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

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 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 3200 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: September 2025 (September 2025 vs April 2025)

Basic

Qualcomm
Label Name
Qualcomm
September 2025
Launch Date
April 2025
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
SM8850
Model Name
SM8735
2x 4.6 GHz – 6x 3.62 GHz –
Architecture
1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X4 3x 3 GHz – Cortex-A720 2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720 2x 2.02 GHz – Cortex-A720
8
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
4 nm
4600 MHz
Frequency
3200 MHz

GPU Specifications

Adreno 840
GPU name
Adreno 825
1200 MHz
GPU frequency
1150 MHz
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
-
X85 5G Modem-RF System
5G support
Yes
6.0
Bluetooth
6.0
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

Miscellaneous

Hexagon
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
16 MB
L3 cache
8 MB
-
L2 Cache
2.75 MB
- AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV
Audio codecs
- AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV
1x 320MP
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP
UFS 4.1
Storage type
UFS 4.0
4K video capture @120FPS
Video capture
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 60FPS
- H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP8 - VP9
Video codecs
- H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP9
8K HDR video playback @60FPS
Video playback
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 60FPS
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3757 +78%
Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
2116
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
12644 +79%
Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
7082
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
4177588 +87%
Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
2230196