Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 636
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
and
Qualcomm Snapdragon 636
mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Technology: 3 nm (3 nm vs 14 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 4600 MHz (4600 MHz vs 1800 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: September 2025 (September 2025 vs October 2017)
Basic
Qualcomm
Label Name
Qualcomm
September 2025
Launch Date
October 2017
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Mid range
TSMC
Manufacturing
Samsung
SM8850
Model Name
SDM636
2x 4.6 GHz, 6x 3.62 GHz
Architecture
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 260 Gold (Cortex-A73)
4x 1.6 GHz – Kryo 260 Silver (Cortex-A53)
4x 1.6 GHz – Kryo 260 Silver (Cortex-A53)
8
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
14 nm
4600 MHz
Frequency
1800 MHz
-
Transistor count
2
GPU Specifications
Adreno 840
GPU name
Adreno 509
1200 MHz
GPU frequency
720 MHz
3.6864 TFLOPS
FLOPS
0.1843 TFLOPS
512
Shading units
128
-
Execution units
1
3.0 FP
OpenCL version
2.0
-
Vulkan version
1.0
On-Device Display Support • 4K+ @ 120Hz • QHD+ @ 240Hz
Max display resolution
1900 x 1200
-
DirectX version
11
Connectivity
-
Download speed
Up to 600 Mbps
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 13
X85 5G Modem-RF System
5G support
No
6.0
Bluetooth
5.0
7
Wi-Fi
5
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
Memory Specifications
LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR4
up to 5300MHz
Memory frequency
1333 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
2x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
16 MB
L3 cache
-
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
1x 320MP
Max camera resolution
1x 24MP, 2x 16MP
UFS 4.1
Storage type
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
4K video capture @120FPS
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
8K HDR video playback @60FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
-
TDP
5 W
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
Hexagon
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 680
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3757
+1174%
Snapdragon 636
295
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
12644
+1062%
Snapdragon 636
1088
FP32 (float)
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3612
+1821%
Snapdragon 636
188
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
4177588
+1756%
Snapdragon 636
225110
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