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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
A flagship badge on a cost-down design: the 8 Gen 3's Cortex-X4 prime and Wi-Fi 7 survive, but a smaller Adreno 735 and a 4K video cap mark the cuts. In phones like the realme GT 6 it delivers most of the flagship feel for hundreds less.
Pros
- Cortex-X4 prime core below flagship pricing
- Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 5.4
- Efficient TSMC 4nm with tame thermals
- On-device generative AI support
Cons
- Adreno 735 far from the real 8 Gen 3 GPU
- No 8K video capture
- Name implies more than it delivers
Average
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
General
- Announced
- 2024
- Process
- 4 nm
- TDP (typical)
- 7 W
- Architecture
- Armv9.2
CPU
- Cores
- 8
- Core configuration
- 1x3.0 GHz Cortex-X4 + 4x2.8 GHz Cortex-A720 + 3x2.0 GHz Cortex-A520
- Max clock
- 3 GHz
GPU
- GPU
- Adreno 735
AI
- NPU
- Hexagon NPU
Memory
- Memory type
- LPDDR5X-8400
- Max bandwidth
- 67.2 GB/s
Connectivity
- Modem
- Snapdragon X70 5G
- Max download
- 5 Gbps
- Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi 7
- Bluetooth
- 5.4
Media
- Max display
- 4K @ 60Hz / QHD+ @ 144Hz
- Video capture
- 4K@60fps
Benchmarks
- AnTuTu 10
- 1,500,000
- Geekbench 6 (single)
- 1,950
- Geekbench 6 (multi)
- 5,200
- 3DMark Wild Life Extreme
- 3,300
Quick answers
Is the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 good in 2026?
The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 earns an Inno Score of 51.3/100 (“Average”) based on its specs and benchmark results. A flagship badge on a cost-down design: the 8 Gen 3's Cortex-X4 prime and Wi-Fi 7 survive, but a smaller Adreno 735 and a 4K video cap mark the cuts. In phones like the realme GT 6 it delivers most of the flagship feel for hundreds less.
What are the key specs of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3?
Cores: 8 · Process: 4 nm · AnTuTu 10: 1,500,000 · GPU: Adreno 735
What are the closest alternatives to the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, Qualcomm Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3, MediaTek Dimensity 9200 — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
