Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
and
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
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 3300 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: September 2025 (September 2025 vs October 2023)
Basic
Qualcomm
Label Name
Qualcomm
September 2025
Launch Date
October 2023
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
SM8850
Model Name
SM8650-AB
2x 4.6 GHz – 6x 3.62 GHz –
Architecture
1x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4 5x (3x3.2 GHz/2x3.0GHz) – Cortex-A720 2x 2.3 GHz – Cortex-A520
8
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
4 nm
4600 MHz
Frequency
3300 MHz
GPU Specifications
Adreno 840
GPU name
Adreno 750
1200 MHz
GPU frequency
770 MHz
3.6864 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
512
Shading units
-
3.0 FP
OpenCL version
3.0 FP
On-Device Display Support • 4K+ @ 120Hz • QHD+ @ 240Hz
Max display resolution
4K @ 60 Hz, QHD+ @ 144 Hz
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
X85 5G Modem-RF System
5G support
Yes
6.0
Bluetooth
5.4
7
Wi-Fi
7
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR5X
up to 5300MHz
Memory frequency
4800 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
-
Max Bandwidth
76,8 GB/s
Miscellaneous
Hexagon
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
- AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
1x 320MP
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP
UFS 4.1
Storage type
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, VP8, VP9
8K HDR video playback @60FPS
Video playback
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv9
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3757
+71%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
2192
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
12644
+78%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
7085
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
4177588
+116%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
1933536
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