Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3

[ 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 Gen 3 (77/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5:
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (97 vs 77)
  • + Higher Performance score (99 vs 77)
[ WINNER ]
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

97/100
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3

77/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
DeviceBenchmark Score 97.0 Excellent WINNER 77.0 Good
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 77.0 Good

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
Graphics test 20 FPS 12 FPS
Section 1 52 FPS 36 FPS
Section 2 46 FPS 31 FPS
Section 3 40 FPS 26 FPS
Stability 67% 79%

AI Accelerator

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

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
CPU 1112833 700525
GPU 1494722 805478
Memory 442350 296043
Total score 3950082 2345563
UX 900177 543517

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
Architecture 2x 4.61 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Prime6x 3.63 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Performance 1x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X43x 3.15 GHz – Cortex-A7202x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A7202x 2.27 GHz – Cortex-A520
Cores 8 8
Frequency 4610 MHz 3300 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache 192 KB —
L2 cache 12 MB 1 MB
L3 cache 12 MB 12 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) — 8 W

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 6.0 5.4
Download speed Up to 12500 Mbps Up to 10000 Mbps
Modem Snapdragon X85 Snapdragon X75
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Upload speed Up to 3700 Mbps Up to 3500 Mbps
Wi-Fi 7 7

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
API Vulkan OpenCL
Asset compression 421.8 MB/sec 256.8 MB/sec
Background blur 40.7 images/sec 24 images/sec
Edge detection 1 Gpixels/sec 0.61 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 24.9 images/sec 13.2 images/sec
Feature matching 0.36 Gpixels/sec 0.18 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.04 Gpixels/sec 0.98 Gpixels/sec
HDR 308.4 Mpixels/sec 208.6 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 238 pages/sec 190.9 pages/sec
Horizon detection 0.72 Gpixels/sec 0.7 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 330.6 images/sec 168.6 images/sec
PDF Renderer 286.6 Mpixels/sec 209.1 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4390.2 FPS 3083.6 FPS
Photo processing 98.7 images/sec 63.6 images/sec
Ray tracing 14.1 Mpixels/sec 7.27 Mpixels/sec
Samples 79 tests 139 tests
Stereo matching 115.4 Gpixels/sec 43.4 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
DirectX version 12.1 12.1
FLOPS 3686.4 Gigaflops 2774 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1200 MHz 903-1000 MHz
OpenCL version 3.0 2.0
Pipelines 3 6
Shading units 512 256
Total shaders 1536 1536
Vulkan version 1.4 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
Announced September 2025 October 2023
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number SM8850-AC SM8650-AB, SM8650-AC
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 official site Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 official site
Successor — -Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 84.8 Gb/s 76.8 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 24 GB
Memory frequency 5300 MHz 4800 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max camera resolution 1x 320MP 1x 200MP
Max display resolution 3840 x 2540 3840 x 2160
Storage type UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1 UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Video capture 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS 8K at 30FPS, 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 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
Data manipulation score 15949 14260
Phones tested 13 models 41 models
Photo editing score 40273 31248
Video editing score 8052 7905
Web score 16855 16536
Writing score 26073 19168

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 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 —
📘 2026-08-19(PolNik) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-19(mitchi) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-21(Nipple Power) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-21(Yanu Ptr) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-22(Thiện Black) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-23(Gadji Tæmæv) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-23(ThienBlack) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-24(AnONe) — AnTuTu

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
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 —
1.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 9 Pro Plus — 2647478
10.Vivo iQOO 12 Pro — 2433337
2.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 9S Pro — 2554897
3.ZTE Nubia Z60 Ultra — 2527231
4.Honor 300 Pro — 2508188
5.Asus ROG Phone 9 FE — 2486941
6.Xiaomi Redmi K70 Pro — 2486114
7.Asus ROG Phone 8 Pro — 2464181
8.Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6 — 2456969
9.Asus Zenfone 11 Ultra — 2444132
Phones with Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 — AnTuTu v11

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