Snapdragon 8 Elite vs Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
Snapdragon 8 Elite
Winner93#1 of 6 mobile SoCs · top 17%
Highest AnTuTu and GPU on Android; runs hot in thin phones.
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Snapdragon 8 Elite wins by 18 points
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
75#5 of 6 mobile SoCs · bottom 34%
Last year’s flagship: still a strong GPU, now the value pick.
Overview
Key Differences
Snapdragon 8 Elite
- 43% higher Geekbench 6 multi-core: 10,000 vs 7,000
- 42% higher Geekbench 6 single-core: 3,200 vs 2,250
- ≈ estimated32% higher SPEC CPU 2017 floating point, one core: 14.5 vs 11
- ≈ estimated30% higher SPEC CPU 2017 integer, one core: 10.3 vs 7.9
- 29% higher AnTuTu v10: 2,700,000 vs 2,100,000
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
- ≈ estimated8% lower rated power: 11 W vs 12 W
Review
Snapdragon 8 Elite scores 93 overall to Snapdragon 8 Gen 3's 75: #1 against #5 of 6 mobile SoCs.
Snapdragon 8 Elite leads on CPU by 32% (95 (estimated) vs 72 (estimated)), Gaming by 23% (100 vs 81) and Battery by 15% (84 (estimated) vs 73 (estimated)).
Snapdragon 8 Elite is ahead in 6 of 6 benchmarks, the widest gap in Geekbench 6 multi-core by 43% (10,000 vs 7,000).
Snapdragon 8 Elite is rated at 12 W (estimated) against 11 W (estimated).
- CPU≈ estimated95 +32%≈ estimated72App launch, browsing, photo processing.
- Gaming100 +23%81GPU throughput in demanding 3D games.
- Battery≈ estimated84 +15%≈ estimated73CPU work per watt of peak power: longer runtime.
- Overall9375
Benchmarks
- SPEC CPU 2017 integer, one core≈ estimated10.3 +30%≈ estimated7.9
- SPEC CPU 2017 floating point, one core≈ estimated14.5 +32%≈ estimated11
- AnTuTu v102,700,000 +29%2,100,000
- Geekbench 6 single-core3,200 +42%2,250
- Geekbench 6 multi-core10,000 +43%7,000
- 3DMark Wild Life Extreme6,200 +24%5,000
Specs
| Spec | Snapdragon 8 Elite | Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | ||
| Cores | 8 (2 Prime + 6 Performance) | 8 (1× X4 + 5× A720 + 2× A520) |
| Architecture | Oryon (2nd gen) | Arm v9.2 |
| Max clock | 4.32 GHz | 3.3 GHz |
| L2 cache | 12 MB + 12 MB | — |
| L3 cache | — | 12 MB |
| GPU | ||
| GPU | Adreno 830 | Adreno 750 |
| Ray tracing | Hardware | Hardware |
| NPU | Hexagon | Hexagon |
| Memory | ||
| Type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Max speed | 10667 MT/s | 9600 MT/s |
| Max capacity | 24 GB | 24 GB |
| Connectivity | ||
| Modem | Snapdragon X80 | Snapdragon X75 |
| 5G | Sub-6 + mmWave | Sub-6 + mmWave |
| Wi-Fi | 7 | 7 |
| Bluetooth | 5.4 | 5.4 |
| Power | ||
| Peak package power | 12 W (est.) | 11 W (est.) |
| Node | TSMC N3E | TSMC N4P |
| Misc | ||
| Launched | October 2024 | October 2023 |
| ISP | Triple 20-bit Spectra | Spectra |
| Storage | UFS 4.0 | UFS 4.0 |