Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 5
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 5
and
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Newer Launch Date: May 2026 (May 2026 vs April 2025)
- Higher Frequency: 3200 MHz (2.6 GHz vs 3200 MHz)
Basic
Qualcomm
Label Name
Qualcomm
May 2026
Launch Date
April 2025
SmartPhone Mid range
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
-
Manufacturing
TSMC
Snapdragon 6 Gen 5
Model Name
SM8735
4x 2.6 GHz - Kryo Performance; 4x 2.0 GHz - Kryo Efficiency
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
4 nm
Technology
4 nm
2.6 GHz
Frequency
3200 MHz
GPU Specifications
Qualcomm Adreno GPU
GPU name
Adreno 825
-
GPU frequency
1150 MHz
OpenCL 2.0 FP
OpenCL version
-
Vulkan 1.3
Vulkan version
-
FHD+ at 144 Hz
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
Connectivity
-
Download speed
Up to 4200 Mbps
5G/4G DSDA
4G support
-
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
6.0
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
-
L2 Cache
2.75 MB
-
L3 cache
8 MB
Qualcomm Aqstic audio codec; Qualcomm Aqstic smart speaker amplifier; Snapdragon Sound; Qualcomm XPAN
Audio codecs
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- 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 320MP
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 60FPS, 4K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265, HEVC, VP9, HLG
Video codecs
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
Hardware-accelerated H.265 and VP9 decoder; HLG HDR playback
Video playback
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 60FPS
64-bit
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
-
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 6 Gen 5
1180
Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
2116
+79%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 6 Gen 5
3501
Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
7082
+102%
AntuTu 11
Snapdragon 6 Gen 5
1012134
Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
2314417
+129%
Comparison of Devices
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Xiaomi Redmi Note 17 Pro Max
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 5
424
Vivo iQOO Z10 Turbo Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
1820
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