Google Tensor G3 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 G3 (56/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5:
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (97 vs 56)
  • + Higher Performance score (99 vs 55)
Google Tensor G3
Google

Google Tensor G3

56/100
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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 G3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
DeviceBenchmark Score 56.0 Below Average 97.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 55.0 Below Average 99.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Google Tensor G3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Graphics test 7 FPS 20 FPS
Stability 74% 67%
Section 1 — 52 FPS
Section 2 — 46 FPS
Section 3 — 40 FPS

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Google Tensor G3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Neural processor (NPU) Yes Hexagon

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Google Tensor G3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
CPU 482403 1112833
GPU 384611 1494722
Memory 218603 442350
Total score 1409016 3950082
UX 323399 900177

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Google Tensor G3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Architecture 1x 2.91 GHz – Cortex-X34x 2.37 GHz – Cortex-A7154x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A510 2x 4.61 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Prime6x 3.63 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Performance
Cores 9 8
Frequency 2910 MHz 4610 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv9.2-A
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC
Process 4 nanometers 3 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 6 W —
L1 cache — 192 KB
L2 cache — 12 MB
L3 cache — 12 MB

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Google Tensor G3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 5.3 6.0
Download speed Up to 7300 Mbps Up to 12500 Mbps
Modem Exynos 5300i Snapdragon X85
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Upload speed Up to 3700 Mbps Up to 3700 Mbps
Wi-Fi 7 7

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Google Tensor G3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
API Vulkan Vulkan
Asset compression 197.6 MB/sec 421.8 MB/sec
Background blur 13.2 images/sec 40.7 images/sec
Edge detection 0.35 Gpixels/sec 1 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 6.85 images/sec 24.9 images/sec
Feature matching 0.08 Gpixels/sec 0.36 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.32 Gpixels/sec 2.04 Gpixels/sec
HDR 142.1 Mpixels/sec 308.4 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 134.7 pages/sec 238 pages/sec
Horizon detection 0.16 Gpixels/sec 0.72 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 82.1 images/sec 330.6 images/sec
PDF Renderer 148.4 Mpixels/sec 286.6 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 1088 FPS 4390.2 FPS
Photo processing 48.4 images/sec 98.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 5.34 Mpixels/sec 14.1 Mpixels/sec
Samples 11 tests 79 tests
Stereo matching 11.9 Gpixels/sec 115.4 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Google Tensor G3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
FLOPS 1594.8 Gigaflops 3686.4 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 890 MHz 1200 MHz
OpenCL version 2.0 3.0
Pipelines 7 3
Shading units 128 512
Total shaders 896 1536
Vulkan version 1.3 1.4
DirectX version — 12.1

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Google Tensor G3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Announced October 2023 September 2025
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number GS301 (S5P9865) SM8850-AC
Official page Google Tensor G3 official site Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 official site
Successor -Google Tensor G5 —

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Google Tensor G3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 68.2 Gb/s 84.8 Gb/s
Max size 16 GB 24 GB
Memory frequency 4266 MHz 5300 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Google Tensor G3 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 4.0, UFS 4.1
Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9
Video playback 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Google Tensor G3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-03-14(Spilled coffee) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-03-16(Quan) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-03-26(Bilal) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-04-13->Spaikleonow AnTuTu —
📘 2026-04-29->tonymenny AnTuTu —
📘 2026-05-04(Bilal Ahmed) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-05-04(reazz) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-05-05(s1mpick) 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 G3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
1.Google Pixel 8 1443431 —
2.Google Pixel 8a 1433693 —
3.Google Pixel 8 Pro 1367231 —
Phones with Tensor G3 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

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Google Tensor G3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Data manipulation score — 15949
Phones tested — 13 models
Photo editing score — 40273
Video editing score — 8052
Web score — 16855
Writing score — 26073

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