Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
vs
Google Tensor G3

vs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 and Google Tensor G3 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 3 nm (3 nm vs 4 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 4600 MHz (4600 MHz vs 2910 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: September 2025 (September 2025 vs October 2023)

Basic

Qualcomm
Label Name
Google
September 2025
Launch Date
October 2023
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
Samsung
SM8850
Model Name
Tensor G3
2x 4.6 GHz, 6x 3.62 GHz
Architecture
1x 2.91 GHz – Cortex-X34x 2.37 GHz – Cortex-A7154x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A510
8
Cores
9
3 nm
Technology
4 nm
4600 MHz
Frequency
2910 MHz

GPU Specifications

Adreno 840
GPU name
Mali-G715 MP7
1200 MHz
GPU frequency
890 MHz
3.6864 TFLOPS
FLOPS
2.4158 TFLOPS
512
Shading units
192
-
Execution units
7
3.0 FP
OpenCL version
-
On-Device Display Support • 4K+ @ 120Hz • QHD+ @ 240Hz
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
X85 5G Modem-RF System
5G support
Yes
6.0
Bluetooth
5.3
7
Wi-Fi
7
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR5X
up to 5300MHz
Memory frequency
-
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

Hexagon
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
16 MB
L3 cache
-
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
1x 320MP
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP, 2x 32MP
UFS 4.1
Storage type
UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
4K video capture @120FPS
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
8K HDR video playback @60FPS
Video playback
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
-
TDP
4.7 W
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv9-A

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3757 +113%
Tensor G3
1767
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
12644 +182%
Tensor G3
4477
FP32 (float)
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3612 +47%
Tensor G3
2463
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
4177588 +303%
Tensor G3
1037145

Comparison of Devices

3DMark Steel Nomad Light
ZTE Nubia Z80 Ultra
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3157
Google Pixel 8a
Google Tensor G3
990
3DMark Steel Nomad Light Unlimited
Honor Magic8
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3043
Google Pixel 8a
Google Tensor G3
978