Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 vs Snapdragon 6 Gen 4

Flagship

Mid-range

The Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 scores 2.4x higher than the Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 on AnTuTu v11 (23.14 Lakhs vs 9.82 Lakhs) and is 94% faster in Geekbench single-core and 2.2x in multi-core. None of the key differences favour the Snapdragon 6 Gen 4.

Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 vs Snapdragon 6 Gen 4: key differences

Where the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 leads

39% higher peak CPU clock

3.2 GHz vs 2.3 GHz
Newer Arm instruction set

ARMv9.2-A vs ARMv9-A
5.1x more GPU compute power

2355 GFLOPS vs 458.2 GFLOPS
Newer RAM type

LPDDR5X vs LPDDR5, LPDDR4X
50% faster RAM

4800 MHz vs 3200 MHz
Newer storage standard

UFS 4.1 vs UFS 3.1
2.4x higher AnTuTu v11 score

23.14 Lakhs vs 9.82 Lakhs
2.2x faster in Geekbench multi-core

6,511 vs 2,903
94% faster in Geekbench single-core

2,073 vs 1,066

AnTuTu and Geekbench scores

AnTuTu v11 Total

2.4x faster

Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 23,14,089

Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 9,81,995

Geekbench Single-Core

+94% faster

Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 2,073

Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 1,066

Geekbench Multi-Core

2.2x faster

Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 6,511

Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 2,903

Full specifications

Green marks the better value wherever one can be measured.

Specification Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 Snapdragon 6 Gen 4

Overview

Launch Date: Apirl 2025; February 2025
Chipset Class: Flagship; Mid-range
Manufacturer: Qualcomm; Qualcomm
Model Number: SM8735; SM6650

CPU

Total Cores: 8; 8
Core Configuration: 1x 3.2 GHz - Cortex-X4
3x 3.01 GHz - Cortex-A720
2x 2.80 GHz - Cortex-A720
2x 2.02 GHz - Cortex-A720; 1x 2.3GHz - Cortex A720
3x 2.2GHz - Cortex A720
4x 1.8GHz - Cortex A520
Max Frequency: 3200 MHz; 2300 MHz
Instruction Set: ARMv9.2-A; ARMv9-A
Process Node: 4 nm; 4 nm
Manufacturing: TSMC; TSMC
L2 Cache: 6 MB; 1 MB
L3 Cache: 8 MB; 8 MB
TDP: -; 5 W

GPU

GPU Name: Adreno 825; Adreno 810
GPU Frequency: 1150 MHz; 895 MHz
Shading Units: 512; 128
FLOPS: 2355 GFLOPS; 458.2 GFLOPS
Ray Tracing Support: Yes; No
NPU: Hexagon NPU; Hexagon NPU
API Support: Vulkan 1.3, OpenCL 2.0, OpenGL ES 3.2; Vulkan 1.3, OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 2.0

Memory & Storage

RAM Type: LPDDR5X; LPDDR5, LPDDR4X
RAM Frequency: 4800 MHz; 3200 MHz
Memory Bus: 4x16-bit; 2x 16-bit
Max Bandwidth: 76.8 GB/s; 25.6 GB/s
Max RAM Size: 24 GB; 16 GB
Storage Type: UFS 4.1; UFS 3.1

Camera & Display

Camera Support: 320 MP; 200MP
Video Capture: 4K at 60 FPS; 4K at 30FPS
Max Display Resolution: WQHD+; Full HD+
Video Playback: 8K at 60 FPS; 4K at 60FPS
Video Codecs: H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9; H.264, H.265, VP9
Audio Codecs: AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV; AAC LC, aptX Adaptive, LDAC

Connectivity

Modem: Snapdragon X75 5G; Snapdragon X62 5G
Network Support: 5G; 5G
Download Speed: 4.2 Gbps; 2.9 Gbps
Upload Speed: 3.5 Gbps; 1.6 Gbps
Wi-Fi: 7; 6E
Bluetooth: 6.0; 5.4
Navigation: QZSS, Galileo, Beidou, GLONASS, NavIC, GPS, GNSS; GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo