Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 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 6 Gen 3 (39/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5:
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (97 vs 39)
  • + Higher Performance score (99 vs 36)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3

39/100
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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 6 Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
DeviceBenchmark Score 39.0 Poor 97.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 36.0 Poor 99.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Graphics test 2 FPS 20 FPS
Stability 98% 67%
Section 1 — 52 FPS
Section 2 — 46 FPS
Section 3 — 40 FPS

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
CPU 317655 1112833
GPU 133002 1494722
Memory 139358 442350
Total score 840353 3950082
UX 250338 900177

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Architecture 4x 2.4 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 2400 MHz 4610 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv9.2-A
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC
Process 4 nanometers 3 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 5 W —
L1 cache — 192 KB
L2 cache — 12 MB
L3 cache — 12 MB

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
4G support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 5.2 6.0
Download speed Up to 2900 Mbps Up to 12500 Mbps
Modem Snapdragon X62 Snapdragon X85
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Upload speed Up to 1600 Mbps Up to 3700 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 7

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
API Vulkan Vulkan
Asset compression 159.3 MB/sec 421.8 MB/sec
Background blur 9.61 images/sec 40.7 images/sec
Edge detection 0.19 Gpixels/sec 1 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 3.6 images/sec 24.9 images/sec
Feature matching 0.04 Gpixels/sec 0.36 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.15 Gpixels/sec 2.04 Gpixels/sec
HDR 97.1 Mpixels/sec 308.4 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 68.2 pages/sec 238 pages/sec
Horizon detection 0.14 Gpixels/sec 0.72 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 56.2 images/sec 330.6 images/sec
PDF Renderer 116 Mpixels/sec 286.6 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 382 FPS 4390.2 FPS
Photo processing 27.1 images/sec 98.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 4.45 Mpixels/sec 14.1 Mpixels/sec
Samples 24 tests 79 tests
Stereo matching 14.8 Gpixels/sec 115.4 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
DirectX version 12.1 12.1
FLOPS 517.1 Gigaflops 3686.4 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1010 MHz 1200 MHz
OpenCL version 2.0 3.0
Pipelines 2 3
Shading units 128 512
Total shaders 256 1536
Vulkan version 1.3 1.4

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Announced September 2024 September 2025
Class Mid range Flagship
Model number SM6475-AB SM8850-AC
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 official site Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 official site
Successor -Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 —

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 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 12 GB 24 GB
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 5300 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 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 1x 320MP
Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 3840 x 2540
Storage type UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1 UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Video capture 4K at 30FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- VP9 - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9
Video playback 4K at 30FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Data manipulation score 10326 15949
Phones tested 3 models 13 models
Photo editing score 24677 40273
Video editing score 7296 8052
Web score 14144 16855
Writing score 14497 26073

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-07-27(Dylan) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-07-28(Dylan) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-08-01->LynxVex AnTuTu —
📘 2026-08-02(Nasri) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-08-16(bagassetiawan) GeekBench CPU —
📘 2026-08-18(bagassetiawan) GeekBench CPU —
📘 2026-08-25->Fadent 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 6 Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
1.Samsung Galaxy A27 5G 903337 —
10.Motorola Moto G75 5G 790810 —
2.Sony Xperia 10 VII 895533 —
3.Motorola Moto G Stylus (2026) 894500 —
4.Xiaomi Redmi Note 15 SE 5G 868311 —
5.Xiaomi Poco M8 5G 859658 —
6.Samsung Galaxy A36 5G 844447 —
7.Sony Xperia 10 VIII 831447 —
8.Motorola Moto G Stylus 5G (2025) 831447 —
9.Xiaomi Redmi Note 15 5G 830765 —
Phones with Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 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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