Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 5
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 5
and
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Newer Launch Date: May 2026 (May 2026 vs October 2023)
- Higher Frequency: 3300 MHz (2.6 GHz vs 3300 MHz)
Basic
Qualcomm
Label Name
Qualcomm
May 2026
Launch Date
October 2023
SmartPhone Mid range
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
-
Manufacturing
TSMC
Snapdragon 6 Gen 5
Model Name
SM8650-AB
4x 2.6 GHz - Kryo Performance; 4x 2.0 GHz - Kryo Efficiency
Architecture
1x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4
5x (3x3.2 GHz/2x3.0GHz) – Cortex-A720
2x 2.3 GHz – Cortex-A520
5x (3x3.2 GHz/2x3.0GHz) – Cortex-A720
2x 2.3 GHz – Cortex-A520
8
Cores
8
4 nm
Technology
4 nm
2.6 GHz
Frequency
3300 MHz
GPU Specifications
Qualcomm Adreno GPU
GPU name
Adreno 750
-
GPU frequency
770 MHz
OpenCL 2.0 FP
OpenCL version
3.0 FP
Vulkan 1.3
Vulkan version
-
FHD+ at 144 Hz
Max display resolution
4K @ 60 Hz, QHD+ @ 144 Hz
Connectivity
-
Download speed
Up to 10000 Mbps
5G/4G DSDA
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Sub-6 GHz 5G; SA and NSA; TDD and FDD; TDD-FDD aggregation; DSS; 140 MHz bandwidth; downlink up to 2.8 Gbps; Release 17
5G support
Yes
Bluetooth 6.0; LE Audio; Bluetooth Channel Sounding
Bluetooth
5.4
Wi-Fi 7; 802.11be, 802.11ax, 802.11ac, 802.11a/b/g/n; up to 5.8 Gbps; up to 320 MHz channels
Wi-Fi
7
GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS, NavIC; dual-frequency GNSS L1 + L5
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
LP-DDR4x, LP-DDR5
Memory type
LPDDR5X
LP-DDR4x: 2100 MHz; LP-DDR5: 3200 MHz
Memory frequency
4800 MHz
-
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
Qualcomm Aqstic audio codec; Qualcomm Aqstic smart speaker amplifier; Snapdragon Sound; Qualcomm XPAN
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
200 MP; 64 MP single camera with ZSL; 16 MP + 16 MP dual camera with ZSL
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP
UFS 3.1
Storage type
UFS 4.0
4K HDR video capture at 30 FPS; 720p slow-motion video capture at 240 FPS; HEVC and H.264 video capture
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
H.264, H.265, HEVC, VP9, HLG
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
Hardware-accelerated H.265 and VP9 decoder; HLG HDR playback
Video playback
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
64-bit
Instruction set
ARMv9
-
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 6 Gen 5
1180
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
2192
+86%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 6 Gen 5
3501
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
7085
+102%
AntuTu 11
Snapdragon 6 Gen 5
1012134
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
2345563
+132%
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