Qualcomm Snapdragon 4s Gen 2 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

[ VERDICT ] Winner: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 (97/100)

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 4s Gen 2 (31/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5:
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (97 vs 31)
  • + Higher Performance score (99 vs 25)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 4s Gen 2
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 4s Gen 2

31/100
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[ WINNER ]
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

97/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Qualcomm Snapdragon 4s Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
DeviceBenchmark Score 31.0 Poor 97.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 25.0 Poor 99.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 4s Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Neural processor (NPU) Yes Hexagon

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 4s Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
CPU 223621 1112833
GPU 32920 1494722
Memory 110377 442350
Total score 506757 3950082
UX 139839 900177

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 4s Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Architecture 2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A786x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 2x 4.61 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Prime6x 3.63 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Performance
Cores 8 8
Frequency 2000 MHz 4610 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv9.2-A
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC
Process 4 nanometers 3 nanometers
L1 cache — 192 KB
L2 cache — 12 MB
L3 cache — 12 MB

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 4s Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 5.1 6.0
Download speed Up to 1000 Mbps Up to 12500 Mbps
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Wi-Fi 5 7
4G support — LTE Cat. 24
Modem — Snapdragon X85
Upload speed — Up to 3700 Mbps

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 4s Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
API OpenCL Vulkan
Asset compression 99.9 MB/sec 421.8 MB/sec
Background blur 5.96 images/sec 40.7 images/sec
Edge detection 0.04 Gpixels/sec 1 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 0.17 images/sec 24.9 images/sec
Feature matching 0.01 Gpixels/sec 0.36 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.02 Gpixels/sec 2.04 Gpixels/sec
HDR 62.6 Mpixels/sec 308.4 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 43.4 pages/sec 238 pages/sec
Horizon detection 0.03 Gpixels/sec 0.72 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 33.2 images/sec 330.6 images/sec
PDF Renderer 67.7 Mpixels/sec 286.6 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 26.5 FPS 4390.2 FPS
Photo processing 14 images/sec 98.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 2.79 Mpixels/sec 14.1 Mpixels/sec
Samples Less than 3 79 tests
Stereo matching 1.47 Gpixels/sec 115.4 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 4s Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
DirectX version 12.1 12.1
FLOPS 332.8 Gigaflops 3686.4 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1300 MHz 1200 MHz
OpenCL version 3.0 3.0
Pipelines 1 3
Shading units 128 512
Total shaders 128 1536
Vulkan version 1.3 1.4

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 4s Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Announced July 2024 September 2025
Class Mid range Flagship
Model number SM4635 SM8850-AC
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 4s Gen 2 official site Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 official site

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 4s Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Bus 2x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 17 Gb/s 84.8 Gb/s
Max size 8 GB 24 GB
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 5300 MHz
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 4s Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max camera resolution 1x 84MP, 2x 13MP 1x 320MP
Max display resolution 2520 x 1200 3840 x 2540
Storage type UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1 UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Video capture 1K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265 - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9
Video playback 1080p at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 4s Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Data manipulation score 7519 15949
Phones tested Less than 3 13 models
Photo editing score 17589 40273
Video editing score 3815 8052
Web score 7809 16855
Writing score 11947 26073

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 4s Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-02-08(Ishow_lolan) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-08-19->2295031556Leon — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-21(Ilya) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-24(q_l8) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-24->Ang3L4D — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-25(Edwin3q) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-25(Hüseyn Alizade) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-25(erosado-pr) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-25(freqr) — AnTuTu

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 4s Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
1.Xiaomi Redmi 14C 5G 506757 —
2.Xiaomi Redmi A4 5G 491371 —
Phones with Snapdragon 4s Gen 2 AnTuTu v11 —
1.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11S Pro Plus — 4716234
10.Honor Magic 8 — 4037547
2.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11S Pro — 4678468
3.Vivo iQOO 15 Ultra — 4602290
4.Vivo X300 Ultra — 4247433
5.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11 Pro Plus — 4244509
6.Oppo Find X9 Ultra — 4231988
7.Honor Robot Phone — 4166339
8.Honor Magic V6 — 4166339
9.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11 Pro — 4117238
Phones with Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 — AnTuTu v11

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 4s Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Graphics test — 20 FPS
Section 1 — 52 FPS
Section 2 — 46 FPS
Section 3 — 40 FPS
Stability — 67%

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