Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 vs Snapdragon 4 Gen 5
We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 (with Adreno 850 graphics) and Snapdragon 4 Gen 5 (Adreno 629). Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.
Review
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulkan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
DeviceFacts Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6
- Performs 10.4x better in floating-point computations
- Shows significantly better (up to 8.3x) AnTuTu 11 score – 5195K vs 624K
- Supports 569% higher memory bandwidth (113.8 against 17 GB/s)
- 109% higher CPU clock speed (5010 vs 2400 MHz)
- Has a smaller size transistor (2 versus 4 nm)
- Higher GPU frequency (~73%)
- Better instruction set architecture
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 1407243 | 233766 |
| GPU | 1940214 | 61522 |
| Memory | 739539 | 155235 |
| UX | 1108982 | 173498 |
| Total score | 5195978 | 624021 |
| Samples | Less than 3 | Less than 3 |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Samples | - | Less than 3 |
Compute Score (GPU)
3DMark
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Score | 4310 | - |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Score | 18485 | - |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 and Snapdragon 4 Gen 5CPU
| Architecture | 2x 5.01 GHz – 3x 4.03 GHz – 3x 3.74 GHz – |
2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A78 6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Frequency | 5010 MHz | 2400 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv9.4-A | ARMv8.2-A |
| L1 cache | 192 KB | - |
| L2 cache | 16 MB | - |
| Process | 2 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Samsung |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 850 | Adreno 629 |
| Architecture | Adreno 800 | Adreno 600 |
| GPU frequency | 1450 MHz | 840 MHz |
| Pipelines | 3 | 1 |
| Shading units | 512 | 256 |
| Total shaders | 1536 | 256 |
| FLOPS | 4454.4 Gigaflops | 430.1 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| OpenCL version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| DirectX version | 12.1 | 12.1 |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Yes |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR6 | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 5300 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 24 Bit | 2x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 113.8 Gb/s | 17 Gb/s |
| Max size | 24 GB | 8 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | UFS 4.1, UFS 5.0 | UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1 |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2540 | 2520 x 1200 |
| Max camera resolution | - | 1x 108MP, 2x 16MP |
| 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 - H.266 (VVC) - AV1 - VP8 - VP9 |
- H.264 - H.265 - VP9 |
| Audio codecs | - AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
- AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | Qualcomm X105 | - |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | - |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 14800 Mbps | Up to 2800 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 4200 Mbps | Up to 900 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 8 | 5 |
| Bluetooth | 6.3 | 5.1 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | September 2026 | May 2026 |
| Class | Flagship | Low end |
| Model number | SM8975 | SM4850 |
| Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 official site | Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 5 official site |
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