Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s 4G Gen 2
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

vs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s 4G Gen 2 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Newer Launch Date: December 2025 (December 2025 vs March 2024)
  • Higher Technology: 4 nm (6 nm vs 4 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 3000 MHz (2900 MHz vs 3000 MHz)

Basic

Qualcomm
Label Name
Qualcomm
December 2025
Launch Date
March 2024
SmartPhone Low end
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
SM6225-AF
Model Name
SM8650-AB
4x 2.9 GHz – Cortex-A73 4x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A53
Architecture
1x 3.0 GHz – Cortex-X4
4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720
3x 2.0 GHz – Cortex-A520
8
Cores
8
6 nm
Technology
4 nm
2900 MHz
Frequency
3000 MHz

GPU Specifications

Adreno 610
GPU name
Adreno 735
-
GPU frequency
750 MHz
-
FLOPS
3.7308 TFLOPS
128
Shading units
786
-
Execution units
2
2.0
OpenCL version
2.0
1.1
Vulkan version
1.3
2520 x 1080
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
12.1
DirectX version
12.1

Connectivity

Up to 390 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 5000 Mbps
LTE Cat. 13
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
No
5G support
Yes
5.2
Bluetooth
5.4
5
Wi-Fi
7
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR4X
Memory type
LPDDR5X
2133 MHz
Memory frequency
4200 MHz
2x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

-
L3 cache
8 MB
- AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
1x 108MP, 2x 16MP
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP
UFS 2.2
Storage type
UFS 4.0
1K at 60FPS
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
- H.264 - H.265 - VP8 - VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
1080p at 60FPS
Video playback
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
-
TDP
6 W
ARMv8.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv9-A
Hexagon
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 6s 4G Gen 2
928
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
1638 +77%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 6s 4G Gen 2
2049
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
3991 +95%
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 6s 4G Gen 2
405227
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
1846775 +356%
AntuTu 11
Snapdragon 6s 4G Gen 2
505682
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
1797821 +256%