Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 vs Tensor G4
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
Winner75#5 of 6 mobile SoCs · bottom 34%
Last year’s flagship: still a strong GPU, now the value pick.
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Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 wins by 19 points
Tensor G4
56#6 of 6 mobile SoCs · bottom 17%
Built for on-device AI, not benchmarks; slowest flagship here by a wide margin.
Overview
Key Differences
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
- 100% higher 3DMark Wild Life Extreme: 5,000 vs 2,500
- 91% higher AnTuTu v10: 2,100,000 vs 1,100,000
- 49% higher Geekbench 6 multi-core: 7,000 vs 4,700
- 41 points higher Gaming score: 81 vs 40
- ≈ estimated20% higher SPEC CPU 2017 integer, one core: 7.9 vs 6.6
Tensor G4
- ≈ estimated18% lower rated power: 9 W vs 11 W
Review
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 scores 75 overall to Tensor G4's 56: #5 against #6 of 6 mobile SoCs.
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 leads on CPU by 18% (72 (estimated) vs 61 (estimated)), Gaming by 103% (81 vs 40) and Battery by 11% (73 (estimated) vs 66 (estimated)).
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 is ahead in 6 of 6 benchmarks, the widest gap in 3DMark Wild Life Extreme by 100% (5,000 vs 2,500).
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 is rated at 11 W (estimated) against 9 W (estimated).
- CPU≈ estimated72 +18%≈ estimated61App launch, browsing, photo processing.
- Gaming81 +103%40GPU throughput in demanding 3D games.
- Battery≈ estimated73 +11%≈ estimated66CPU work per watt of peak power: longer runtime.
- Overall7556
Benchmarks
- SPEC CPU 2017 integer, one core≈ estimated7.9 +20%≈ estimated6.6
- SPEC CPU 2017 floating point, one core≈ estimated11 +17%≈ estimated9.4
- AnTuTu v102,100,000 +91%1,100,000
- Geekbench 6 single-core2,250 +15%1,950
- Geekbench 6 multi-core7,000 +49%4,700
- 3DMark Wild Life Extreme5,000 +100%2,500
Specs
| Spec | Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 | Tensor G4 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | ||
| Cores | 8 (1× X4 + 5× A720 + 2× A520) | 8 (1× X4 + 3× A720 + 4× A520) |
| Architecture | Arm v9.2 | Arm v9.2 |
| Max clock | 3.3 GHz | 3.1 GHz |
| L3 cache | 12 MB | 8 MB |
| GPU | ||
| GPU | Adreno 750 | Mali-G715 MC7 |
| Ray tracing | Hardware | No |
| NPU | Hexagon | — |
| TPU | — | Google Edge TPU |
| Memory | ||
| Type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Max speed | 9600 MT/s | — |
| Max capacity | 24 GB | — |
| Capacity | — | 12 / 16 GB |
| Connectivity | ||
| Modem | Snapdragon X75 | Exynos 5400 |
| 5G | Sub-6 + mmWave | Sub-6 + mmWave |
| Wi-Fi | 7 | 7 |
| Bluetooth | 5.4 | — |
| Satellite SOS | — | Yes |
| Power | ||
| Peak package power | 11 W (est.) | 9 W (est.) |
| Node | TSMC N4P | Samsung SF4P |
| Misc | ||
| Launched | October 2023 | August 2024 |
| ISP | Spectra | — |
| Storage | UFS 4.0 | UFS 3.1 |
| Sold as | — | Part of a device |