What is Snapdragon 8 Gen 3?

The Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 is Qualcomm’s most cutting-edge smartphone processor in 2024, powering phones like the Galaxy S24 series and many more. However, the company later launched the very similarly named Snapdragon 8s Gen 3. This latest chipset is still positioned as a flagship-tier processor but is aimed at much more affordable smartphones.

Is the 8s Gen 3 a good phone?

Starting with CPU metrics via GeekBench 6, the 8S Gen 3 is a bit behind the regular 8 Gen 3, but that’s to be expected with the slower clock speeds and missing middle core, which you can read more about further down. Still, the standard 8 Gen 3 is built for much more expensive flagship phones and the performance on offer is still plenty robust.

Does Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 support generative AI?

The company specifically says the 8s Gen 3 doesn’t support fast Stable Diffusion image generation — the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 could generate images in under a second. The chipset doesn’t support the Speculative Decoding feature, either, which is used to boost generative AI performance.