Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 vs Snapdragon 8 Gen 3

Flagship

The Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 leads the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 by 60% on AnTuTu v11 (37.89 Lakhs vs 23.68 Lakhs) and is 71% faster in Geekbench single-core and 66% in multi-core. Where the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 does better: 50% larger L3 cache (12 MB vs 8 MB).

Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 vs Snapdragon 8 Gen 3: key differences

Where the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 leads

36% higher peak CPU clock

4.61 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
Smaller process node

3 nm vs TSMC 4 nm
3% more GPU compute power

3686 GFLOPS vs 3584 GFLOPS
10% faster RAM

5300 MHz vs 4800 MHz
Newer storage standard

UFS 4.1 vs UFS 4.0
60% higher AnTuTu v11 score

37.89 Lakhs vs 23.68 Lakhs
66% faster in Geekbench multi-core

10,983 vs 6,626
71% faster in Geekbench single-core

3,690 vs 2,162

Where the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 leads

50% larger L3 cache

12 MB vs 8 MB

AnTuTu and Geekbench scores

AnTuTu v11 Total

+60% faster

Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 37,89,020

Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 23,68,420

Geekbench Single-Core

+71% faster

Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 3,690

Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 2,162

Geekbench Multi-Core

+66% faster

Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 10,983

Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 6,626

Full specifications

Green marks the better value wherever one can be measured.

Specification Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Snapdragon 8 Gen 3

Overview

Launch Date: September 2025; October 2023
Chipset Class: Flagship; Flagship
Manufacturer: Qualcomm; Qualcomm
Model Number: SM8850; SM8650-AB, SM8650-AC

CPU

Total Cores: 8; 8
Core Configuration: 2 x 4.61 GHz (3rd-gen Oryon cores)
6 x 3.63 GHz (3rd-gen Oryon cores); 1x 3.3 GHz - Cortex X4
3x 3.15 GHz - Cortex A720
2x 2.96 GHz - Cortex A720
2x 2.27 GHz - Cortex A520
Max Frequency: 4610 MHz; 3400 MHz
Instruction Set: ARMv9.2-A; ARMv9.2-A
Process Node: 3 nm; TSMC 4 nm
Manufacturing: TSMC; TSMC
L2 Cache: 12 MB; 1 MB
L3 Cache: 8 MB; 12 MB
TDP: -; 8 W

GPU

GPU Name: Adreno 840; Adreno 750
GPU Frequency: 1200 MHz; 903 MHz - 1000 MHz
Shading Units: 512; 1536
FLOPS: 3686 GFLOPS; 3584 GFLOPS
Ray Tracing Support: Yes; Yes
NPU: Hexagon NPU; Hexagon NPU
API Support: Vulkan 1.4, OpenCL 3.0, OpenGL ES 3.2; Vulkan 1.3, OpenCL 2.0, OpenGL ES 3.2

Memory & Storage

RAM Type: LPDDR5X; LPDDR5X
RAM Frequency: 5300 MHz; 4800 MHz
Memory Bus: 4x16-bit; 4x16-bit
Max Bandwidth: 84.8 GB/s; 76.8 GB/s
Max RAM Size: 24 GB; 24 GB
Storage Type: UFS 4.1; UFS 4.0

Camera & Display

Camera Support: 320 MP; 200 MP
Video Capture: 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS; 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS, 720p at 960FPS
Max Display Resolution: 4K; 4K
Video Playback: 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS; 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video Codecs: H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, AV1; H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
Audio Codecs: AAC, LDAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV; AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Modem: Snapdragon X85; Snapdragon X75 5G
Network Support: 5G; 5G
Download Speed: 12.5 Gbps; 10 Gbps
Upload Speed: 3.7 Gbps; Up to 3.5 Gbps
Wi-Fi: 7; 7
Bluetooth: 6.0; 5.4
Navigation: NavIC, GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS; GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NavIC