Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3

Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3

Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 logo
General information
Marketed by	Qualcomm
Announced	December 2021
Manufactured by	Samsung 5LPE ("5 nm")
Specifications
CPU(s)	8 4x ARM Cortex-X1 @ 3.0 GHz 4x ARM Cortex-A78 @ 2.4 GHz
GPU	Adreno
NPU	Hexagon
ISP	Spectra
DSP	Hexagon
RAM	LPDDR4X-4266
Storage	NVMe SSD UFS 3.1
Modem	5G Snapdragon X62
Architecture and classification
Application	Personal computers
Process node	5 nm
Architecture	ARM
Microarchitecture	ARM Cortex-X1 ARM Cortex-A78
Instruction set	ARMv8.4 (64-bit)
Identification
Product code(s)	SC8280
Marketing name(s)	Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 Compute Platform
Variant(s)	Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Qualcomm Snapdragon 888+ Microsoft SQ3
Core name(s)	Kryo 680 Prime Kryo 680 Gold
History
Predecessor	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2
Successor	Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx gen 3 is a premium application processor from Qualcomm, announced in December 2021.

Devices

Qualcomm processors [e]
Premium	Snapdragon 800 801 805 808 810 820 821 835 845 855 (855+, 860) 865 (865+, 870) 888 (888+) 8 Gen 1 (8+g1) 8 Gen 2 8 Gen 3 (8sg3) 8 Elite
	Snapdragon S1 S2 S3 S4 Plus S4 Pro
Intermediate	Snapdragon 710 712 720G 730G 732G 750G 765 (765G, 768G) 778G (778G+, 782G) 780G 7 Gen 1 7s Gen 2 7+ Gen 2 7 Gen 3 (7s Gen 3, 7+ Gen 3)
	Snapdragon 600 610 615 616 617 625 626 630 632 636 650 652 653 660 662 (6s Gen 1) 665 670 675 678 680 690 695 (6s Gen 3) 6 Gen 1 6 Gen 3
Basic	Snapdragon 400 410 412 415 425 427 429 430 435 439 450 460 480 (480+) 4 Gen 1 4 Gen 2 (4s Gen 2)
PC	Snapdragon 835 850 7c 8c 8cx 8cx Gen 3 X Elite
Latest processors
MediaTek Dimensity 9400 (2024/Oct) Apple A18 Pro (2024/Sep) Apple A18 (2024/Sep) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 (2024/Mar) Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite gen 1 (2023/Oct) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 (2023/Oct) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 (2023/Oct) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 (2023/Sep) Apple A17 (2023/Sep) HiSilicon Kirin 9000s (2023/Aug) Apple M2 Ultra (2023/Jun) MediaTek Dimensity 7050 (2023/May) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2 (2023/Mar) Samsung Exynos 1380 (2023/Feb) Samsung Exynos 1330 (2023/Feb) MediaTek Dimensity 7200 (2023/Feb) Apple M2 Pro (2023/Jan) Apple M2 Max (2023/Jan) MediaTek Dimensity 8200 (2022/Dec) Qualcomm Snapdragon 782G (2022/Nov) [e]