CPUs

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 vs Apple M3 (8C9G-FL) Full Specs

8 Cores(1P+3M+4E)
8 Threads(1P+3M+4E)
3GHz
8 Cores(4P+4E)
8 Threads(4P+4E)
4.05GHz
TDP
5W
TDP
15W
Bandwidth
51.2GB/s
LPDDR5
Bandwidth
102.4GB/s
LPDDR5
iGPU
iGPU
··
3.35 TFLOPSFP16
··
3.08 TFLOPSFP16

Snapdragon 8 Gen 1Snapdragon 8 Gen 11,311
x1
M3 (8C9G-FL)M3 (8C9G-FL)3,130
x2.39

8 Cores
1P
3M
4E
8 Cores
4P
-
4E
8 Threads
1P
3M
4E
8 Threads
4P
-
4E

Base Clock
3GHz
Base Clock
4.05GHz
Overclocking
Locked
Overclocking
Locked

L1i
64KB P
64KB M
32KB E
L1i
192KB P
-
128KB E
L1d
64KB P
64KB M
32KB E
L1d
128KB P
-
64KB E
L2
1MB P
512KB M
128KB E
-
-
L2
16MB P shared
4MB E shared
L3
6MB
L3
-
SLC Cache
4MB
SLC Cache
8MB

Type
LPDDR5
Type
LPDDR5
Max Memory
24GB
Max Memory
24GB
ECC
No
ECC
No
Channels
4
Channels
2
Bus Width
64-bit
Bus Width
128-bit
Speed
6400MT/s
Speed
6400MT/s
Bandwidth
51.2GB/s
Bandwidth
102.4GB/s
Bandwidth Calculator
Channels
Transfer Rate
Calculated Bandwidth
51.2GB/s
Bandwidth Calculator
Channels
Transfer Rate
Calculated Bandwidth
102.4GB/s

TDP
5W
TDP
15W
Max Operating Temp
-
Max Operating Temp
100°C Max

-
PCIe
PCIe 4.0 x6
11.8GB/sBandwidth

iGPU
iGPU
Shaders
1024
Shaders
1152
Boost Clock
818MHz
Boost Clock
1.34GHz
··
3.35 TFLOPSFP16
··
3.08 TFLOPSFP16

NPU Model
Hexagon
NPU Model
H15 Themis
NPU Cores
-
NPU Cores
16
NPU Clock
-
NPU Clock
2.36GHz
Performance
52 TOPSINT4
Performance
18 TOPSFP16

Modem Model
X65
Modem Model
-
Cellular
5G mmWave
Cellular
-
Peak Down
Up to 10.0Gbps
Peak Down
-
Peak Up
Up to 3.0Gbps
Peak Up
-

Manufacturer
Manufacturer
ISA
AArch64
ISA
AArch64
Architecture
KryoARMv9.0-A
Architecture
Family
Family
Branding
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1  branding
Branding
M3  branding
Codename
-
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1Variant
Cortex-X2P-Core
Cortex-A710M-Core
Cortex-A510E-Core
Codename
Ibiza
M3Variant
EverestP-Core
-
Sawtooth E-Core
Market Segment
Smartphone
Market Segment
Tablet
Release Date
Oct 5, 2021
Release Date
Mar 4, 2025

Foundry
Samsung
Foundry
TSMC
Fabrication Node
4LPE
Fabrication Node
N3B
Die Size
129mm²
Die Size
153mm²
Transistor Count
-
Transistor Count
25 Billion
Transistor Density
-
Transistor Density
164 MTr/mm²

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