Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 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 4 Gen 2 (33/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5:
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (97 vs 33)
  • + Higher Performance score (99 vs 28)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2

33/100
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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 4 Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
DeviceBenchmark Score 33.0 Poor 97.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 28.0 Poor 99.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Neural processor (NPU) Yes Hexagon

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
CPU 201238 1112833
GPU 46388 1494722
Memory 157900 442350
Total score 568395 3950082
UX 162869 900177

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Architecture 2x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A786x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55 2x 4.61 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Prime6x 3.63 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Performance
Cores 8 8
Frequency 2200 MHz 4610 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv9.2-A
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC
Process 4 nanometers 3 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 4 W —
L1 cache — 192 KB
L2 cache — 12 MB
L3 cache — 12 MB

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
4G support LTE Cat. 22 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 5.1 6.0
Download speed Up to 2500 Mbps Up to 12500 Mbps
Modem Snapdragon X61 Snapdragon X85
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Upload speed Up to 900 Mbps Up to 3700 Mbps
Wi-Fi 5 7

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
API OpenCL Vulkan
Asset compression 113 MB/sec 421.8 MB/sec
Background blur 6.33 images/sec 40.7 images/sec
Edge detection 0.04 Gpixels/sec 1 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 0.32 images/sec 24.9 images/sec
Feature matching 0.01 Gpixels/sec 0.36 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.02 Gpixels/sec 2.04 Gpixels/sec
HDR 72.7 Mpixels/sec 308.4 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 56 pages/sec 238 pages/sec
Horizon detection 0.03 Gpixels/sec 0.72 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 44.7 images/sec 330.6 images/sec
PDF Renderer 83.7 Mpixels/sec 286.6 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 25.4 FPS 4390.2 FPS
Photo processing 22.8 images/sec 98.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 3.15 Mpixels/sec 14.1 Mpixels/sec
Samples 14 tests 79 tests
Stereo matching 1.34 Gpixels/sec 115.4 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
DirectX version 12.1 12.1
FLOPS 244.5 Gigaflops 3686.4 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 955 MHz 1200 MHz
OpenCL version 2.0 3.0
Pipelines 1 3
Shading units 128 512
Total shaders 128 1536
Vulkan version 1.1 1.4

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Announced June 2023 September 2025
Class Mid range Flagship
Model number SM4450 SM8850-AC
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 official site Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 official site

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Bus 2x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 25.6 Gb/s 84.8 Gb/s
Max size 8 GB 24 GB
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 5300 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max camera resolution 1x 108MP, 2x 16MP 1x 320MP
Max display resolution 2520 x 1200 3840 x 2540
Storage type UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1 UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Video capture 1K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- VP9 - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9
Video playback 1080p at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Data manipulation score 7347 15949
Phones tested 8 models 13 models
Photo editing score 19716 40273
Video editing score 4380 8052
Web score 9242 16855
Writing score 13346 26073

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-04-08->eimakill GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-04-10(Potyshnuy) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-05-12(Ash) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-05-15(Arun gurjar) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-05-16->LCSOnanoreview AnTuTu —
📘 2026-06-21->LCSOnanoreview GeekBench CPU —
📘 2026-07-24(Googoo gaga) 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 4 Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
1.Vivo iQOO Z11i 633631 —
10.Xiaomi Redmi Note 12R 555822 —
2.Xiaomi Redmi 13 5G 598730 —
3.Honor 200 Smart 594735 —
4.Xiaomi Poco M6 Plus 579518 —
5.Vivo Y39 577028 —
6.Honor X7c 5G 571597 —
7.Vivo V40 SE 5G 569252 —
8.Xiaomi Poco M6 Pro 5G 568395 —
9.Xiaomi Redmi 12 5G 560863 —
Phones with Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 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

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Graphics test — 20 FPS
Section 1 — 52 FPS
Section 2 — 46 FPS
Section 3 — 40 FPS
Stability — 67%

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