Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5

Based on benchmark performance, Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 achieves a higher total AnTuTu score of 3,098,258 (tested by 91Mobiles), compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3's 1,815,619 (tested by 91Mobiles), making Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 the more powerful processor.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

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Summary

Release Date

Mar, 2024

Nov, 2025

CPU

Octa core

(3 GHz, Single Core + 2.8 GHz, Quad core + 2 GHz, Tri core)

Octa core

(3.8 GHz, Dual Core + 3.32 GHz, Hexa Core)

Process Node

4 nm

3 nm

GPU

Adreno 735

Adreno 829

Memory Type

LPDDR5X

AnTuTu Score

1,815,619

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3,098,258

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Geekbench Score

2,003/5,094

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2,889/9,583

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Benchmark

AnTuTu (The higher, the better)

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

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 1,815,619

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 3,098,258

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CPU

549,105

951,159

GPU

500,211

1,064,381

Memory

317,875

506,796

448,428

575,922

Geekbench (The higher, the better)

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

Geekbench Single Core

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 2,003

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 2,889

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Geekbench Multi Core

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 5,094

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 9,583

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General

SoC Brand

Qualcomm

Title

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5

Model No

SM8635

SM8845

Manufacturing

TSMC

CPU

Total Cores

Octa core

CPU

Octa core (3 GHz, Single Core, Cortex X4 + 2.8 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A720 + 2 GHz, Tri core, Cortex A520)

Octa core (3.8 GHz, Dual Core, Oryon + 3.32 GHz, Hexa Core, Oryon)

Architecture (The higher, the better)

64 bit

Process Node

4 nm

3 nm

Instruction Set

ARMv9.2-A

L1 Cache

128 KB

N/A

L2 Cache

1 MB

12 MB

L3 Cache

8 MB

N/A

GPU

Adreno 735

Adreno 829

GPU Clock speed

1.1 GHz

1.225 GHz

Pipelines

Shading Units

256

512

Total Shaders

768

1024

FLOPS

1689.6 Gigaflops

2508.8 Gigaflops

Vulkan Version

1.3

1.4

OpenCL Version

2.0 FP

3.0 FP

OpenGL Version

ES 3.2

DirectX Version

12.1

AI

NPU

Hexagon

Image Processing Engine

Spectra

Qualcomm Spectra

Memory

Memory Type

LPDDR5X

Memory Speed

4.2 GHz

4.8 GHz

Bus

4x16 Bit

Memory Max bandwidth

67.2 Gb/s

76.8 Gb/s

Memory Max size

24 GB

Storage Type

UFS 4.0

UFS 4.1

Camera

Image Signal Processor (ISP) Name

Spectra

Qualcomm Spectra

ISP Bit Depth

18-bit

20-bit

Max Camera Sensor Supported

200 MP

320 MP

Max Video Capture Resolution

UHD @ 60 FPS

8K @ 60 FPS

Slow Motion Video Capture

FHD @ 240 FPS

FHD @ 480 FPS

Video Capture Formats

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

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

Display

Max On-Device Display Resolution

UHD @ 144 Hz

3840x2540

Max External Display Resolution

8K @ 30 Hz

Max Refresh Rate

144 Hz

240 Hz

HDR Support

Yes

Color Depth

10 bit

Multimedia

Video Playback Resolution

UHD @ 120 FPS

8K @ 60 FPS

Video Codecs

H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9

Audio Codecs

AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Modem Name

Snapdragon X70

Snapdragon X80

5G Support

Yes

Peak Download Speed

Up to 6500 Mbps

Up to 10000 Mbps

Peak Upload Speed

Up to 3500 Mbps

Wi-Fi Version

Wi-Fi Standard

a, ax, b, be, g, n

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

Bluetooth Version

5.4

6.0

Navigation

BeiDou, Galileo, Glonass, GPS, NavIC, QZSS

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