Qualcomm Snapdragon 730 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 730 (30/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5:
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (97 vs 30)
  • + Higher Performance score (99 vs 24)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 730
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 730

30/100
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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 730 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
DeviceBenchmark Score 30.0 Poor 97.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 24.0 Poor 99.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 730 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Graphics test 1 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 730 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Neural processor (NPU) Qualcomm Hexagon 688 Hexagon

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 730 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
CPU 220418 1112833
GPU 44373 1494722
Memory 95755 442350
Total score 502844 3950082
UX 142298 900177

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 730 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Architecture 2x 2.2 GHz – Kryo 470 Gold (Cortex-A76)6x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 470 Silver (Cortex-A55) 2x 4.61 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Prime6x 3.63 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Performance
Cores 8 8
Frequency 2200 MHz 4610 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv9.2-A
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC
Process 8 nanometers 3 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 5 W —
L1 cache — 192 KB
L2 cache — 12 MB
L3 cache — 12 MB

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 730 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
4G support LTE Cat. 15 LTE Cat. 24
5G support No Yes
Bluetooth 5.0 6.0
Download speed Up to 800 Mbps Up to 12500 Mbps
Modem X15 Snapdragon X85
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Upload speed Up to 150 Mbps Up to 3700 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 7

Gaming

Gaming specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 730 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Call of Duty: Mobile 36 FPS[Ultra] —
Device Xiaomi Mi9T1080 x 2340 —
Fortnite 27 FPS[Medium] —
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang 30 FPS[Ultra] —
PUBG Mobile 59 FPS[Medium] —
Shadowgun Legends 35 FPS[Medium] —
World of Tanks Blitz 59 FPS[Ultra] —

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 730 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
API OpenCL Vulkan
Asset compression 94.5 MB/sec 421.8 MB/sec
Background blur 5.65 images/sec 40.7 images/sec
Edge detection 0.08 Gpixels/sec 1 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 0.62 images/sec 24.9 images/sec
Feature matching 0.01 Gpixels/sec 0.36 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.06 Gpixels/sec 2.04 Gpixels/sec
HDR 56.2 Mpixels/sec 308.4 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 49 pages/sec 238 pages/sec
Horizon detection 0.06 Gpixels/sec 0.72 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 35.5 images/sec 330.6 images/sec
PDF Renderer 62.3 Mpixels/sec 286.6 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 200 FPS 4390.2 FPS
Photo processing 18.5 images/sec 98.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 2.73 Mpixels/sec 14.1 Mpixels/sec
Samples 8 tests 79 tests
Stereo matching 3.53 Gpixels/sec 115.4 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 730 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
DirectX version 12.1 12.1
FLOPS 358.4 Gigaflops 3686.4 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 700 MHz 1200 MHz
OpenCL version 2.0 3.0
Pipelines 2 3
Shading units 128 512
Total shaders 256 1536
Vulkan version 1.1 1.4

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 730 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Announced April 2019 September 2025
Class Mid range Flagship
Model number SM7150-AA SM8850-AC
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 730 official site Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 official site
Successor -Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G —

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 730 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Bus 2x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 14.9 Gb/s 84.8 Gb/s
Max size 8 GB 24 GB
Memory frequency 1866 MHz 5300 MHz
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 730 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max camera resolution 1x 192MP, 2x 22MP 1x 320MP
Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 3840 x 2540
Storage type UFS 3.0 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 730 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Data manipulation score 7006 15949
Phones tested Less than 3 13 models
Photo editing score 15521 40273
Video editing score 5546 8052
Web score 6861 16855
Writing score 9110 26073

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 730 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-03-10(Donotcare) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-04-12(Rama) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-04-19(Breno) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-06-19(Fixis) GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-06-21(Jim.0) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-06-22(Brian) 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 730 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
1.Samsung Galaxy A71 513272 —
2.Xiaomi Mi 9T 502844 —
3.Samsung Galaxy M51 414283 —
Phones with Snapdragon 730 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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