Launched last week, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 is the latest new flagship processor from Qualcomm. And at least according to online benchmarks, this is the best platform the chipset manufacturer has ever produced. And in some cases, according to the latest tests, the chip rivals or beats the Apple A17 Pro, giving the power of the iPhone 15 Pro.
In a YouTube video showing off the benchmarks of the new Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC, The latest Snapdragon chipset achieved a score of 7,501 in the Geekbench 6 multi-core test, besting the A17 Pro’s score of 7,237.. However, in the single-core test, the Apple chip scored 2,926 points, while the new Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 scored 2,329 points.
However, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 beat the Antutu score, scoring 2,139,281 points compared to the A17 Pro’s 1,487,203, and this score proves that it is a significant improvement over its predecessor, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. In addition to Geekbench and Antutu, tests included PC Mark, GFXBench, 3DMark, and AI Mark MLPerf, JetStream 2.1, and Speedometer 2.1.
The Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 is based on TSMC’s 4nm process and is an octa-core CPU with two Cortex-X4 main cores clocked at 3.3GHz, five Cortex-A720 cores clocked at up to 3.2GHz, and two Cortex-A520 cores clocked at up to 3.2GHz. GHz. .3 GHz.
This powerful Qualcomm chip is already powering some of the most powerful Android phones announced in recent days – starting with the Xiaomi 14 and Xiaomi 14 Pro.
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