Overview - Snapdragon 888 Plus Vs Tensor G3

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 888 Plus 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.

Features

Review

CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Snapdragon 888 Plus 36
Tensor G3 43
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 888 Plus 31
Tensor G3 36
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 888 Plus 82
Tensor G3 86
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 888 Plus 50
Tensor G3 55
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 888 Plus Tensor G3
CPU 216591 281756
GPU 324286 364449
Memory 138188 148341
UX 167760 181913
Total score 846825 976459
Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus

  • Snapdragon 888 Plus has 2.92% higher CPU clock speed than Tensor G3 (2995 vs 2910 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 888 Plus has 1.69% higher GPU clock speed than Tensor G3 (905 vs 890 MHz).

Pros of Google Tensor G3

  • Tensor G3 has 31.25% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 888 Plus (4200 vs 3200 MHz).
  • Tensor G3 has 20% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 888 Plus (4 vs 5 nm).
  • Tensor G3 has 15.31% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 888 Plus (976 K vs 847 K ).
  • Tensor G3 has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 888 Plus.
  • Tensor G3 Support 25.00% higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 888 Plus (64 vs 51.2 GB/s).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Snapdragon 888 Plus 1171
Tensor G3 1626

Multi-Core Score

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Snapdragon 888 Plus 3704
Tensor G3 3598

3DMark

Stability 99%

Graphics test 33 FPS
Stability %

Graphics test -
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display 4K Ultra HD @ 60 Hz, QHD+ @ 144 Hz 4K
  • Max On-Display Resolution 3840 x 2160 3840 x 2160
  • Max External Display 4K @ 60 Hz -
  • HDR Hybrid Log Gamma (HLG), HDR10+, Dolby Vision®, HDR10 -
  • Color Depth Up to 10-bit -
  • Color Gamut Rec. 2020 -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

74%
Turbo Clock Speed

2995 MHz

72%
Turbo Clock Speed

2910 MHz

44%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

42%
Base Frequency

1700 MHz

  • Architecture 1x 2.995 GHz – Kryo 680 Prime (Cortex-X1)
    3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 680 Gold (Cortex-A78)
    4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 680 Silver (Cortex-A55)
    1x 2.91 GHz – Cortex-X3
    4x 2.37 GHz – Cortex-A715
    4x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A510
  • Cores 8 9
  • Instruction set ARMv8.4-A ARMv9-A
  • L1 cache 512 KB -
  • L2 cache 1 MB -
  • L3 cache 4 MB -
  • Process 5 nm 4 nm
  • Transistor count 10.3 Billion -
  • TDP 8 W 6 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Adreno 660 Mali-G715 MP7
  • Architecture Adreno 600 Valhall 4th gen
  • GPU frequency 905 MHz 890 MHz
  • Execution units 2 7
  • Shading units 512 192
  • FLOPS 1853 Gigaflops 2415.8 Gigaflops
  • Vulkan version 1.1 1.3
  • OpenCL version 2.0 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 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 780 Yes
  • Storage type UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1 UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
  • Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 3840 x 2160
  • Max camera resolution 1x 2000MP, 2x 25MP 1x 200MP, 2x 32MP
  • Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
  • Video playback 8K at 30FPS 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 X60 Exynos 5300i
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 22 LTE Cat. 24
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • 5G Download Speed 7500 Mbps 7300 Mbps
  • 4G Download Speed - -
  • 5G Upload Speed 3000 Mbps 3700 Mbps
  • 4G Upload Speed - -
  • 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 888 Plus

CPU
36%
GPU
31%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
82%

Google Tensor G3

CPU
43%
GPU
36%
Memory
49%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%
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