Overview - Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Vs Snapdragon 7 Gen 3

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 vs Snapdragon 7 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 8 Gen 2 57
Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 44
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 60
Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 37
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 86
Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 86
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 68
Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 56
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
CPU 270867 256787
GPU 567801 272332
Memory 239879 177778
UX 198202 159966
Total score 1276749 866863
Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 21.67% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 (3200 vs 2630 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 31.25% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 (4200 vs 3200 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 47.28% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 (1,277 K vs 867 K).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 7 Gen 3.
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 1490
Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 1128

Multi-Core Score

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 5198
Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 3375

Image compression

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 251.3
Snapdragon 7 Gen 3

Face detection

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 46.2
Snapdragon 7 Gen 3

Speech recognition

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 122.9
Snapdragon 7 Gen 3

Machine learning

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 114.1
Snapdragon 7 Gen 3

Camera shooting

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 51.7
Snapdragon 7 Gen 3

HTML 5

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 5.81
Snapdragon 7 Gen 3

SQLite

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 1510
Snapdragon 7 Gen 3

3DMark

Stability %

Graphics test 81 FPS
Stability %

Graphics test -
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display 4K Ultra HD @ 60 Hz, QHD+ @ 144 Hz WFHD+@168 Hz, WQHD+@120 Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution 3840 x 2160 -
  • Max External Display 4K @ 60 Hz 4K @ 60 Hz
  • HDR HDR Vivid, HDR10+, HDR10 HDR10, HDR10+, Adaptive HDR10, Ultra HDR
  • Color Depth Up to 10-bit Up to 10-bit
  • Color Gamut Rec. 2020 Rec. 2020
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

85%
Turbo Clock Speed

3200 MHz

70%
Turbo Clock Speed

2630 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

82%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

  • Architecture 1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X3 4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A715 3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510
    1x 2.63 GHz – Cortex-A715
    3x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A715
    4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.6-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache 1 MB -
  • L3 cache 8 MB -
  • Process 4 nm 4 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP 10 W 6 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Adreno 740 Adreno 720
  • Architecture Adreno 700 Adreno 700
  • GPU frequency 980 MHz -
  • Execution units - -
  • Shading units - -
  • FLOPS - -
  • Vulkan version 1.3 1.3
  • OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
  • DirectX version 12 -
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 4200 MHz 3200 MHz
  • Max bandwidth - 25.6 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 24 GB 16 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR5x LPDDR5
  • Bus 4 x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Yes Yes
  • Storage type UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0 UFS 3.1
  • Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 3360 x 1600
  • Max camera resolution 1 x 200 MP 1x 200MP
  • Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS, 1K at 120FPS
  • Video playback 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS, 1080p at 120FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
  • Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem Snapdragon X70 Snapdragon X63
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • Wi-Fi 7 6
  • Bluetooth 5.3 5.3
  • 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 8 Gen 2

CPU
57%
GPU
60%
Memory
49%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3

CPU
44%
GPU
37%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%
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