Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 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 636 (20/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5:
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (97 vs 20)
  • + Higher Performance score (99 vs 14)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 636
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 636

20/100
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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 636 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
DeviceBenchmark Score 20.0 Poor 97.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 14.0 Poor 99.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 680 Hexagon

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
CPU 131463 1112833
GPU 17357 1494722
Memory 67653 442350
Total score 282713 3950082
UX 66240 900177

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Architecture 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 260 Gold (Cortex-A73)4x 1.6 GHz – Kryo 260 Silver (Cortex-A53) 2x 4.61 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Prime6x 3.63 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Performance
Cores 8 8
Frequency 1800 MHz 4610 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv9.2-A
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC
Process 14 nanometers 3 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 5 W —
Transistor count 2 billion —
L1 cache — 192 KB
L2 cache — 12 MB
L3 cache — 12 MB

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
4G support LTE Cat. 13 LTE Cat. 24
5G support No Yes
Bluetooth 5.0 6.0
Download speed Up to 600 Mbps Up to 12500 Mbps
Modem X12 Snapdragon X85
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Upload speed Up to 150 Mbps Up to 3700 Mbps
Wi-Fi 5 7

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
API Vulkan Vulkan
Asset compression 68 MB/sec 421.8 MB/sec
Background blur 1.71 images/sec 40.7 images/sec
Edge detection 0.02 Gpixels/sec 1 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 0.31 images/sec 24.9 images/sec
Gaussian blur 0.01 Gpixels/sec 2.04 Gpixels/sec
HDR 37.9 Mpixels/sec 308.4 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 33.7 pages/sec 238 pages/sec
Horizon detection 0.01 Gpixels/sec 0.72 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 11 images/sec 330.6 images/sec
PDF Renderer 44.2 Mpixels/sec 286.6 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 24.3 FPS 4390.2 FPS
Photo processing 8.66 images/sec 98.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 1.82 Mpixels/sec 14.1 Mpixels/sec
Samples 39 tests 79 tests
Stereo matching 0.36 Gpixels/sec 115.4 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching — 0.36 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
DirectX version 11 12.1
FLOPS 110.1 Gigaflops 3686.4 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 430 MHz 1200 MHz
OpenCL version 2.0 3.0
Pipelines 1 3
Shading units 128 512
Total shaders 128 1536
Vulkan version 1.0 1.4

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Announced October 2017 September 2025
Class Mid range Flagship
Model number SDM636 SM8850-AC
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 official site Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 official site

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Bus 2x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 5.3 Gb/s 84.8 Gb/s
Max size 8 GB 24 GB
Memory frequency 1333 MHz 5300 MHz
Memory type LPDDR4 LPDDR5X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Audio codecs - AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max camera resolution 1x 24MP, 2x 16MP 1x 320MP
Max display resolution 1900 x 1200 3840 x 2540
Storage type eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1 UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Video capture 4K at 30FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- VP8- 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 636 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Data manipulation score 4803 15949
Phones tested Less than 3 13 models
Photo editing score 11463 40273
Video editing score 5085 8052
Web score 5148 16855
Writing score 6065 26073

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-02-28(diss74) 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 636 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
1.Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 282713 —
Phones with Snapdragon 636 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 636 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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