Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3

Comparing the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 across specs like CPU, GPU, Memory, Camera, Display, Multimedia, Connectivity and benchmarks to help you choose the best chipset for your needs.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3

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Summary

Release Date

Sep, 2026

Oct, 2023

CPU

Octa core

(5 GHz, Dual Core + 3.63 GHz, Hexa Core)

Octa core

(3.3 GHz, Single Core + 3.15 GHz, Tri core + 2.96 GHz, Dual core + 2.27 GHz, Dual core)

Process Node

2 nm

4 nm

GPU

Adreno

Adreno 750

Memory Type

LPDDR5X

AnTuTu Score

N/A	2,186,467 View Benchmark Details

Geekbench Score

N/A	2,303/7,376 View Benchmark Details

Phones Powered by These SoCs

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

Benchmark

AnTuTu (The higher, the better)

AnTuTu measures CPU, GPU, memory and overall performance in different scenarios

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 N/A

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 2,186,467

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CPU

N/A

478,540

GPU

N/A

896,091

Memory

N/A

433,332

N/A

378,540

Geekbench (The higher, the better)

The Geekbench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance

Geekbench Single Core

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 N/A

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 2,303

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Geekbench Multi Core

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 N/A

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 7,376

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AnTuTu Score:

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General

SoC Brand

Qualcomm

Title

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3

Model No

SM8950

SM8650-AB

Manufacturing

TSMC

CPU

Total Cores

Octa core

CPU

Octa core (5 GHz, Dual Core, Oryon + 3.63 GHz, Hexa Core, Oryon)

Octa core (3.3 GHz, Single Core, Cortex X4 + 3.15 GHz, Tri core, Cortex A720 + 2.96 GHz, Dual core, Cortex A720 + 2.27 GHz, Dual core, Cortex A520)

Architecture (The higher, the better)

64 bit

Process Node

2 nm

4 nm

Instruction Set

ARMv9.2-A

L1 Cache

192 KB

N/A

L2 Cache

12 MB

1 MB

L3 Cache

12 MB

GPU

Adreno

Adreno 750

GPU Clock speed

1.2 GHz

1 GHz

Pipelines

Shading Units

512

256

Total Shaders

1536

FLOPS

3686.4 Gigaflops

2774 Gigaflops

Vulkan Version

1.4

1.3

OpenCL Version

3.0 FP

2.0 FP

OpenGL Version

ES 3.2

DirectX Version

12.1

AI

NPU

Hexagon

Image Processing Engine

Qualcomm Artificial Intelligence (AI) Engine

N/A

Memory

Memory Type

LPDDR5X

Memory Speed

5.3 GHz

4.8 GHz

Bus

4x16 Bit

Memory Max bandwidth

84.8 Gb/s

76.8 Gb/s

Memory Max size

24 GB

Storage Type

UFS 4.1

Camera

Image Signal Processor (ISP) Name

Qualcomm Spectra

N/A

ISP Bit Depth

20-bit

N/A

Max Camera Sensor Supported

320 MP

200 MP

Max Video Capture Resolution

8K @ 60 FPS

8K @ 30 FPS

Slow Motion Video Capture

FHD @ 960 FPS

N/A

Video Capture Formats

Dolby Vision, HDR10, HDR10+, Hybrid Log Gamma (HLG)

N/A

Display

Max On-Device Display Resolution

3840x2540 @ 240 Hz

UHD

Max External Display Resolution

8K @ 30 Hz

N/A

Max Refresh Rate

240 Hz

N/A

HDR Support

Yes

N/A

Color Depth

10 bit

N/A

Multimedia

Video Playback Resolution

8K @ 30,60 FPS

8K @ 60 FPS

Video Codecs

H.264 (AVC), H.264, H.265 (HEVC), H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9, APV

H.264 (AVC), H.265 (HEVC), AV1, VP8, VP9

Audio Codecs

AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Modem Name

Qualcomm X105

Snapdragon X75

5G Support

Yes

Peak Download Speed

Up to 14800 Mbps

Up to 10000 Mbps

Peak Upload Speed

Up to 4200 Mbps

Up to 3500 Mbps

Wi-Fi Version

Wi-Fi Standard

a, ac, ax, b, be, g, n

a, ac, ad, ax, b, be, e

Bluetooth Version

6.0

5.4

Navigation

BeiDou, Galileo, Glonass, GPS, NavIC, QZSS

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