Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
SoC Comparison Result
                                                    Below are the results of a comparison of
                            Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
                            and
                            Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
                            mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
                                            
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                Advantages
- Higher Technology: 3 nm (3 nm vs 4 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 4600 MHz (4600 MHz vs 3300 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: September 2025 (September 2025 vs October 2023)
Basic
                                        Qualcomm
                                    
                                    
                                        Label Name
                                    
                                    
                                        Qualcomm
                                    
                                
                                        September 2025
                                    
                                    
                                        Launch Date
                                    
                                    
                                        October 2023
                                    
                                
                                        SmartPhone Flagship
                                    
                                    
                                        Platform
                                    
                                    
                                        SmartPhone Flagship
                                    
                                
                                TSMC
                            
                            Manufacturing
                                                            
                                TSMC
                            
                        
                                SM8850
                            
                            Model Name
                                                            
                                SM8650-AB
                            
                        
                                2x 4.6 GHz – 6x 3.62 GHz –
                            
                            Architecture
                                                            
                                1x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4 5x (3x3.2 GHz/2x3.0GHz) – Cortex-A720 2x 2.3 GHz – Cortex-A520
                            
                        
                                8
                            
                            Cores
                                                            
                                8
                            
                        
                                3 nm
                            
                            Technology
                                                            
                                4 nm
                            
                        
                                4600 MHz
                            
                            Frequency
                                                            
                                3300 MHz
                            
                        GPU Specifications
                                Adreno 840
                            
                            GPU name
                                                            
                                Adreno 750
                            
                        
                                1200 MHz
                            
                            GPU frequency
                                                            
                                770 MHz
                            
                        
                                3.6864 TFLOPS
                            
                            FLOPS
                                                            
                                -
                            
                        
                                512
                            
                            Shading units
                                                            
                                -
                            
                        
                                3.0 FP
                            
                            OpenCL version
                                                            
                                3.0 FP
                            
                        
                                On-Device Display Support • 4K+ @ 120Hz • QHD+ @ 240Hz
                            
                            Max display resolution
                                                            
                                4K @ 60 Hz, QHD+ @ 144 Hz
                            
                        Connectivity
                                LTE Cat. 24
                            
                            4G support
                                                            
                                LTE Cat. 24
                            
                        
                                X85 5G Modem-RF System
                            
                            5G support
                                                            
                                Yes
                            
                        
                                6.0
                            
                            Bluetooth
                                                            
                                5.4
                            
                        
                                7
                            
                            Wi-Fi
                                                            
                                7
                            
                        
                                GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
                            
                            Navigation
                                                            
                                GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
                            
                        Memory Specifications
                                LPDDR5X
                            
                            Memory type
                                                            
                                LPDDR5X
                            
                        
                                up to 5300MHz
                            
                            Memory frequency
                                                            
                                4800 MHz
                            
                        
                                4x 16 Bit
                            
                            Memory Bus
                                                            
                                4x 16 Bit
                            
                        Miscellaneous
                                Hexagon
                            
                            Neural processor (NPU)
                                                            
                                Hexagon
                            
                        
                                16 MB
                            
                            L3 cache
                                                            
                                -
                            
                        
                                - AAC   - AIFF   - CAF   - MP3   - MP4   - WAV
                            
                            Audio codecs
                                                            
                                AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
                            
                        
                                1x 320MP
                            
                            Max camera resolution
                                                            
                                1x 200MP
                            
                        
                                UFS 4.1
                            
                            Storage type
                                                            
                                UFS 4.0
                            
                        
                                4K video capture @120FPS
                            
                            Video capture
                                                            
                                8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
                            
                        
                                - H.264   - H.265   - AV1   - VP8   - VP9
                            
                            Video codecs
                                                            
                                H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
                            
                        
                                8K HDR video playback @60FPS
                            
                            Video playback
                                                            
                                8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
                            
                        
                                ARMv9.2-A
                            
                            Instruction set
                                                            
                                ARMv9
                            
                        Benchmarks
                                            Geekbench 6 Single Core
                                        
                                        
                                                Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
                                            
                                            
                                                3757
                                                
                                                
                                                                                                            +71%
                                                                                                    
                                            
                                            
                                                Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
                                            
                                            
                                                2192
                                                
                                                                                                    
                                            
                                            
                                            Geekbench 6 Multi Core
                                        
                                        
                                                Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
                                            
                                            
                                                12644
                                                
                                                
                                                                                                            +78%
                                                                                                    
                                            
                                            
                                                Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
                                            
                                            
                                                7085
                                                
                                                                                                    
                                            
                                            
                                            AnTuTu 10
                                        
                                        
                                                Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
                                            
                                            
                                                4177588
                                                
                                                
                                                                                                            +116%
                                                                                                    
                                            
                                            
                                                Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
                                            
                                            
                                                1933536
                                                
                                                                                                    
                                            
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