asfiii-baloch)AnTuTu1515235
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-05 (s1mpick)AnTuTu1338293
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-04 (reazz)AnTuTu1356451
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-04 (Bilal Ahmed)AnTuTu1367231
Add View all (48)

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 and Tensor G3

CPU

Architecture 1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X2
3x 2.75 GHz – Cortex-A710
4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510		 1x 2.91 GHz – Cortex-X3
4x 2.37 GHz – Cortex-A715
4x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A510
Cores 8 9
Frequency 3200 MHz 2910 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv9-A
L2 cache 1 MB -
L3 cache 6 MB -
Process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 6 W 6 W
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 730 Mali-G715 MP7
Architecture Adreno 700 Valhall 4th gen
GPU frequency 900 MHz 890 MHz
Pipelines 2 7
Shading units 512 128
Total shaders 1024 896
FLOPS 1843.2 Gigaflops 1594.8 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.1 1.3
OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
DirectX version 12.1 -

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Yes

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 4266 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 51.2 Gb/s 68.2 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 16 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP 1x 200MP, 2x 32MP
Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9		 - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV		 - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X65 Exynos 5300i
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 10000 Mbps Up to 7300 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 3670 Mbps Up to 3700 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 7
Bluetooth 5.3 5.3
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

Info

Announced May 2022 October 2023
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number SM8475 GS301 (S5P9865)
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 official site Google Tensor G3 official site
Successor - - Google Tensor G5

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Comments

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Sad May 2, 2024 at 10:38 AM
This is just sad. Tensor is getting eaten by now midrange level chips. Why doesn't Google tap Samsung's partnership with AMD? At least this way they can compete on the GPU front.
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Mrsch August 7, 2024 at 08:12 AM
"8 Gen 1" isn't midrange just yet. "888" could be considered midrange. Besides, Mali GPUs are highly competitive; it's just that Google didn't use more cores. They use only 7 cores, but could have gone for 11, like Dimensity 9200.
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