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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
Benchmarks & Specs

Name: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
Brand: Qualcomm
Rating: 4.2 (474 reviews)

Last updated: 2026-06-06

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 emerges as a highly powerful mobile processor. Its fabrication using the advanced 4 nm process ensures remarkable energy efficiency. The integrated Qualcomm Adreno 750 graphics deliver outstanding graphical performance. This chip is therefore ideally equipped for demanding games and multimedia applications of all kinds.

Its large 12 MB Level 3 cache also guarantees very fast data access. This contributes significantly to an overall smooth and fluid user experience. At the time of its release, the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 was among the absolute top models on the market. Even today, it offers impressive computing power for all common tasks.

It masters demanding apps and intensive multitasking with ease and high stability. We were surprised how smoothly even complex applications run on this chip. For users who value high performance, it remains an excellent choice. Its continued reliability makes it a very solid option for smartphones.

Modern 4 nm fabrication
Strong Qualcomm Adreno 750 graphics
Large 12 MB Level 3 cache
High overall performance and reliability

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 14 / 176
In segment Smartphone / Tablet

Multi-core performance

Rank 11 / 177
In segment Smartphone / Tablet

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

6C / 6T · 3.23 GHz

2,370

8C / 8T · 3.78 GHz

2,362

8C / 8T · 3.40 GHz

2,293

8C / 8T · 3.25 GHz

2,234

10C / 10T · 3.21 GHz

2,196

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

6C / 6T · 3.78 GHz

7,235

8C / 8T · 3.40 GHz

7,135

8C / 8T · 3.40 GHz

7,117

10C / 10T · 3.21 GHz

6,971

8C / 8T · 3.78 GHz

6,403

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

6C / 6T · 3.23 GHz

1,745

6C / 6T · 3.23 GHz

1,745

8C / 8T · 3.40 GHz

1,701

8C / 8T · 3.40 GHz

1,619

8C / 8T · 3.25 GHz

1,608

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 3.40 GHz

6,789

8C / 8T · 3.25 GHz

6,702

8C / 8T · 3.40 GHz

6,280

6C / 6T · 3.78 GHz

5,868

8C / 8T · 3.00 GHz

5,789

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

ARM Immortalis-G720 MC12

2,400

ARM Mali-G78 MP24

2,332

Qualcomm Adreno 750

2,287

Apple A18 (5 GPU Cores)

2,150

Apple A17 Pro (6 GPU Cores)

2,147

AnTuTu 10 Benchmark
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.32 GHz

2,467,050

8C / 8T · 3.25 GHz

2,041,950

8C / 8T · 3.40 GHz

1,949,480

10C / 10T · 3.21 GHz

1,724,950

8C / 8T · 3.36 GHz

1,628,500

AnTuTu 9 Benchmark
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 3.40 GHz

1,476,480 pts

8C / 8T · 3.36 GHz

1,281,650 pts

8C / 8T · 3.36 GHz

1,238,550 pts

8C / 8T · 3.05 GHz

1,168,520 pts

6C / 6T · 0.70 GHz

1,108,570 pts

AI performance (NPU)

6C / 6T · 0.70 GHz

38.0 TOPS

6C / 6T · 0.70 GHz

35.0 TOPS

8C / 8T · 3.40 GHz

34.0 TOPS

8C / 8T · 3.40 GHz

33.0 TOPS

8C / 8T · 3.25 GHz

33.0 TOPS

More benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

AnTuTu 10 Benchmark
25 entries

AnTuTu 9 Benchmark
90 entries

AI performance (NPU)
218 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Property	Value
Family	Qualcomm Snapdragon (105)
CPU group	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 (2)
Architecture
Technology	4 nm
Segment	Smartphone / Tablet
Socket
Generation	3
Predecessor	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Q4/2022
Successor	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Q3/2024

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Property	Value
CPU Cores / Threads	8 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗
Core architecture	hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	1x Cortex-X4 3.40 GHz
Core Cluster 2:	5x Cortex-A720 2.96 - 3.15 GHz
Core Cluster 3:	2x Cortex-A520 2.27 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache	12.00 MB
Overclocking	No

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Property	Value
GPU name	Qualcomm Adreno 750
GPU frequency	0.90 GHz
CUs / Shader	/
Raytracing	✓
Max. displays	2
Max. GPU Memory	6 GB
Technology	4 nm
Release date	Q4/2023

NPU AI performance

Property	Value
AI hardware	Qualcomm AI engine
AI specifications	Hexagon NPU @ 34 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Memory type	Memory bandwidth
LPDDR5X-9600	76.6 GB/s
Property	Value
Max. Memory	24 GB
Memory channels	4
ECC	✗
PCIe
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

Property	Value
TDP	12.5 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Property	Value
Chip design	Chiplet
AES-NI	✗
Operating systems	Android, Windows 10/11 (ARM)
Instruction set	Armv9-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions
Release date	Q4/2023
Release price	190 $
Documents	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

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