Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 5

Based on benchmark performance, Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 achieves a higher total AnTuTu score of 2,186,467 (tested by 91Mobiles), compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 5's 984,877 (tested by 91Mobiles), making Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 the more powerful processor.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3

Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 5

Add to Compare

Show Only Differences

Summary

Release Date

Oct, 2023

May, 2026

CPU

Octa core

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

Octa core

(2.6 GHz, Quad Core + 2 GHz, Quad core)

Process Node

4 nm

GPU

Adreno 750

Adreno

Memory Type

LPDDR5X

LPDDR5

AnTuTu Score

2,186,467

View Benchmark Details

984,877

View Benchmark Details

Geekbench Score

2,303/7,376

View Benchmark Details

1,083/3,469

View Benchmark Details

Phones Powered by These SoCs

OnePlus 13R

Score: 1,709,077

₹54,999

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

POCO X8 Power 5G

Score: 984,877

₹35,999

Xiaomi Redmi Note 17 Pro Max 5G

Benchmark

AnTuTu (The higher, the better)

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

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 2,186,467

View Benchmark Details

Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 5 984,877

View Benchmark Details

CPU

478,540

348,629

GPU

896,091

119,788

Memory

433,332

247,781

378,540

268,679

Geekbench (The higher, the better)

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

Geekbench Single Core

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 2,303

View Benchmark Details

Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 5 1,083

View Benchmark Details

Geekbench Multi Core

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 7,376

View Benchmark Details

Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 5 3,469

View Benchmark Details

Benchmark Screenshots

AnTuTu Score:

General

SoC Brand

Qualcomm

Title

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3

Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 5

Model No

SM8650-AB

SM6850

Manufacturing

TSMC

CPU

Total Cores

Octa core

CPU

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)

Octa core (2.6 GHz, Quad Core, Cortex A78 + 2 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A55)

Architecture (The higher, the better)

64 bit

Process Node

4 nm

Instruction Set

ARMv9.2-A

ARMv9-A

L2 Cache

1 MB

N/A

L3 Cache

12 MB

N/A

GPU

Adreno 750

Adreno

GPU Clock speed

1 GHz

N/A

Pipelines

N/A

Shading Units

256

N/A

Total Shaders

1536

N/A

FLOPS

2774 Gigaflops

N/A

Vulkan Version

1.3

OpenCL Version

2.0 FP

3.0 FP

OpenGL Version

ES 3.2

DirectX Version

12.1

N/A

AI

NPU

Hexagon

Image Processing Engine

N/A	Spectra ISP

Memory

Memory Type

LPDDR5X

LPDDR5

Memory Speed

4.8 GHz

3.2 GHz

Bus

4x16 Bit

2x16 Bit

Memory Max bandwidth

76.8 Gb/s

25.6 Gb/s

Memory Max size

24 GB

16 GB

Storage Type

UFS 4.1

UFS 3.1

Camera

Image Signal Processor (ISP) Name

N/A

Spectra

ISP Bit Depth

N/A

12-bit

Max Camera Sensor Supported

200 MP

Max Video Capture Resolution

8K @ 30 FPS

UHD @ 30 FPS

Slow Motion Video Capture

N/A	HD @ 240 FPS

Video Capture Formats

N/A

MP4

Display

Max On-Device Display Resolution

UHD	FHD+ @ 144 Hz

Max Refresh Rate

N/A

144 Hz

HDR Support

N/A

Yes

Multimedia

Video Playback Resolution

8K @ 60 FPS

UHD @ 30 FPS

Video Codecs

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

H.264, H.265, VP9

Audio Codecs

AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Modem Name

Snapdragon X75

Qualcomm 5G Modem-RF System

5G Support

Yes

Peak Download Speed

Up to 10000 Mbps

Up to 2800 Mbps

Peak Upload Speed

Up to 3500 Mbps

N/A

Wi-Fi Version

Wi-Fi Standard

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

a, ac, ax, b, be, g, n, n 5GHz

Bluetooth Version

5.4

6.0

Navigation

BeiDou, Galileo, Glonass, GPS, NavIC, QZSS

User Feedback

Related Comparisons

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3

MediaTek Dimensity 9400

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3

Apple A19 Pro

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3

Samsung Exynos 2500

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3

Samsung Exynos 2400

Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 5

Samsung Exynos 1480

Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 5

Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 4

Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 5

Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3

Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 5

MediaTek Dimensity 7050

Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 5

Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1