Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s 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 7s Gen 3 (43/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5:
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (97 vs 43)
  • + Higher Performance score (99 vs 41)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3

43/100
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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 7s Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
DeviceBenchmark Score 43.0 Poor 97.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 41.0 Poor 99.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

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

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Neural processor (NPU) Yes Hexagon

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
CPU 405718 1112833
GPU 179932 1494722
Memory 193010 442350
Total score 1041899 3950082
UX 263239 900177

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Architecture 1x 2.5 GHz – Kryo Prime (Cortex-A720)3x 2.4 GHz – Kryo Gold (Cortex-A720)4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo Silver (Cortex-A520) 2x 4.61 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Prime6x 3.63 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Performance
Cores 8 8
Frequency 2500 MHz 4610 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv9.2-A
Manufacturing TSMC 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 7s Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 5.4 6.0
Download speed Up to 2900 Mbps Up to 12500 Mbps
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Upload speed Up to 1600 Mbps Up to 3700 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 7
4G support — LTE Cat. 24
Modem — Snapdragon X85

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
API Vulkan Vulkan
Asset compression 157.5 MB/sec 421.8 MB/sec
Background blur 11.7 images/sec 40.7 images/sec
Edge detection 0.2 Gpixels/sec 1 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 4.05 images/sec 24.9 images/sec
Feature matching 0.05 Gpixels/sec 0.36 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.31 Gpixels/sec 2.04 Gpixels/sec
HDR 96.1 Mpixels/sec 308.4 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 83.5 pages/sec 238 pages/sec
Horizon detection 0.16 Gpixels/sec 0.72 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 59.8 images/sec 330.6 images/sec
PDF Renderer 116.6 Mpixels/sec 286.6 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 628.9 FPS 4390.2 FPS
Photo processing 26.5 images/sec 98.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 4.29 Mpixels/sec 14.1 Mpixels/sec
Samples 14 tests 79 tests
Stereo matching 17.4 Gpixels/sec 115.4 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
DirectX version 12.1 12.1
FLOPS 537.6 Gigaflops 3686.4 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1050 MHz 1200 MHz
OpenCL version 3.0 3.0
Pipelines 2 3
Shading units 128 512
Total shaders 256 1536
Vulkan version 1.3 1.4

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Announced August 2024 September 2025
Class Mid range Flagship
Model number SM7635 SM8850-AC
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 official site Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 official site
Successor -Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 4 —

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Bus 2x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 25.6 Gb/s 84.8 Gb/s
Max size 16 GB 24 GB
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 5300 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s 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 1920 x 1200 3840 x 2540
Storage type UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1 UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Video capture 4K at 30FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- VP9 - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9
Video playback 4K at 30FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Data manipulation score 11111 15949
Phones tested 8 models 13 models
Photo editing score 21690 40273
Video editing score 7169 8052
Web score 13557 16855
Writing score 16942 26073

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-07-10->ratulislam-55 CPU Throttle —
📘 2026-07-16(Zidan) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-07-24(Super) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-07-25(NK) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-08-01(Ghost) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-08-04(Chicha | #LYT-600) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-08-11(Đat) 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 7s Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
1.Motorola Edge 70 Fusion 1149292 —
10.Samsung Galaxy Xcover 7 Pro 961191 —
2.Realme 14 Pro Plus 5G 1107631 —
3.Realme P3 Pro 5G 1081773 —
4.Nothing Phone (3a) Pro 1063109 —
5.Nothing Phone (3a) 1050601 —
6.Vivo T4 5G 1043525 —
7.Vivo iQOO Z10 1032527 —
8.Fairphone 6 1027025 —
9.Xiaomi Redmi Note 14 Pro Plus 5G 1001783 —
Phones with Snapdragon 7s 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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