Quick/Comparisons
The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 wins due to its significantly higher gaming score of 96, outperforming the Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3 by 57 points.
Both the Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3 and the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 have excellent battery life, with the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 edging out the Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3 by only 1 point.
Although neither product's AI performance is explicitly stated, the Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3 has a dedicated NPU for AI workloads, giving it an advantage in this area.
61 | CPU Performance | 99 |
39 | Gaming Performance | 96 |
91 | Battery life |
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| TSMC | Manufacturer | TSMC |
| 4 nanometers | Process Node | 3 nanometers |
| 8 | CPU Cores | 8 |
| Adreno 732 | GPU Model | Adreno 840 |
| Yes | NPU Performance | Hexagon |
| 1647728 | Apple A19 | 3932243 |
| 518099 | CPU | 1143736 |
| 424760 | GPU | 1439012 |
| 280369 | Memory | 409747 |
| 424500 | UX | 939748 |
| 1647728 | Total score | 3932243 |
| 1860 | Single-Core Score | 3607 |
| 5045 | Multi-Core Score | 10732 |
| 208.2 MB/sec | Asset compression | 421.8 MB/sec |
| 152.6 pages/sec | HTML 5 Browser | 238 pages/sec |
| 165.9 Mpixels/sec | PDF Renderer | 286.6 Mpixels/sec |
| 117.5 images/sec | Image detection | 330.6 images/sec |
| 157.3 Mpixels/sec | HDR | 308.4 Mpixels/sec |
| 16.6 images/sec | Background blur | 40.7 images/sec |
| 49.1 images/sec | Photo processing | 98.7 images/sec |
| 5.63 Mpixels/sec | Ray tracing | 14.1 Mpixels/sec |
| 21 tests | Samples | 41 tests |
| 8372 | Compute Score (GPU) | 27343 |
| 11.9 images/sec | Background blur | 51.9 images/sec |
| 5.81 images/sec | Face detection | 24.9 images/sec |
| 0.46 Gpixels/sec | Horizon detection | 0.72 Gpixels/sec |
| 0.52 Gpixels/sec | Edge detection | 1 Gpixels/sec |
| 0.47 Gpixels/sec | Gaussian blur | 2.04 Gpixels/sec |
| 0.1 Gpixels/sec | Feature matching | 0.36 Gpixels/sec |
| 23.1 Gpixels/sec | Stereo matching | 115.4 Gpixels/sec |
| 1469.7 FPS | Particle physics | 4390.2 FPS |
| OpenCL | API | Vulkan |
| 15 tests | Samples | 26 tests |
| 967 | 3DMark Steel Nomad Light | 2736 |
| 967 | Score | 2736 |
| 98% | Stability | 78% |
| 7 FPS | Graphics test | 20 FPS |
| — | 3DMark Solar Bay | 12201 |
| 3000 | Score | 12201 |
| 17 FPS | Graphics test | 46 FPS |
| — | Section 1 | 53 FPS |
| — | Section 2 | 46 FPS |
| — | Section 3 | 39 FPS |
| 1x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-X4 4x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A720 3x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A520 | Architecture | 2x 4.61 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Prime 6x 3.63 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Performance |
| 8 | Cores | 8 |
| 2800 MHz | Frequency | 4610 MHz |
| ARMv9.2-A | Instruction set | ARMv9.2-A |
| — | L1 cache | 192 KB |
| — | L2 cache | 12 MB |
| 4 nanometers | Process | 3 nanometers |
| TSMC | Manufacturing | TSMC |
| LPDDR5X | Memory type | LPDDR5X |
| 4200 MHz | Memory frequency | 5300 MHz |
| 4x 16 Bit | Bus | 4x 16 Bit |
| 67.2 Gb/s | Max bandwidth | 84.8 Gb/s |
| 24 GB | Max size | 24 GB |
| Snapdragon X63 5G | Modem | Snapdragon X85 |
| LTE Cat. 18 | 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 |
| Yes | 5G support | Yes |
| Up to 5000 Mbps | Download speed | Up to 12500 Mbps |
| Up to 3500 Mbps | Upload speed | Up to 3700 Mbps |
| 7 | Wi-Fi | 7 |
| 5.4 | Bluetooth | 6 |
| GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
| UFS 4.0 | Storage type | UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1 |
| 1x 200MP | Max camera resolution | 1x 320MP |
| 4K at 60FPS | Video capture | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS |
| 4K at 60FPS | Video playback | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS |
| - H.264 - H.265 - VP8 - VP9 | Video codecs | - H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP8 - VP9 |
| - AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV | Audio codecs | - AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
| Yes | Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon |
| March 2024 | Announced | September 2025 |
| Mid range | Class | Flagship |
| SM7675-AB | Model number | SM8850-AC |
| Adreno 732 | GPU name | Adreno 840 |
| Adreno 700 | Architecture | Adreno 800 |
| 950 MHz | GPU frequency | 1200 MHz |
| 3 | Pipelines | 3 |
| 256 | Shading units | 512 |
| 768 | Total shaders | 1536 |
| 1459.2 Gigaflops | FLOPS | 3686.4 Gigaflops |