Overview - Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Vs Tensor G3

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 vs Tensor G3 SoCs by Qualcomm and Google respectively. We've now weighed the advantages and disadvantages of these 8-core and 9-core CPUs on the basis of their Geekbench, Antutu and 3DMark benchmarks with their technical specifications.

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Review

CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 46
Tensor G3 52
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 48
Tensor G3 46
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 86
Tensor G3 86
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 60
Tensor G3 61
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Tensor G3
CPU 249768 281756
GPU 448381 364449
Memory 172528 148341
UX 166045 181913
Total score 1036722 976459
Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1

  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 3.09% higher CPU clock speed than Tensor G3 (3000 vs 2910 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 6.17% better AnTuTu 9 score than Tensor G3 (1,037 K vs 976 K).

Pros of Google Tensor G3

  • Tensor G3 has 11.25% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 (890 vs 800 MHz).
  • Tensor G3 has 31.25% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 (4200 vs 3200 MHz).
  • Tensor G3 Support 25.00% higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 (64 vs 51.2 GB/s).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 1221
Tensor G3 1626

Multi-Core Score

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 3589
Tensor G3 3598

Image compression

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 180.6
Tensor G3

Face detection

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 25.25
Tensor G3

Speech recognition

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 54.7
Tensor G3

Machine learning

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 56.95
Tensor G3

Camera shooting

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 28
Tensor G3

HTML 5

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 3
Tensor G3

SQLite

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 989.1
Tensor G3

3DMark

Stability 88%

Graphics test 54 FPS
Stability %

Graphics test -
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display 4K @ 60 Hz,QHD+ @ 144 Hz 4K
  • Max On-Display Resolution 3840 x 2160 3840 x 2160
  • Max External Display 4K @ 60 Hz -
  • HDR HDR10+, HDR10 -
  • Color Depth Up to 10-bit -
  • Color Gamut Rec2020 -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

79%
Turbo Clock Speed

3000 MHz

77%
Turbo Clock Speed

2910 MHz

82%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

77%
Base Frequency

1700 MHz

  • Architecture 1x 3 GHz Cortex-X2
    3x 2.5 GHz Cortex-A710
    4x 1.8 GHz Cortex-A510
    1x 2.91 GHz – Cortex-X3
    4x 2.37 GHz – Cortex-A715
    4x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A510
  • Cores 8 9
  • Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv9-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache 1 MB -
  • L3 cache 4 MB -
  • Process 4 nm 4 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP - 6 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Adreno 730 Mali-G715 MP7
  • Architecture Adreno 700 Valhall 4th gen
  • GPU frequency 800 MHz 890 MHz
  • Execution units 3 7
  • Shading units 768 192
  • FLOPS - 2415.8 Gigaflops
  • Vulkan version 1.1 1.3
  • OpenCL version 2 2.0
  • DirectX version 12 -
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 3200 MHz 4200 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 64 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 24 GB 16 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X
  • Bus 4x16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Yes
  • 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, 2x 64MP 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
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem Snapdragon X65 Exynos 5300i
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • Wi-Fi 6 7
  • Bluetooth 5.2 5.3
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1

CPU
46%
GPU
48%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%

Google Tensor G3

CPU
52%
GPU
46%
Memory
49%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%
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