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

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
1x 3 GHz – Cortex-X44x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A7203x 2 GHz – Cortex-A520
2x 4.61 GHz –6x 3.63 GHz –
Frequency
3000 MHz
4610 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
ARMv9.2-A
L2 cache
1 MB
24 MB
L3 cache
8 MB
8 MB
Process
4 nm
3 nm
TDP
6 W
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Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
L1 cache
-
1792 KB

Graphics

GPU name
Adreno 735
Adreno 840
GPU frequency
1100 MHz
1200 MHz
Execution units
2
-
Shading units
256
512
Vulkan version
1.3
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
DirectX version
12.1
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Memory

Memory Type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
4200 MHz
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Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
67.2 Gbit/s
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AI

NPU
Hexagon
Hexagon

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
-
Storage type
UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
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Max camera resolution
1x 200MP
1x 320MP
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
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
Audio codecs
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV

Connectivity

4G support
LTE Cat. 22
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
Yes
Yes
Download speed
Up to 6500 Mbps
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Upload speed
Up to 3500 Mbps
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Wi-Fi
7
7
Bluetooth
5.4
6.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced
Mar 2024
Sep 2025
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
SM8635
SM8850
Official page
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📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
1,490,645
3,115,282
Geekbench 6
2,019
3,834
Geekbench 6
5,570
12,396
FP32 (float)
1,689
3,686