Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Loses To The A17 Pro In New Flagship Smartphone Battery Test, Showing Obvious Advantages Of The 3nm Process
The Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 might be fabricated on a manufacturing process that is a generation behind the A17 Pro, but earlier multi-core performance results show it even beats Apple’s 3nm SoC for the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max. Unfortunately, where it falls short is in the battery life, as one YouTuber shows that power efficiency is just as important as raw performance.
The channel TechDroider tested out several flagships in the battery life test, but two models that we wanted to pay close attention to were the iPhone 15 Pro Max and the Xiaomi 14 Pro, both armed with the best-in-class mobile chipsets. Both handsets were tested with the 120Hz refresh rate option enabled, though it should be pointed out that the iPhone 15 Pro Max and Xiaomi 14 Pro are running at varying resolutions that cannot be altered.
As most of you would have figured out, the Xiaomi 14 Pro also has a slightly bigger 4,880mAh battery, while the iPhone 15 Pro Max is equipped with a 4,441mAh cell. Despite this difference, Apple’s top-tier flagship is the longest-lasting device out of the six tested, with a time of 11 hours and 54 minutes, securing first position while also running cooler at 44.2 degrees Celcius. In second place, we have none other than the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3-powered Xiaomi 14 Pro, which lasted for 10 hours and 24 minutes.
This year’s Galaxy S23 Ultra, featuring the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and its 5,000mAh battery, managed to close the gap with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 with a time of 10 hours and 5 minutes, showing that Qualcomm’s chipsets are as efficient as ever, but not as quite as the A17 Pro. However, the smaller gap between the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 hints that the company might have had to pump more wattage into the
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