Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3
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The Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 (SM6475-AB) is an ARM-based SoC for smartphones and tablets in the mid-range segment. The chip was presented in late 2024 and offers four fast ARM Cortex-A78-based cores with up to 2 GHz and four ARM Cortex-A55-based power cores with up to 1.8 GHz. Except for the higher clock rate of the Cortex-A78 cores, the SoC corresponds to the older Snapdragon 6 Gen 1.
As expected, the performance is only a few percentage points above the old Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 and therefore in the lower mid-range of current smartphone processors.
The integrated graphics card is the Adreno 710. The 5G modem achieves a maximum download speed of 2.9 GBit and supports mmWave. The FastConnect subsystem offers Bluetooth 5.2 LE and Wi-Fi 6E. All important satellite positioning systems such as GPS, QZSS, NavIC, GLONASS, Beidou and Galileo are supported. The image signal processor for the cameras supports 3 cameras. Up to 200 megapixels are possible with the main camera and the recording of images in HEIC format is supported.
The Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 is manufactured using 4 nm technology.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2
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The Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 (SM7435-AB) is an ARMv9-A-based SoC for tablets and smartphones in the upper mid-range segment.
The Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 integrates a total of 8 cores divided into two clusters. The ARM Cortex-A78 cluster for high performance offers four cores with up to 2.4 GHz. The remaining 4 cores are based on the more energy-efficient A55 architecture and can be clocked at up to 1.95 GHz. All cores can run simultaneously or just a single cluster.
The SoC is similar to the Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 which offers a slightly lower clocked efficiency cluster and a different named GPU. The similar named Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2 is clearly faster with newer CPU cores. Although the naming suggest it, there was no Snapdragon 7s Gen 1.
LPDDR5 RAM is supported, with a frequency of up to 6,400 MHz.
The Snapdragon X62 5G modem is used as the modem. It supports a range of SA and NSA 5G mmWave and sub-6 GHz frequencies as well as Dynamic Spectrum Sharing (DSS). The X62 can achieve a maximum downlink speed of up to 2.9 Gbit/s in 5G networks.
The Adreno 710 forms the graphics subsystem. The GPU is capable of driving FHD+ displays at up to 144 Hz.
The Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 is manufactured using the modern 4nm EUV process.
Model | Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Codename | Cortex-A78 / A55 | Cortex-A78 / A55 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Series | Qualcomm Snapdragon | Qualcomm Snapdragon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Series: Snapdragon Cortex-A78 / A55 |
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Clock | 1800 - 2400 MHz | 1950 - 2400 MHz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cores / Threads | 8 / 8 4 x 2.4 GHz ARM Cortex-A78 4 x 1.8 GHz ARM Cortex-A55 | 8 / 8 4 x 2.4 GHz ARM Cortex-A78 4 x 2.0 GHz ARM Cortex-A55 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Technology | 4 nm | 4 nm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Features | Spectra Triple ISP, AI Engine, Wi-Fi 6E, 5G Modem | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
iGPU | Qualcomm Adreno 710 | Qualcomm Adreno 710 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Architecture | ARM | ARM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Manufacturer | www.qualcomm.com | www.qualcomm.com |
Benchmarks
Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 → 100% n=20
Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 → 93% n=20

* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation