Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s 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 6s Gen 3 (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 6s Gen 3
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 3

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 6s Gen 3 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 6s Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
CPU 256848 1112833
GPU 60984 1494722
Memory 129362 442350
Total score 617626 3950082
UX 170432 900177

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 3 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 TSMC TSMC
Process 6 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 6s 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 2500 Mbps Up to 12500 Mbps
Modem Snapdragon X51 Snapdragon X85
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Upload speed Up to 1500 Mbps Up to 3700 Mbps
Wi-Fi 5 7

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
API OpenCL Vulkan
Asset compression 113.8 MB/sec 421.8 MB/sec
Background blur 6.33 images/sec 40.7 images/sec
Edge detection 0.11 Gpixels/sec 1 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 1.39 images/sec 24.9 images/sec
Feature matching 0.02 Gpixels/sec 0.36 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.08 Gpixels/sec 2.04 Gpixels/sec
HDR 73 Mpixels/sec 308.4 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 56.2 pages/sec 238 pages/sec
Horizon detection 0.08 Gpixels/sec 0.72 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 43.3 images/sec 330.6 images/sec
PDF Renderer 80.5 Mpixels/sec 286.6 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 260.6 FPS 4390.2 FPS
Photo processing 20 images/sec 98.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 3.33 Mpixels/sec 14.1 Mpixels/sec
Samples 6 tests 79 tests
Stereo matching 4.63 Gpixels/sec 115.4 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
DirectX version 12.1 12.1
FLOPS 460.8 Gigaflops 3686.4 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 900 MHz 1200 MHz
OpenCL version 2.0 3.0
Pipelines 2 3
Shading units 128 512
Total shaders 256 1536
Vulkan version 1.1 1.4

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Announced June 2024 September 2025
Class Mid range Flagship
Model number SM6375-AC SM8850-AC
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 3 official site Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 official site

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Bus 2x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 17 Gb/s 84.8 Gb/s
Max size 12 GB 24 GB
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 5300 MHz
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s 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 108MP 1x 320MP
Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 3840 x 2540
Storage type UFS 2.2 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 6s Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Data manipulation score 9260 15949
Phones tested 5 models 13 models
Photo editing score 24716 40273
Video editing score 4563 8052
Web score 14003 16855
Writing score 14763 26073

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-05-22(..) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-05-31(Andy Yee (Andymus)) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-06-03(Peem humseem v2) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-06-06(Moto) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-06-17(Aditya) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-06-26(Gigi) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-06-26(Sam) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-08-14(Julianpowke) 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 6s Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
1.Xiaomi Redmi 15 5G 632934 —
2.Motorola Moto G85 5G 622608 —
3.Xiaomi Poco M8s 5G 615528 —
4.Xiaomi Poco M7 Plus 595016 —
5.Honor 400 Smart 591791 —
6.Motorola Moto G45 586585 —
Phones with Snapdragon 6s 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

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 3 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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