The Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 is a premium mid-range chipset announced in March 2024. Offering flagship-level performance at a more affordable price, it quickly became a popular choice from Qualcomm. Many smartphones feature this chip, including devices from Poco, Realme, Motorola, iQOO, Xiaomi, and Honor.
The Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 sits below the flagship 8 Gen 3. It has a powerful octa-core CPU that runs at up to 3GHz speed. The Adreno 735 GPU delivers impressive graphics performance. To evaluate its capabilities, we conducted benchmark tests using AnTuTu and Geekbench.
[Note: The following benchmark tests were conducted on the Poco F6, powered by the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3.]
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 AnTuTu Score
AnTuTu is a widely used benchmarking tool that assesses a device’s CPU, GPU, memory, and user experience (UX) performance through a series of tests. It evaluates processing power, graphics rendering, multitasking efficiency, and overall system responsiveness. The final score represents the device’s overall performance.
On AnTuTu (v10), the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3-powered Poco F6 achieved an impressive score of over 1.5 million points. As for the breakdown, the CPU gets 391,859 points; the GPU gets 517,257 points; memory gets 325,777 points, and the UX gets 270,763 points.
| AnTuTu score | 1,505,656 |
| CPU | 391,859 |
| GPU | 517,257 |
| Memory | 325,777 |
| UX | 270,763 |
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 Geekbench Score
Geekbench measures CPU performance by running a series of tasks and generating single-core and multi-core scores. The single-core score reflects the efficiency of a single CPU core, while the multi-core score indicates the overall performance when all cores work together.
On Geekbench (v6), the Poco F6, powered by Snapdragon 8s Gen 3, scored 1,932 single-core points and 4,986 multi-core points.
| Geekbench 6 | |
| Single core | 1,932 |
| Multi core | 4,986 |
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 Spec Sheet
| Release Date | March 2024 |
| Model number | SM8635 |
| Process node | 4nm (TSMC) |
| CPU | 1 x Cortex-X4 @ 3.0 GHz 4 x Cortex-A720 @ 2.8 GHz 3 x Cortex-A520 @ 2.0 GHz |
| GPU | Adreno 735 |
| Gaming | Snapdragon Elite Gaming Hardware Accelerated Ray Tracing |
| NPU | Qualcomm Hexagon NPU |
| Memory | LPDDR5X RAM — 4.2GHz |
| Storage | UFS 4.0 |
| Camera | Qualcomm Spectra 18-bit Triple ISPs 200 MP single camera 108 MP (MFNR, ZSL) single camera 64+36 MP (MFNR, ZSL) dual cameras 36+36+36 MP (MFNR, ZSL) triple cameras |
| Video recording | 4K @ 60 fps 1080p slow-mo @ 240 fps |
| Display | QHD+ @ 144 Hz, 4K Ultra HD @ 60 Hz 10-bit color depth, HDR10, HDR10+, HDR Vivid |
| Video Playback | 4K @ 120 fps |
| Charging | Qualcomm Quick Charge 5 |
| Modem | Snapdragon X70 5G modem Peak download speed: 6.5 Gbps Peak upload speed: 3.5 Gbps FastConnect 7800 (peak speed: 5.8Gbps) |
| Connectivity | 5G, Wi-Fi 7, NFC, Bluetooth 5.4, NavIC support |
Popular Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 Phones
- Poco F6 (review)
- Realme GT 6
- iQOO Neo 10R
- Motorola Edge 50 Ultra
- Xiaomi 14 Civi (review)
- Honor 200 Pro (review)
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