I don't think it is snapdragon specifically (there are a wide range of snapdragons, and not all of them have this problem). From what I've seen, it seems to be specifically the combination of Krait CPU and two versions of Adreno GPU. The phones I know of that have this problem:
Galaxy S3, US variant (Krait, Adreno 225)
Galaxy S4, US variant (Krait, Adreno 320)
HTC One (Krait, Adreno 320)
Sony Xperia Z (Krait, Adreno 320)
That's not to say other combinations of Adreno/ Snapdragon aren't also affected, but those are the names that keep coming up in rating comments, github issues, and support emails over and over again.