Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 4
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
and
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 4
mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Frequency: 4600 MHz (4600 MHz vs 4000 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: September 2025 (September 2025 vs October 2024)
Basic
Qualcomm
Label Name
Qualcomm
September 2025
Launch Date
October 2024
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
SM8850
Model Name
Snapdragon 8 Gen 4
2x 4.6 GHz, 6x 3.62 GHz
Architecture
2x 4 GHz – Cortex-X5
6x 0 GHz – Cortex-A730
6x 0 GHz – Cortex-A730
8
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
3 nm
4600 MHz
Frequency
4000 MHz
GPU Specifications
Adreno 840
GPU name
-
1200 MHz
GPU frequency
-
3.6864 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
512
Shading units
-
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
5.4
7
Wi-Fi
7
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
LPDDR5X
Memory type
-
up to 5300MHz
Memory frequency
-
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
Hexagon
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
16 MB
L3 cache
-
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
Audio codecs
-
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
- 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
ARMv9.2-A
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3757
+29%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 4
2902
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
12644
+28%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 4
9840
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
4177588
+31%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 4
3196241
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