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Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 vs Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
VS
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 (with Adreno 825 graphics) and Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 (Adreno 740). Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Benchmarks
  4. AnTuTu v11
  5. GeekBench 6
  6. Gaming
  7. Specs
  8. Comments (8)

Review

General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
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

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
  • Higher GPU frequency (~69%)
  • Shows better (up to 32%) AnTuTu 11 score – 2314K vs 1757K
  • Supports 14% higher memory bandwidth (76.8 against 67.2 GB/s)
  • Better instruction set architecture

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks
SoC:
Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
vs
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
CPU 645495 553922
GPU 809405 434880
Memory 372805 311861
UX 486712 456381
Total score 2314417 1757044
Samples [457 tests] [238 tests]
Submit your AnTuTu result

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Asset compression 293.4 MB/sec 218.9 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 188.6 pages/sec 145.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 207.8 Mpixels/sec 168.3 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 152.7 images/sec 133 images/sec
HDR 216.4 Mpixels/sec 167.2 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 23.4 images/sec 18.8 images/sec
Photo processing 55.2 images/sec 34.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 7.25 Mpixels/sec 5.78 Mpixels/sec
Samples 50 tests 132 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Background blur 33.5 images/sec 12.3 images/sec
Face detection 16.8 images/sec 5.1 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.62 Gpixels/sec 0.53 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.77 Gpixels/sec 0.56 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 1.2 Gpixels/sec 0.36 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.24 Gpixels/sec 0.12 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 70.4 Gpixels/sec 32.6 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 2750.3 FPS 2177.4 FPS
API Vulkan OpenCL
Samples 35 tests 66 tests

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Score 1688 1092
Stability 83% 67%
Graphics test 13 FPS 8 FPS
3DMark Solar Bay
Score 7641 5312
Stability - 67%
Graphics test 29 FPS 20 FPS
Section 1 34 FPS 23 FPS
Section 2 29 FPS 20 FPS
Section 3 25 FPS 17 FPS
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Score 3705 3667
Stability - 45%
Graphics test 22 FPS 21 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
Web score 15597 13957
Video editing score 7750 7265
Data manipulation score 13734 14272
Photo editing score 26988 32179
Writing score 17764 17828
Phones tested 8 models 9 models

Gaming

Table of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games
PUBG Mobile - 90 FPS
[Ultra]
Call of Duty: Mobile - 60 FPS
[Ultra]
Fortnite - 56 FPS
[Ultra]
Shadowgun Legends - 118 FPS
[Ultra]
World of Tanks Blitz - 120 FPS
[Ultra]
Genshin Impact - 59 FPS
[Ultra]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang - 59 FPS
[Ultra]
Device - ZTE Nubia Red Magic 8 Pro
1116 x 2480
We provide average results. FPS may differ, depending on game version, OS and other factors.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-30 (Luis)AnTuTu 122422061
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-29 (Thai)AnTuTu 122603535
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-29 (Aasif Juggar)AnTuTu 122498485
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-28 (Aasif Juggar)CPU Throttle78%
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-27 (Thai)AnTuTu 122562298
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-28 -> Saad_irqAnTuTu 121959121
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-27 -> sento raitoAnTuTu 122035354
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-27 (bySK1LL)AnTuTu 121974839
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-27 (Babababi)AnTuTu 121953931
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-27 -> RennsportCPU Throttle80%
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Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 and Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

CPU

Architecture 1x 3.21 GHz – Cortex-X4
3x 3 GHz – Cortex-A720
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720
2x 2.02 GHz – Cortex-A720		 1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X3
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A715
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A710
3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510
Cores 8 8
Frequency 3210 MHz 3200 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv9-A
L1 cache 128 KB -
L2 cache 2 MB 1 MB
L3 cache 8 MB 8 MB
Process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Transistor count - 16 billion
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) - 8.5 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 825 Adreno 740
Architecture Adreno 800 Adreno 700
GPU frequency 1150 MHz 680 MHz
Pipelines 2 3
Shading units 512 512
Total shaders 1024 1536
FLOPS 2355.2 Gigaflops 2089 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.3 1.3
OpenCL version 3.0 2.0
DirectX version 12 12.1

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory frequency 4800 MHz 4200 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 76.8 Gb/s 67.2 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 24 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 4.0 UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution 1x 320MP 1x 200MP
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9		 - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV		 - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X75 Snapdragon X70
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 4200 Mbps Up to 10000 Mbps
Upload speed - Up to 3500 Mbps
Wi-Fi 7 7
Bluetooth 6.0 5.3
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Info

Announced April 2025 November 2022
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number SM8735 SM8550-AB
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 official site Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 official site
Successor - - Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Further details
Notes on Snapdragon 8 Gen 2:
    - There's also the "Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy," which only differs by having a 160 MHz higher CPU clock and a 39 MHz higher GPU clock, resulting in 2208.8 GFLOPS for the GPU. Generally, you won't notice this difference in real-life usage, including games.

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Comments

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Franz gamboa October 31, 2025 at 04:06 AM
So what is better?
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Sofian April 24, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Hello NanoReview Team, I've noticed that the estimated number of shading units for some Android GPUs, such as the Adreno 740 in the 8 gen 2 , has changed over time on your platform (e.g., from 768 to 512 ). Could you please explain why such revisions occur? Is it due to updated technical information, a change in estimation methodology, or something else? Thanks in advance for the clarification.
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Serhii April 25, 2025 at 06:23 AM
We made a mistake, so we corrected it when we learned about this unfortunate situation. Thank you for your attention, as it helps us to improve Nanoreview.
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kem May 5, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Serhii, is the GeekBench Gpu compute score of 8s gen 4 correct? it's freaking high
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Shua August 10, 2025 at 12:59 AM
kem, Scores in Geekbench aren't "fixed" so yeah there will be cases where the chipset scores lower or higher. Here's Gizmo's Snapdragon 8s gen 4 Geekbench scores [https://www.gizmochina.com/2025/05/19/snapdragon-8s-gen-4-antutu-geekbench-scores/] it has a similar score to Nanoreview's Geekbench
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TriplerYT September 12, 2025 at 06:29 AM
kem, yes 100% correct! 8s gen 4 outperform 8 gen 3 in Geekbench gpu scores πŸ”₯
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kkk September 20, 2025 at 12:18 PM
TriplerYT, "Outperform " isn't an outperforming in terms of performance the 8 gen 3 is still faster and roughly more powerful than the 8s gen 4 and has way more faster cpu benchmarks proved that 8 gen 3 is superior to 8s gen 4 and 8s gen 4 is between the gen 2 and gen 3. so having a bit more scores on gpu Geek bench doesn't mean it's more stronger look at Single core and multi core in both gen 3 Significantlu outperforms the 8s gen 4
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Камъ December 3, 2025 at 01:52 AM
kkk, But that's for now. 8xx Adreno will soon say bye 7xx Adreno
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