Snapdragon 888 Plus Vs Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 888 Plus vs Snapdragon 8 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.
Review
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus
- Snapdragon 888 Plus has 17.53% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 (905 vs 770 MHz).
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 has 10.18% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 888 Plus (3300 vs 2995 MHz).
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 has 50.00% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 888 Plus (4800 vs 3200 MHz).
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 has 20% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 888 Plus (4 vs 5 nm).
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 has 149.09% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 888 Plus (2,109 K vs 847 K ).
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 888 Plus.
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Support 50.39% higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 888 Plus (77 vs 51.2 GB/s).
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
| CPU | 216591 | 495720 |
| GPU | 324286 | 914123 |
| Memory | 138188 | 361002 |
| UX | 167760 | 338475 |
| Total score | 846825 | 2109320 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Image compression | - | - |
| Face detection | - | - |
| Speech recognition | - | - |
| Machine learning | - | - |
| Camera shooting | - | - |
| HTML 5 | - | - |
| SQLite | - | - |
3DMark
45%
Snapdragon 888+0%
sd 8 Gen 3Score: 5863
| Stability | 99% | - |
| Graphics test | 33 FPS | - |
| Score | 5863 | - |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3Display
| Max On-Device Display | 4K Ultra HD @ 60 Hz, QHD+ @ 144 Hz | 4K Ultra HD @ 60 Hz, QHD+ @ 144 Hz |
| Max On-Display Resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 3840 x 2160 |
| Max External Display | 4K @ 60 Hz | 8K @ 30 Hz |
| HDR | Hybrid Log Gamma (HLG), HDR10+, Dolby Vision®, HDR10 | HDR Vivid, HDR10, HDR10+ |
| Color Depth | Up to 10-bit | 10-bit |
| Color Gamut | Rec. 2020 | Rec. 2020 |
CPU
79%
Snapdragon 888+87%
sd 8 Gen 3
Processor Speed (Frequency)
| 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 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4 3x 3.15 GHz – Cortex-A720 2x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A720 2x 2.26 GHz – Cortex-A520 |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Base Frequency | 1800 MHz | 2260 MHz |
| Turbo Frequency | 2995 MHz | 3300 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.4-A | ARMv9-A |
| L1 cache | 512 KB | - |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | - |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | 12 MB |
| Process | 5 nm | 4 nm |
| Transistor count | 10.3 Billion | - |
| TDP | 8 W | - |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 660 | Adreno 750 |
| Architecture | Adreno 600 | Adreno 700 |
| GPU frequency | 905 MHz | 770 MHz |
| Execution units | 2 | - |
| Shading units | 512 | - |
| FLOPS | 1853 Gigaflops | - |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | - |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | - |
| DirectX version | 12 | - |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5X |
| Memory frequency | 3200 MHz | 4800 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 51.2 Gbit/s | 77 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 24 GB | 24 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 780 | Hexagon |
| Storage type | UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1 | UFS 4.0 |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 3840 x 2160 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 2000MP, 2x 25MP | 1x 200MP |
| 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, VP8, VP9 |
| Audio codecs | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
Download Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
Upload Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
| Modem | X60 | Snapdragon X75 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 22 | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Peak Download speed | Up to 7500 Mbps | Up to 10000 Mbps |
| Peak Upload speed | Up to 3000 Mbps | Up to 3500 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 7 |
| Bluetooth | 5.2 | 5.4 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced Date | June 2021 | October 2023 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | SM8350-AC | SM8650-AB |
| Official page | Snapdragon 888 Plus official site | Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 official site |
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus
50.5
Review By TenzysTech
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
68.25
Review By TenzysTech
