Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 4

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
2x 4.61 GHz –6x 3.63 GHz –
1x 2.7 GHz – Kryo Prime (Cortex-A720)3x 2.4 GHz – Kryo Gold (Cortex-A720)4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo Silver (Cortex-A520)
Frequency
4610 MHz
2700 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache
1792 KB
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L2 cache
24 MB
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L3 cache
8 MB
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Process
3 nm
4 nm
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC

Graphics

GPU name
Adreno 840
Adreno 810
GPU frequency
1200 MHz
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Shading units
512
128
Vulkan version
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1.3
OpenCL version
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3.0
DirectX version
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12.1

Memory

Memory Type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR5
Bus
4x 16 Bit
2x 16 Bit
Memory frequency
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3200 MHz
Max bandwidth
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25.6 Gbit/s

AI

NPU
Hexagon
Yes

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1
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
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2900 x 1300

Connectivity

4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 18
5G support
Yes
Yes
Wi-Fi
7
6
Bluetooth
6.0
5.4
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Download speed
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Up to 2900 Mbps
Upload speed
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Up to 1600 Mbps

Info

Announced
Sep 2025
Aug 2025
Class
Flagship
Mid range
Model number
SM8850
SM7635-AC

📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
3,115,282
874,745
Geekbench 6
3,834
1,214
Geekbench 6
12,396
3,314
FP32 (float)
3,686
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