Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (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 8 Elite (Gen 4) (90/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5:
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (97 vs 90)
  • + Higher Performance score (99 vs 92)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)

90/100
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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 8 Elite (Gen 4) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
DeviceBenchmark Score 90.0 Excellent 97.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 92.0 Excellent 99.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Graphics test 18 FPS 20 FPS
Section 1 47 FPS 52 FPS
Section 2 41 FPS 46 FPS
Section 3 35 FPS 40 FPS
Stability 51% 67%

AI Accelerator

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

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
CPU 893474 1112833
GPU 1133808 1494722
Memory 427210 442350
Total score 3126402 3950082
UX 671910 900177

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Architecture 2x 4.32 GHz – Oryon (Phoenix L)6x 3.53 GHz – Oryon (Phoenix M) 2x 4.61 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Prime6x 3.63 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Performance
Cores 8 8
Frequency 4320 MHz 4610 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache 192 KB 192 KB
L2 cache 12 MB 12 MB
L3 cache 8 MB 12 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 3 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 8 W —

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 6.0 6.0
Download speed Up to 10000 Mbps Up to 12500 Mbps
Modem Snapdragon X80 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 8 Elite (Gen 4) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
API Vulkan Vulkan
Asset compression 367.8 MB/sec 421.8 MB/sec
Background blur 32.7 images/sec 40.7 images/sec
Edge detection 0.91 Gpixels/sec 1 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 21.6 images/sec 24.9 images/sec
Feature matching 0.33 Gpixels/sec 0.36 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 1.75 Gpixels/sec 2.04 Gpixels/sec
HDR 315.8 Mpixels/sec 308.4 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 223.5 pages/sec 238 pages/sec
Horizon detection 0.73 Gpixels/sec 0.72 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 234.4 images/sec 330.6 images/sec
PDF Renderer 257 Mpixels/sec 286.6 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 3848 FPS 4390.2 FPS
Photo processing 90.6 images/sec 98.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 12.4 Mpixels/sec 14.1 Mpixels/sec
Samples 148 tests 79 tests
Stereo matching 96.8 Gpixels/sec 115.4 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
DirectX version 12.1 12.1
FLOPS 3379.2 Gigaflops 3686.4 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1100 MHz 1200 MHz
OpenCL version 3.0 3.0
Pipelines 3 3
Shading units 512 512
Total shaders 1536 1536
Vulkan version 1.3 1.4

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Announced October 2024 September 2025
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number SM8750-AB SM8850-AC
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) official site Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 official site
Successor -Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 —

Memory

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

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (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 320MP 1x 320MP
Max display resolution 3840 x 2540 3840 x 2540
Storage type UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1 UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Video capture 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9 - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9
Video playback 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Data manipulation score 16086 15949
Phones tested 36 models 13 models
Photo editing score 39118 40273
Video editing score 8458 8052
Web score 21945 16855
Writing score 22647 26073

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-08-19(Eiyuu) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-08-19(Sumiya) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-08-23(Apple Slayer) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-08-23(S25 owner) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-08-23([006]) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-08-24(Vasy1163) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-08-24(zaido) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-08-25(Dipsan) 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 8 Elite (Gen 4) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
1.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 10 Pro Plus 3543672 —
10.Asus Zenfone 12 Ultra 3247013 —
2.Motorola Razr Ultra (2026) 3379591 —
3.Realme GT 8 (China) 3336910 —
4.OnePlus Ace 6 3332530 —
5.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 10 Pro 3292097 —
6.Asus ROG Phone 9 Pro 3290813 —
7.Honor GT Pro 3280245 —
8.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11 Air 3265219 —
9.Honor Win RT 3249469 —
Phones with Snapdragon 8 Elite (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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