Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 4 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 4 (34/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5:
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (97 vs 34)
  • + Higher Performance score (99 vs 29)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 4
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 4

34/100
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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 4 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
DeviceBenchmark Score 34.0 Poor 97.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 29.0 Poor 99.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

AI Accelerator

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

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 4 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
CPU 273209 1112833
GPU 56148 1494722
Memory 114369 442350
Total score 593849 3950082
UX 150123 900177

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 4 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Architecture 2x 2.3 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 2300 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 4 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
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
4G support — LTE Cat. 24

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 4 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Samples Less than 3 79 tests
API — Vulkan
Asset compression — 421.8 MB/sec
Background blur — 40.7 images/sec
Edge detection — 1 Gpixels/sec
Face detection — 24.9 images/sec
Feature matching — 0.36 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur — 2.04 Gpixels/sec
HDR — 308.4 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser — 238 pages/sec
Horizon detection — 0.72 Gpixels/sec
Image detection — 330.6 images/sec
PDF Renderer — 286.6 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics — 4390.2 FPS
Photo processing — 98.7 images/sec
Ray tracing — 14.1 Mpixels/sec
Stereo matching — 115.4 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 4 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 4 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Announced December 2025 September 2025
Class Low end Flagship
Model number SM4450-AF SM8850-AC
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 4 official site Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 official site

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 4 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 4 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

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 4 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
1.Xiaomi Poco M8 Power 611651 —
2.Xiaomi Redmi Note 17 593849 —
3.Honor 600 Smart 570353 —
Phones with Snapdragon 4 Gen 4 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 4 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Graphics test — 20 FPS
Section 1 — 52 FPS
Section 2 — 46 FPS
Section 3 — 40 FPS
Stability — 67%

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 4 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

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 4 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Date — 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

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