Qualcomm introduced the new Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3 just a few days ago, and OnePlus has already announced the OnePlus Ace 3V in China with this chipset. We got our hands on the OnePlus Ace 3V – likely to be launched in India as the OnePlus Nord 4 – and ran several benchmark tests to evaluate its performance. So in this guide, we compare Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3 with Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, a flagship chipset from 2022. We have done extensive testing of both these Qualcomm chipsets to understand their performance difference.

Note: We have performed the benchmark tests on OnePlus Ace 3V powered by Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3 and OnePlus 12R powered by Snapdragon 8 Gen 2.

Before we go any further, understand the Snapdragon chipset naming scheme and check out the specifications comparison between Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3 and Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Release DateMarch 2024November 2022Process Node 2022Process Node 2022 Process Node TSMCOn CPUn TSMC0n CPUn 8GHz ( Cortex-X4)4x 2.6GHz (Cortex-A720)3x 1.9GHz (Cortex-A520)Octa-core Kryo CPU1x 3.2GHz (Cortex-X3)2x 2.8GHz (Cortex-A715)2x 2.8GHz (1.0ex) GHz ( Cortex-A510)GPUAdreno 732 GPUSuper ResolutionAFME 2.0Game Post Processing AcceleratorAdreno 740 GPUHardware-accelerated Ray TracingUnreal Engine 5Game Post Processing AcceleratorNPUHexagon NPURun on-deviceagon AISP modelsUp to 200 MP photo capture Bokeh Engine 2.0 Snapdragon Low Light VisionGoogle Ultra HDR18-bit Spectra ISPCognitive ISPSnapdragon SightConnectivityWi- Fi 7, Bluetooth 5.4, LEWi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 5.3, LEModemSnapdragon X63 5G ModemPeak Download Speed 4.2 GbpsSnapdragon GPRS15 Support GPRS105 GPSP05 .0LPDDR5X Memory up to 4200MHzUFS 4.0LPDDR5X Memory up to 4200MHzNavIC SupportYesYesAV1 DecodeNoYes

First of all, we ran the Geekbench 6 test on both the Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3 and the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 to evaluate their CPU performance. The Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3 scored 1,747 points in the single-core test and 4,511 in the multi-core test. In comparison, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 achieved a slightly higher score of 1,934 in single-core tasks and 5,367 in multi-threaded tasks.