Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 4
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

vs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 4 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Newer Launch Date: October 2025 (October 2025 vs September 2025)
  • Higher Technology: 3 nm (4 nm vs 3 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 4600 MHz / 4740 MHz (2400 MHz vs 4600 MHz / 4740 MHz)

Basic

Qualcomm
Label Name
Qualcomm
October 2025
Launch Date
September 2025
SmartPhone Mid range
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
Samsung
Manufacturing
TSMC
SM6435-AA
Model Name
SM8850-AC/SM8850-5-AC
4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A78, 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Architecture
2x 4.6 GHz, 6x 3.62 GHz
8
Cores
8
4 nm
Technology
3 nm
2400 MHz
Frequency
4600 MHz / 4740 MHz

GPU Specifications

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GPU name
Adreno 840
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GPU frequency
1200 MHz
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FLOPS
3.6864 TFLOPS
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Shading units
512
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OpenCL version
3.0 FP
2520 x 1080
Max display resolution
On-Device Display Support • 4K+ @ 120Hz • QHD+ @ 240Hz

Connectivity

Up to 2900 Mbps
Download speed
-
LTE Cat. 18
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
X85 5G Modem-RF System
5.4
Bluetooth
6.0
6
Wi-Fi
7
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5
Memory type
LPDDR5X
3200 MHz
Memory frequency
up to 5300MHz
2x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

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L2 Cache
24 MB
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L3 cache
8 MB
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
Audio codecs
- AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV
1x 200MP
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP
UFS 2.2
Storage type
UFS 4.1
2K at 30FPS, 1K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K video capture @120FPS
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Video codecs
- H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP8 - VP9
2K at 30FPS, 1080p at 60FPS
Video playback
8K HDR video playback @60FPS
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Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
Hexagon
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 6s Gen 4
988
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3757 +280%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 6s Gen 4
2429
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
12644 +421%
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 6s Gen 4
532494
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3269240 +514%