Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3 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 Plus Gen 3 (61/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5:
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (97 vs 61)
  • + Higher Performance score (99 vs 61)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3

61/100
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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 Plus Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
DeviceBenchmark Score 61.0 Average 97.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 61.0 Average 99.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Graphics test 7 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 Plus Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Neural processor (NPU) Yes Hexagon

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
CPU 562487 1112833
GPU 419835 1494722
Memory 279528 442350
Total score 1660924 3950082
UX 399074 900177

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Architecture 1x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-X44x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A7203x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A520 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 ARMv9.2-A ARMv9.2-A
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 4 nanometers 3 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 5.5 W —
L1 cache — 192 KB
L2 cache — 12 MB
L3 cache — 12 MB

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
4G support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 5.4 6.0
Download speed Up to 5000 Mbps Up to 12500 Mbps
Modem Snapdragon X63 5G Snapdragon X85
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 3700 Mbps
Wi-Fi 7 7

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
API OpenCL Vulkan
Asset compression 208.2 MB/sec 421.8 MB/sec
Background blur 16.6 images/sec 40.7 images/sec
Edge detection 0.52 Gpixels/sec 1 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 5.81 images/sec 24.9 images/sec
Feature matching 0.1 Gpixels/sec 0.36 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.47 Gpixels/sec 2.04 Gpixels/sec
HDR 157.3 Mpixels/sec 308.4 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 152.6 pages/sec 238 pages/sec
Horizon detection 0.46 Gpixels/sec 0.72 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 117.5 images/sec 330.6 images/sec
PDF Renderer 165.9 Mpixels/sec 286.6 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 1469.7 FPS 4390.2 FPS
Photo processing 49.1 images/sec 98.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 5.63 Mpixels/sec 14.1 Mpixels/sec
Samples 23 tests 79 tests
Stereo matching 23.1 Gpixels/sec 115.4 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
DirectX version 12.1 12.1
FLOPS 1459.2 Gigaflops 3686.4 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 950 MHz 1200 MHz
OpenCL version 2.0 3.0
Pipelines 3 3
Shading units 256 512
Total shaders 768 1536
Vulkan version 1.3 1.4

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Announced March 2024 September 2025
Class Mid range Flagship
Model number SM7675-AB SM8850-AC
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3 official site Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 official site

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 67.2 Gb/s 84.8 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 24 GB
Memory frequency 4200 MHz 5300 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3 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 2560 x 1600 3840 x 2540
Storage type UFS 4.0 UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- VP8- VP9 - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Data manipulation score 13620 15949
Phones tested 4 models 13 models
Photo editing score 41779 40273
Video editing score 6702 8052
Web score 18307 16855
Writing score 23052 26073

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-07-04(Samarth Kawade) GeekBench CPU —
📘 2026-07-05(Aditay) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-07-08(Santu) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-07-14(Alex) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-08-01(Gokul) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-08-15(Moxnatiybobr) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-08-16(Fahas Pasha) 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 Plus Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
1.Realme GT Neo 6 SE 1695482 —
2.OnePlus Ace 3V 1649673 —
3.OnePlus Nord 4 1645573 —
4.Realme GT 6T 1570253 —
Phones with Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3 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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