Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 vs MediaTek MT6737
We compared the 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 (Adreno 840) with the older 4-core MediaTek MT6737 (Mali-T720 MP2) SoC. 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
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
- Performs 153.6x better in floating-point computations
- Shows significantly better (up to 53.8x) AnTuTu 11 score β 3950K vs 73K
- Supports 1225% higher memory bandwidth (84.8 against 6.4 GB/s)
- Has a smaller size transistor (3 versus 28 nm)
- 265% higher CPU clock speed (4740 vs 1300 MHz)
- Has 4 more cores
- Higher GPU frequency (~2x)
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 1112833 | 25368 |
| GPU | 1494722 | 2594 |
| Memory | 442350 | 28319 |
| UX | 900177 | 17117 |
| Total score | 3950082 | 73398 |
| Samples | [283 tests] | Less than 3 |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Asset compression | 421.8 MB/sec | 39.4 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 238 pages/sec | 17.9 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 286.6 Mpixels/sec | 17.5 Mpixels/sec |
| Image detection | 330.6 images/sec | 6.57 images/sec |
| HDR | 308.4 Mpixels/sec | 17.1 Mpixels/sec |
| Background blur | 40.7 images/sec | 0.89 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 98.7 images/sec | 5.03 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 14.1 Mpixels/sec | 1.04 Mpixels/sec |
| Samples | 79 tests | Less than 3 |
Compute Score (GPU)
| Background blur | 51.9 images/sec | - |
| Face detection | 24.9 images/sec | - |
| Horizon detection | 0.72 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Edge detection | 1 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Gaussian blur | 2.04 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Feature matching | 0.36 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Stereo matching | 115.4 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Particle physics | 4390.2 FPS | - |
| API | Vulkan | - |
| Samples | 50 tests | - |
3DMark
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Score | 2737 | - |
| Stability | 67% | - |
| Graphics test | 20 FPS | - |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Score | 12156 | - |
| Graphics test | 46 FPS | - |
| Section 1 | 52 FPS | - |
| Section 2 | 46 FPS | - |
| Section 3 | 40 FPS | - |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Score | 6490 | - |
| Graphics test | 38 FPS | - |
PCMark 3.0
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 31126 | - |
| Video editing score | 8963 | - |
| Data manipulation score | 19422 | - |
| Photo editing score | 62111 | - |
| Writing score | 40875 | - |
| Phones tested | 13 models | - |
Recent User Tests
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-10-04 (fastboot) | AnTuTu 12 | 4280996 |
| π 2026-10-04 (inst1dy) | AnTuTu 11 | 4248808 |
| π 2026-10-04 (Π₯Π°Π½) | AnTuTu 12 | 4092547 |
| π 2026-10-03 (Kapernax) | AnTuTu 12 | 4057598 |
| π 2026-10-03 -> Rennsport | Geekbench 7 GPU | 16267 |
MediaTek MT6737
No benchmark results yet
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 and MediaTek MT6737CPU
| Architecture | 2x 4.74 GHz β Oryon Gen 3 Prime 6x 3.63 GHz β Oryon Gen 3 Performance |
4x 1.3 GHz β Cortex-A53 |
| Cores | 8 | 4 |
| Frequency | 4740 MHz | 1300 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv9.2-A | - |
| L1 cache | 192 KB | - |
| L2 cache | 12 MB | - |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | - |
| Process | 3 nanometers | 28 nanometers |
| Transistor count | - | 1 billion |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 8 W | 7 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 840 | Mali-T720 MP2 |
| Architecture | Adreno 800 | Midgard 3rd gen |
| GPU frequency | 1300 MHz | 650 MHz |
| Pipelines | 3 | 2 |
| Shading units | 512 | 10 |
| Total shaders | 1536 | 20 |
| FLOPS | 3993.6 Gigaflops | 26 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.4 | - |
| OpenCL version | 3.0 | 1.1 |
| DirectX version | 12.1 | - |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | No |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR3 |
| Memory frequency | 5300 MHz | 640 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 1x 32 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 84.8 Gb/s | 6.4 Gb/s |
| Max size | 24 GB | 3 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1 | eMMC 5.0 |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2540 | 1280 x 720 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 320MP | 1x 13MP |
| Video capture | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 1K at 30FPS |
| Video playback | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 1080p at 30FPS |
| Video codecs | - H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP8 - VP9 |
- H.264 |
| Audio codecs | - AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
- AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | Snapdragon X85 | MT6169 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 4 |
| 5G support | Yes | No |
| Download speed | Up to 12500 Mbps | Up to 150 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 3700 Mbps | Up to 50 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 7 | 4 |
| Bluetooth | 6.0 | 4.1 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS |
Info
| Announced | September 2025 | January 2016 |
| Class | Flagship | Mid range |
| Model number | SM8850-AC, SM8850-5-AC, SM8850-1-AD | MT6737 |
| Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 official site | MediaTek MT6737 official site |
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