Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
and
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
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 3200 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: September 2025 (September 2025 vs April 2025)
Basic
Qualcomm
Label Name
Qualcomm
September 2025
Launch Date
April 2025
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
SM8850
Model Name
SM8735
2x 4.6 GHz, 6x 3.62 GHz
Architecture
1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X4
3x 3 GHz – Cortex-A720
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720
2x 2.02 GHz – Cortex-A720
3x 3 GHz – Cortex-A720
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720
2x 2.02 GHz – Cortex-A720
8
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
4 nm
4600 MHz
Frequency
3200 MHz
GPU Specifications
Adreno 840
GPU name
Adreno 825
1200 MHz
GPU frequency
1150 MHz
3.6864 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
512
Shading units
-
3.0 FP
OpenCL version
-
On-Device Display Support • 4K+ @ 120Hz • QHD+ @ 240Hz
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
-
X85 5G Modem-RF System
5G support
Yes
6.0
Bluetooth
6.0
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
8 MB
-
L2 Cache
2.75 MB
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
Audio codecs
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
1x 320MP
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP
UFS 4.1
Storage type
UFS 4.0
4K video capture @120FPS
Video capture
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 60FPS
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
Video codecs
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
8K HDR video playback @60FPS
Video playback
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 60FPS
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3757
+78%
Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
2116
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
12644
+79%
Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
7082
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
4177588
+87%
Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
2230196
Comparison of Devices
3DMark Solar Bay
Redmagic 11 Pro / 11 Pro+
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
13959
Oppo K13 Turbo Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
8191
3DMark Solar Bay Extreme
Vivo iQOO 15 Ultra
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
1443
Nothing Phone (3)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
803
3DMark Solar Bay Extreme Unlimited
Honor Win
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
1317
Nothing Phone (3)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
815
3DMark Solar Bay Unlimited
Redmagic 11 Pro / 11 Pro+
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
14509
Nothing Phone (3)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
8042
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
ZTE Nubia Z80 Ultra
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3157
Vivo iQOO Z10 Turbo Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
1820
3DMark Steel Nomad Light Unlimited
Honor Magic8
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3043
Vivo iQOO Z10 Turbo Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
1804
PCMark for Android Storage 2.0
Xiaomi 17
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
189969
Meizu 22
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
217741
PCMark for Android Work 3.0
ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11 Pro / 11 Pro+
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
27852
Oppo K13 Turbo Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
17084
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