Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

[ 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 8s Gen 3 (63/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5:
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (97 vs 63)
  • + Higher Performance score (99 vs 63)
[ WINNER ]
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

97/100
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

63/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
DeviceBenchmark Score 97.0 Excellent WINNER 63.0 Average
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 63.0 Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
Graphics test 20 FPS 8 FPS
Section 1 52 FPS 22 FPS
Section 2 46 FPS 19 FPS
Section 3 40 FPS 16 FPS
Stability 67% 90%

AI Accelerator

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

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
CPU 1112833 556525
GPU 1494722 503679
Memory 442350 307418
Total score 3950082 1797821
UX 900177 430199

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
Architecture 2x 4.61 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Prime6x 3.63 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Performance 1x 3 GHz – Cortex-X44x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A7203x 2 GHz – Cortex-A520
Cores 8 8
Frequency 4610 MHz 3000 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache 192 KB 128 KB
L2 cache 12 MB 1 MB
L3 cache 12 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) — 7.5 W

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 22
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 6.0 5.4
Download speed Up to 12500 Mbps Up to 6500 Mbps
Modem Snapdragon X85 Snapdragon X70 5G
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Upload speed Up to 3700 Mbps Up to 3500 Mbps
Wi-Fi 7 7

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
API Vulkan OpenCL
Asset compression 421.8 MB/sec 219.8 MB/sec
Background blur 40.7 images/sec 16.9 images/sec
Edge detection 1 Gpixels/sec 0.55 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 24.9 images/sec 6.39 images/sec
Feature matching 0.36 Gpixels/sec 0.11 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.04 Gpixels/sec 0.54 Gpixels/sec
HDR 308.4 Mpixels/sec 142.1 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 238 pages/sec 156.3 pages/sec
Horizon detection 0.72 Gpixels/sec 0.47 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 330.6 images/sec 113.3 images/sec
PDF Renderer 286.6 Mpixels/sec 167.8 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4390.2 FPS 1701.5 FPS
Photo processing 98.7 images/sec 51.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 14.1 Mpixels/sec 6.15 Mpixels/sec
Samples 79 tests 64 tests
Stereo matching 115.4 Gpixels/sec 26.2 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
DirectX version 12.1 12.1
FLOPS 3686.4 Gigaflops 1689.6 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1200 MHz 1100 MHz
OpenCL version 3.0 2.0
Pipelines 3 3
Shading units 512 256
Total shaders 1536 768
Vulkan version 1.4 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
Announced September 2025 March 2024
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number SM8850-AC SM8635
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 official site Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 official site
Successor — -Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 84.8 Gb/s 67.2 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 24 GB
Memory frequency 5300 MHz 4200 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max camera resolution 1x 320MP 1x 200MP
Max display resolution 3840 x 2540 3840 x 2160
Storage type UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1 UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
Video capture 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9 - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9
Video playback 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 120FPS

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
Data manipulation score 15949 15136
Phones tested 13 models 14 models
Photo editing score 40273 27100
Video editing score 8052 7662
Web score 16855 14506
Writing score 26073 19378

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
Date Benchmark 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 —
📘 2026-08-16(AngryDuy) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-16->Augus.anime — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-19(oxterspvce) — CPU Throttle
📘 2026-08-23->sajidulch — AnTuTu

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
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 —
1.Vivo V70 Elite — 1913976
10.Vivo iQOO Z9 Turbo — 1805187
2.Realme GT Neo 6 — 1866203
3.OnePlus Nord 5 — 1848224
4.Motorola Razr Plus (2026) — 1846775
5.Motorola Edge 50 Ultra — 1826731
6.Xiaomi Redmi Turbo 3 — 1823082
7.Vivo iQOO Z9 Turbo Endurance — 1821945
8.Realme GT 6 — 1809566
9.Xiaomi 14 Civi — 1806236
Phones with Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 — AnTuTu v11

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