Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3
SOC Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 4.61 GHz –6x 3.63 GHz –
4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A784x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Frequency
4610 MHz
2400 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache
1792 KB
-
L2 cache
24 MB
-
L3 cache
8 MB
-
Process
3 nm
4 nm
Manufacturing
TSMC
Samsung
Graphics
GPU name
Adreno 840
Adreno 710
GPU frequency
1200 MHz
940 MHz
Shading units
512
-
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR5
Bus
4x 16 Bit
2x 16 Bit
Memory frequency
-
3200 MHz
Max bandwidth
-
25.6 Gbit/s
AI
NPU
Hexagon
Hexagon
Multimedia (ISP)
Storage type
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
UFS 2.2
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP
1x 200MP
Video capture
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video codecs
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9
H.264, H.265, VP9
Audio codecs
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Max display resolution
-
2520 x 1080
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 18
5G support
Yes
Yes
Wi-Fi
7
6
Bluetooth
6.0
5.2
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Download speed
-
Up to 2900 Mbps
Upload speed
-
Up to 1600 Mbps
Info
Announced
Sep 2025
Sep 2024
Class
Flagship
Mid range
Model number
SM8850
SM6475-AB
📊 Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
3,115,282
570,038
Geekbench 6
3,834
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Geekbench 6
12,396
-
FP32 (float)
3,686
481