Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 3 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
SOC Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 2.3 GHz – Cortex-A786x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
2x 4.61 GHz –6x 3.63 GHz –
Frequency
2300 MHz
4610 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
ARMv9.2-A
Process
6 nm
3 nm
TDP
4 W
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Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
L1 cache
-
1792 KB
L2 cache
-
24 MB
L3 cache
-
8 MB
Graphics
GPU name
Adreno 619
Adreno 840
GPU frequency
840 MHz
1200 MHz
Execution units
2
-
Shading units
128
512
Vulkan version
1.1
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OpenCL version
2.0
-
DirectX version
12.1
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Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
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Bus
2x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
17 Gbit/s
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AI
NPU
Hexagon
Hexagon
Multimedia (ISP)
Storage type
UFS 2.2
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Max display resolution
2520 x 1080
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Max camera resolution
1x 108MP
1x 320MP
Video capture
1K at 60FPS
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
1080p at 60FPS
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 18
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
Yes
Yes
Download speed
Up to 2500 Mbps
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Upload speed
Up to 1500 Mbps
-
Wi-Fi
5
7
Bluetooth
5.2
6.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Info
Announced
Jun 2024
Sep 2025
Class
Mid range
Flagship
Model number
SM6375-AC
SM8850
📊 Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
500,600
3,115,282
Geekbench 6
940
3,834
Geekbench 6
2,115
12,396
FP32 (float)
430
3,686