Compare Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 and Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

This is a benchmark comparison between Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 and Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, including Geekbench, AnTuTu, CPU Throttling test, etc.

Recently, TipsMake compared Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 and Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and concluded that there is a significant difference in performance between the two chipsets, with Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 not offering the same flagship performance. head.

And if you look at it objectively then 8 Gen 3 seems to have closer performance to SD 7+ Gen 3 and SD 8 Gen 2. So here is the benchmark comparison between Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 and Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 , including Geekbench, AnTuTu, CPU Throttling test, etc.

Note : The author ran the test on Xiaomi Civi 4 Pro running Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 and OnePlus 12R running Snapdragon 8 Gen 2.

Compare specifications

Before proceeding, let's take a look at the specifications of Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 and Snapdragon 8 Gen 2.

  Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Release date March 2024 November 2022
Node processing TSMC 4nm TSMC 4nm
CPU Octa-core Kryo CPU
1x 3.0GHz (Cortex-X4)
4x 2.8GHz (Cortex-A720)
3x 2.0GHz (Cortex-A520)
Octa-core Kryo CPU
1x 3.2GHz (Cortex-X3)
2x 2.8GHz (Cortex-A715)
2x 2.8GHz (Cortex-A710)
3x 2.0GHz (Cortex-A510)
GPU Adreno 735 Ray Tracing is AFME 2.0
hardware accelerated
Adreno 740 GPU
Ray Tracing is hardware-accelerated with
Unreal Engine 5
Game Post Processing Accelerator
NPU Hexagon NPU
Runs AI models with up to 10B parameters
Hexagon NPU
Camera support Cognitive ISP, 3 18-bit ISPs
Capture photos up to 200MP
108MP ZSL, 64+36 ZSL, 36+36+36 ZSL
Capture 4K HDR video at 60 FPS
18-Bit Spectra ISP
Cognitive ISP
Snapdragon Sight
Connect ability WiFi 7, Bluetooth 5.4, LE WiFi 7, Bluetooth 5.3, LE
Modem Snapdragon X70 5G Modem
Highest download speed 6.5 Gbps
Highest upload speed 3.5 Gbps
Snapdragon X70 5G Modem
Highest download speed 10 Gbps
Highest upload speed 3.5 Gbps
Memory/RAM UFS 4.0
LPDDR5X memory up to 4200MHz
UFS 4.0
LPDDR5X memory up to 4200MHz
Supports AV1 Codec Only AV1 decoding is HW accelerated Only AV1 decoding is HW accelerated
NavIC support Have Have

Geekbench 6 CPU score

As evident from the Geekbench 6 CPU test, the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 performs at a similar level to the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. The newly launched Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 achieved a single-core score of 1,999 points and 5,273 in the test. multi-core.

On the other hand, Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 received 1,934 points in the single-core test and 5,367 in the multi-core test. Despite clocking the cores at a lower frequency, the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 is still competitive with the CPU on the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 due to the newer cores on the SD 8s Gen 3.

Geekbench 6 CPUs Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Single core 1,999 1,934
Multi-core 5,273 5,367

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AnTuTu benchmark score

Next, in the AnTuTu benchmark test, Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 once again approached Qualcomm's 2022 flagship, Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 scored 1,523,930 points in AnTuTu and Snapdragon 8 Gen tests. 2 reached 1,535,770 points.

 In fact, in the CPU test, the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 scored slightly higher than the SD 8 Gen 2. That said, the GPU on the 8 Gen 2 is slightly better.

AnTuTu Benchmark Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
AnTuTu score 1,523,930 1,535,770
CPU 391,196 388,627
GPU 520,531 605,405
Memory 344,714 256,269
UX 267,489 285,469

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Test CPU Throttling

In the CPU Throttling test, Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 performed much better than Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. Since 8s Gen 3 has newer cores with better performance, it can sustain high workloads on the CPU without reducing performance.

In the 15-minute test, Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 accelerated to 94% of maximum performance while Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 accelerated to 75% of maximum performance. However, this also depends on the cooling system used by the OEMs and how well they implement it.

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 Test GPU Geekbench

Because 3DMark kept crashing on the Xiaomi Civi 4 Pro, the author of the article performed the Geekbench GPU test to find out the performance difference between both Adreno GPUs. The Adreno 735 GPU on Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 scored 8,838 in the OpenCL test and 10,154 in the Vulkan test.

For comparison, the Adreno 740 GPU on the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC scored slightly higher on the OpenCL test, scoring 9,133 points. However, in the Vulkan test, the 8 Gen 2 scored 9,109 points. Both GPUs are capable of supporting hardware-accelerated Ray Tracing and both are equivalent.

Geekbench 6 GPU Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
OpenCL 8,838 9,133
Vulkan 10,154 9,109

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Test AI performance

For the final AI performance test, the author ran the Geekbench ML application to evaluate the NPU performance of both chipsets. Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 scored 612 points and Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 scored 383 points. The low scores of both chipsets can be attributed to the fact that Qualcomm chipsets currently do not support NNAPI backend properly. The author also tried to run other AI benchmark applications, but Xiaomi Civi 4 Pro refused to launch those applications.

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Conclude

Qualcomm's new Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 has comparable performance to the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 in most aspects. If I had to choose between the two chipsets, the choice would definitely be the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3. Because it boasts a newer but slightly overclocked ARM core, which improves the battery life and thermal performance of the chipset.

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