Overview - Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 Vs Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 vs Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 SoCs by Qualcomm. We've now weighed the advantages and disadvantages of these 8-core CPUs on the basis of their Geekbench, Antutu and 3DMark benchmarks with their technical specifications.

Features

Review

CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 28
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 70
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 23
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 63
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 86
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 86
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 46
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 73
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
CPU 131871 374214
GPU 163570 516258
Memory 114048 344248
UX 94884 259884
Total score 504373 1494604
Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

  • Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 has 36.36% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 (3000 vs 2200 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 has 15.18% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 (1100 vs 955 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 has 31.25% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 (4200 vs 3200 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 has 196.33% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 (1,495 K vs 504 K ).
  • Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 4 Gen 2.
  • Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 Support 150.00% higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 (64 vs 25.6 GB/s).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 916
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 1999

Multi-Core Score

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Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 2106
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 5273

3DMark

Stability %

Graphics test -
Stability 85.3%

Graphics test 67 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display FHD+ @ 120 Hz QHD+ @ 144 Hz, 4K Ultra HD @ 60 Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution 1200 x 2520 3840 x 2160
  • Max External Display - 8K @ 30 Hz
  • HDR - HDR10, HDR10+, HDR Vivid
  • Color Depth - 10-bit
  • Color Gamut - Rec. 2020
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

58%
Turbo Clock Speed

2200 MHz

79%
Turbo Clock Speed

3000 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

  • Architecture 2x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A78
    6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
    1x 3 GHz – Cortex-X4
    4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720
    3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A520
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv9.2-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache - 1 MB
  • L3 cache - 8 MB
  • Process 4 nm 4 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP - 6 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Adreno 613 Adreno 735
  • Architecture Adreno 600 Adreno 700
  • GPU frequency 955 MHz 1100 MHz
  • Execution units - 2
  • Shading units - 768
  • FLOPS - 3379.2 Gigaflops
  • Vulkan version 1.1 1.3
  • OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
  • DirectX version 12 12.1
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 3200 MHz 4200 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 25.6 Gbit/s 64 Gbit/s
  • Max Size - 24 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X
  • Bus 2x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Yes Hexagon
  • Storage type UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1 UFS 4.0
  • Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 3840 x 2160
  • Max camera resolution 1x 108MP, 2x 16MP 1x 200MP
  • Video capture 1K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
  • Video playback 1080p at 60FPS 4K at 120FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP9 H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
  • Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem Snapdragon X61 Snapdragon X70
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 22
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • Wi-Fi 5 7
  • Bluetooth 5.1 5.4
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2

CPU
28%
GPU
23%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

CPU
70%
GPU
63%
Memory
49%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%
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