Qualcomm Snapdragon G3x Gen 2 vs Apple M3 (8-GPU)

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Qualcomm Snapdragon G3x Gen 2 CPU1 vs CPU2 Apple M3 (8-GPU)
Qualcomm Snapdragon G3x Gen 2 Apple M3 (8-GPU)

CPU comparison

Qualcomm Snapdragon G3x Gen 2 or Apple M3 (8-GPU) - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The Qualcomm Snapdragon G3x Gen 2 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 0.00 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 0 memory channels. The Qualcomm Snapdragon G3x Gen 2 was released in Q3/2023.

The Apple M3 (8-GPU) has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.06 GHz. The CPU supports up to 24 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Apple M3 (8-GPU) was released in Q4/2023.
Qualcomm Snapdragon G (4) Family Apple M series (25)
Qualcomm Snapdragon G Gen 2 (1) CPU group Apple M3 (6)
2 Generation 3
Kryo Architecture M3
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor Apple M2 (8-GPU)
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Qualcomm Snapdragon G3x Gen 2 has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Qualcomm Snapdragon G3x Gen 2 is -- while the Apple M3 (8-GPU) has 8 CPU cores and 8 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Apple M3 (8-GPU) is at 0.70 GHz (4.06 GHz).
Qualcomm Snapdragon G3x Gen 2 Characteristic Apple M3 (8-GPU)
8 Cores 8
8 Threads 8
normal Core architecture hybrid (big.LITTLE)
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
--
8x Kryo		 A-Core 0.70 GHz (4.06 GHz)
4x P-Core
-- B-Core 0.74 GHz (2.75 GHz)
4x E-Core

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
Qualcomm Snapdragon G3x Gen 2 Characteristic Apple M3 (8-GPU)
-- AI hardware Apple Neural Engine
-- AI specifications 16 Neural cores @ 35 TOPS

Internal Graphics

The Qualcomm Snapdragon G3x Gen 2 or Apple M3 (8-GPU) has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
Qualcomm Adreno A32 GPU Apple M3 (8 Core)
GPU frequency 0.39 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 1.40 GHz
-- GPU Generation --
Technology 3 nm
0 Max. displays 2
-- Compute units 128
-- Shader 1024
No Hardware Raytracing Yes
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 24 GB
-- DirectX Version --

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
Qualcomm Adreno A32 GPU Apple M3 (8 Core)
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VP8 Decode
Decode Codec AV1 Decode
Decode Codec AVC Decode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Qualcomm Snapdragon G3x Gen 2 can use up to GB of memory in 0 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is --. The Apple M3 (8-GPU) supports up to 24 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 102.4 GB/s.
Qualcomm Snapdragon G3x Gen 2 Characteristic Apple M3 (8-GPU)
Memory LPDDR5-6400
Max. Memory 24 GB
0 Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
-- Max. Bandwidth 102.4 GB/s
Yes ECC No
-- L2 Cache 20.00 MB
-- L3 Cache --
-- PCIe version 4.0
-- PCIe lanes --
-- PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Qualcomm Snapdragon G3x Gen 2 is --, while the Apple M3 (8-GPU) has a TDP of 22 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.
Qualcomm Snapdragon G3x Gen 2 Characteristic Apple M3 (8-GPU)
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 22 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down 10 W
-- Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The Qualcomm Snapdragon G3x Gen 2 is manufactured in 4 nm and has 0.00 MB cache. The Apple M3 (8-GPU) is manufactured in 3 nm and has a 20.00 MB cache.
Qualcomm Snapdragon G3x Gen 2 Characteristic Apple M3 (8-GPU)
4 nm Technology 3 nm
Chiplet Chip design Chiplet
Armv8-A (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) Armv8-A (64 bit)
-- ISA extensions Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation
-- Socket --
None Virtualization Apple Virtualization Framework
No AES-NI Yes
Android Operating systems macOS, iPadOS
Q3/2023 Release date Q4/2023
-- Release price --
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Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
Qualcomm Snapdragon G3x Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon G3x Gen 2
8C 8T @ 0.00 GHzNot verified
0 (0%)
Apple M3 (8-GPU) Apple M3 (8-GPU)
8C 8T @ 4.06 GHz
137 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
Qualcomm Snapdragon G3x Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon G3x Gen 2
8C 8T @ 0.00 GHzNot verified
0 (0%)
Apple M3 (8-GPU) Apple M3 (8-GPU)
8C 8T @ 4.06 GHz
659 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Qualcomm Snapdragon G3x Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon G3x Gen 2
8C 8T @ 0.00 GHzNot verified
0 (0%)
Apple M3 (8-GPU) Apple M3 (8-GPU)
8C 8T @ 4.06 GHz
1965 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Qualcomm Snapdragon G3x Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon G3x Gen 2
8C 8T @ 0.00 GHzNot verified
0 (0%)
Apple M3 (8-GPU) Apple M3 (8-GPU)
8C 8T @ 4.06 GHz
10437 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Qualcomm Snapdragon G3x Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon G3x Gen 2
8C 8T @ 0.00 GHzNot verified
0 (0%)
Apple M3 (8-GPU) Apple M3 (8-GPU)
8C 8T @ 4.06 GHz
2150 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Qualcomm Snapdragon G3x Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon G3x Gen 2
8C 8T @ 0.00 GHzNot verified
0 (0%)
Apple M3 (8-GPU) Apple M3 (8-GPU)
8C 8T @ 4.06 GHz
10450 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Qualcomm Snapdragon G3x Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon G3x Gen 2
8C 8T @ 0.00 GHzNot verified
0 (0%)
Apple M3 (8-GPU) Apple M3 (8-GPU)
8C 8T @ 4.06 GHz
3125 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Qualcomm Snapdragon G3x Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon G3x Gen 2
8C 8T @ 0.00 GHzNot verified
0 (0%)
Apple M3 (8-GPU) Apple M3 (8-GPU)
8C 8T @ 4.06 GHz
11863 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Qualcomm Snapdragon G3x Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon G3x Gen 2
Qualcomm Adreno A32 @ 0.00 GHzNot verified
0 (0%)
Apple M3 (8-GPU) Apple M3 (8-GPU)
Apple M3 (8 Core) @ 1.40 GHz
2840 (100%)

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)

Efficiency of the processor under full load in the Cinebench R23 (multi-core) benchmark. The benchmark result is divided by the average energy required (CPU package power in watts). The higher the value, the more efficient the CPU is under full load.
Qualcomm Snapdragon G3x Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon G3x Gen 2
0.00 GHz Not verified
0 (0%)
Apple M3 (8-GPU) Apple M3 (8-GPU)
10,437 CB R23 MC @ 22 W
474 (100%)

Performance for Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. The performance is given in the number (trillions) of arithmetic operations per second (TOPS).
Qualcomm Snapdragon G3x Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon G3x Gen 2
8C 8T @ 0.00 GHzNot verified
0 (0%)
Apple M3 (8-GPU) Apple M3 (8-GPU)
8C 8T @ 0.70 GHz
35 (100%)

Devices using this processor
Qualcomm Snapdragon G3x Gen 2 Apple M3 (8-GPU)
Unknown Apple iMac 24 (2023)

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