Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 vs Google Tensor G5

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
1x 3 GHz – Cortex-X44x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A7203x 2 GHz – Cortex-A520
1x 3.4 GHz – Cortex-X45x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-A7252x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A525
Frequency
3000 MHz
3400 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
ARMv9.2-A
L2 cache
1 MB
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L3 cache
8 MB
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Process
4 nm
3 nm
TDP
6 W
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Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC

Graphics

GPU name
Adreno 735
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GPU frequency
1100 MHz
1100 MHz
Execution units
2
-
Shading units
256
-
Vulkan version
1.3
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
DirectX version
12.1
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Memory

Memory Type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
4200 MHz
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Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
67.2 Gbit/s
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AI

NPU
Hexagon
Yes

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
-
Storage type
UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
3840 x 2400
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP
1x 200MP
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 120FPS
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
Audio codecs
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV

Connectivity

4G support
LTE Cat. 22
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5G support
Yes
Yes
Download speed
Up to 6500 Mbps
-
Upload speed
Up to 3500 Mbps
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Wi-Fi
7
7
Bluetooth
5.4
5.4
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

Info

Announced
Mar 2024
Aug 2025
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
SM8635
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Official page
-

📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
1,490,645
1,445,942
Geekbench 6
2,019
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Geekbench 6
5,570
-
FP32 (float)
1,689
1,536