Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 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 7 Gen 4 (50/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5:
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (97 vs 50)
  • + Higher Performance score (99 vs 48)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4

50/100
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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 7 Gen 4 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
DeviceBenchmark Score 50.0 Below Average 97.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 48.0 Poor 99.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Graphics test 5 FPS 20 FPS
Stability 98% 67%
Section 1 — 52 FPS
Section 2 — 46 FPS
Section 3 — 40 FPS

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Neural processor (NPU) Yes Hexagon

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
CPU 510448 1112833
GPU 270275 1494722
Memory 193658 442350
Total score 1329936 3950082
UX 355555 900177

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Architecture 1x 2.8 GHz – Kryo Prime (Cortex-720)4x 2.4 GHz – Kryo Gold (Cortex-720)3x 1.84 GHz – Kryo Silver (Cortex-520) 2x 4.61 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Prime6x 3.63 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Performance
Cores 8 8
Frequency 2800 MHz 4610 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv9.2-A
L2 cache 512 KB 12 MB
L3 cache 3 MB 12 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 4 nanometers 3 nanometers
L1 cache — 192 KB

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 6.0 6.0
Download speed Up to 4200 Mbps Up to 12500 Mbps
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Wi-Fi 7 7
4G support — LTE Cat. 24
Modem — Snapdragon X85
Upload speed — Up to 3700 Mbps

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
API Vulkan Vulkan
Asset compression 183.1 MB/sec 421.8 MB/sec
Background blur 14.6 images/sec 40.7 images/sec
Edge detection 0.24 Gpixels/sec 1 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 6.8 images/sec 24.9 images/sec
Feature matching 0.09 Gpixels/sec 0.36 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.36 Gpixels/sec 2.04 Gpixels/sec
HDR 102.1 Mpixels/sec 308.4 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 93.9 pages/sec 238 pages/sec
Horizon detection 0.2 Gpixels/sec 0.72 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 65.2 images/sec 330.6 images/sec
PDF Renderer 126.6 Mpixels/sec 286.6 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 939.1 FPS 4390.2 FPS
Photo processing 30.1 images/sec 98.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 4.65 Mpixels/sec 14.1 Mpixels/sec
Samples 17 tests 79 tests
Stereo matching 36.3 Gpixels/sec 115.4 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
DirectX version 12.1 12.1
FLOPS 1177.6 Gigaflops 3686.4 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1150 MHz 1200 MHz
OpenCL version 3.0 3.0
Pipelines 2 3
Shading units 256 512
Total shaders 512 1536
Vulkan version 1.3 1.4

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Announced May 2025 September 2025
Class Mid range Flagship
Model number SM7750-AB SM8850-AC
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 official site Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 official site

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Bus 2x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 33.6 Gb/s 84.8 Gb/s
Max size 16 GB 24 GB
Memory frequency 4200 MHz 5300 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP 1x 320MP
Max display resolution 2880 x 1800 3840 x 2540
Storage type UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0 UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Video capture 4K at 60FPS, 1K at 120FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- VP9 - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS, 1080p at 120FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Data manipulation score 8849 15949
Phones tested 5 models 13 models
Photo editing score 34842 40273
Video editing score 7010 8052
Web score 17005 16855
Writing score 20163 26073

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-06-13(Пaвeл) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-06-14(Wal) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-07-12(স্বামী বিবেকানন্দ) CPU Throttle —
📘 2026-07-16(THAKUR) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-08-03(Petros@n) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-08-07(Aman Sthapak) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-08-15(Ankit) 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 7 Gen 4 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
1.Honor 600 1426281 —
10.Realme 15 Pro 5G 1251276 —
2.Vivo V70 1410609 —
3.Oppo Reno 15 1394716 —
4.Realme 16 Pro Plus 1392392 —
5.Motorola Edge 70 1368100 —
6.Nothing Phone (4a) Pro 1355225 —
7.Oppo Reno 15c 1307414 —
8.Realme P4 Pro 5G 1282176 —
9.Vivo V60 1257854 —
Phones with Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 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

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