Google Tensor G2 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 Google Tensor G2 (49/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5:
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (97 vs 49)
  • + Higher Performance score (99 vs 47)
Google Tensor G2
Google

Google Tensor G2

49/100
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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 Google Tensor G2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
DeviceBenchmark Score 49.0 Poor 97.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 47.0 Poor 99.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Google Tensor G2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Graphics test 5 FPS 20 FPS
Stability 78% 67%
Section 1 — 52 FPS
Section 2 — 46 FPS
Section 3 — 40 FPS

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Google Tensor G2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Neural processor (NPU) Next-gen Tensor Processing Unit Hexagon

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Google Tensor G2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
CPU 384056 1112833
GPU 278383 1494722
Memory 220709 442350
Total score 1186373 3950082
UX 303255 900177

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Google Tensor G2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Architecture 2x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-X12x 2.35 GHz – Cortex-A784x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 2x 4.61 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Prime6x 3.63 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Performance
Cores 8 8
Frequency 2850 MHz 4610 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.4-A ARMv9.2-A
L3 cache 4 MB 12 MB
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC
Process 5 nanometers 3 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 7 W —
L1 cache — 192 KB
L2 cache — 12 MB

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Google Tensor G2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 5.2 6.0
Download speed Up to 7350 Mbps Up to 12500 Mbps
Modem Exynos 5300g Snapdragon X85
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Upload speed Up to 3670 Mbps Up to 3700 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 7

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Google Tensor G2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
API Vulkan Vulkan
Asset compression 149.9 MB/sec 421.8 MB/sec
Background blur 11.7 images/sec 40.7 images/sec
Edge detection 0.35 Gpixels/sec 1 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 3.96 images/sec 24.9 images/sec
Feature matching 0.06 Gpixels/sec 0.36 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.2 Gpixels/sec 2.04 Gpixels/sec
HDR 105.5 Mpixels/sec 308.4 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 99.9 pages/sec 238 pages/sec
Horizon detection 0.22 Gpixels/sec 0.72 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 74.2 images/sec 330.6 images/sec
PDF Renderer 110.2 Mpixels/sec 286.6 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 972.6 FPS 4390.2 FPS
Photo processing 35.1 images/sec 98.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 4.26 Mpixels/sec 14.1 Mpixels/sec
Samples 26 tests 79 tests
Stereo matching 11.5 Gpixels/sec 115.4 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Google Tensor G2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
FLOPS 759.8 Gigaflops 3686.4 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 848 MHz 1200 MHz
OpenCL version 2.0 3.0
Pipelines 7 3
Shading units 64 512
Total shaders 448 1536
Vulkan version 1.3 1.4
DirectX version — 12.1

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Google Tensor G2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Announced October 2022 September 2025
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number GS201 (S5P9855) SM8850-AC
Successor -Google Tensor G5 —
Official page — Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 official site

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Google Tensor G2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 51.2 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 Google Tensor G2 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, 2x 32MP 1x 320MP
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 3840 x 2540
Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- 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 Google Tensor G2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Data manipulation score 11061 15949
Phones tested 5 models 13 models
Photo editing score 18842 40273
Video editing score 6434 8052
Web score 7923 16855
Writing score 15053 26073

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Google Tensor G2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-07-11(zeesun) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-07-12(klaut) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-07-14(Ndraa) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-07-20->Dnhlst244. AnTuTu —
📘 2026-07-21(XHV150) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-07-28(Th3Vulkan) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-08-05(shu-) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-08-06->shu- 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 Google Tensor G2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
1.Google Pixel 7 1203381 —
2.Google Pixel 7a 1126520 —
3.Google Pixel 7 Pro 1122581 —
4.Google Pixel Fold 859865 —
Phones with Tensor G2 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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