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Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 vs Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
VS
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 (with Adreno 825 graphics) and 8s Gen 3 (Adreno 735). 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. Specs
  7. Comments (24)

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
  • Performs 39% better in floating-point computations
  • Shows better (up to 29%) AnTuTu 11 score – 2314K vs 1797K
  • 7% higher CPU clock speed (3210 vs 3000 MHz)
  • Supports 14% higher memory bandwidth (76.8 against 67.2 GB/s)
  • Higher GPU frequency (~5%)

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks
SoC:
Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
vs
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
CPU 645495 556525
GPU 809405 503679
Memory 372805 307418
UX 486712 430199
Total score 2314417 1797821
Samples [457 tests] [287 tests]
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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 219.8 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 188.6 pages/sec 156.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 207.8 Mpixels/sec 167.8 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 152.7 images/sec 113.3 images/sec
HDR 216.4 Mpixels/sec 142.1 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 23.4 images/sec 16.9 images/sec
Photo processing 55.2 images/sec 51.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 7.25 Mpixels/sec 6.15 Mpixels/sec
Samples 50 tests 64 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Background blur 33.5 images/sec 13.6 images/sec
Face detection 16.8 images/sec 6.39 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.62 Gpixels/sec 0.47 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.77 Gpixels/sec 0.55 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 1.2 Gpixels/sec 0.54 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.24 Gpixels/sec 0.11 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 70.4 Gpixels/sec 26.2 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 2750.3 FPS 1701.5 FPS
API Vulkan OpenCL
Samples 35 tests 40 tests

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Score 1688 1033
Stability 83% 90%
Graphics test 13 FPS 8 FPS
3DMark Solar Bay
Score 7641 4992
Graphics test 29 FPS 19 FPS
Section 1 34 FPS 22 FPS
Section 2 29 FPS 19 FPS
Section 3 25 FPS 16 FPS
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Score 3705 3116
Stability - 82%
Graphics test 22 FPS 18 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
Web score 15597 14506
Video editing score 7750 7662
Data manipulation score 13734 15136
Photo editing score 26988 27100
Writing score 17764 19378
Phones tested 8 models 14 models

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 8s Gen 3
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-30 -> NeroSSSrankAnTuTu 121987539
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-29 (itzmelvl8)AnTuTu 122030011
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-28 (Nikolas)AnTuTu 121720086
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-27 (PenIsVrot)AnTuTu 121889355
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-25 (Rukoo_Blood)AnTuTu 111820000
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Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 and Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

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 GHz – Cortex-X4
4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720
3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A520
Cores 8 8
Frequency 3210 MHz 3000 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache 128 KB 128 KB
L2 cache 2 MB 1 MB
L3 cache 8 MB 8 MB
Process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) - 7.5 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 825 Adreno 735
Architecture Adreno 800 Adreno 700
GPU frequency 1150 MHz 1100 MHz
Pipelines 2 3
Shading units 512 256
Total shaders 1024 768
FLOPS 2355.2 Gigaflops 1689.6 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 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 8K at 60FPS, 4K 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 5G
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 22
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 4200 Mbps Up to 6500 Mbps
Upload speed - Up to 3500 Mbps
Wi-Fi 7 7
Bluetooth 6.0 5.4
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced April 2025 March 2024
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number SM8735 SM8635
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 official site Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 official site
Successor - - Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4

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Comments

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Aryan February 1, 2026 at 02:37 PM
Just wanted to ask which processor I should go for. I’m a normal user and play only light games, not a hardcore gamer. I’ve been using the Snapdragon 870 since launch. Can you guys help me choose!?
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hello February 5, 2026 at 04:56 PM
Go for 8s gen 3 it's good and also value for money in this ai hype
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Zualtea March 3, 2026 at 02:05 PM
Same here, I've been rocking a SD870 since 2021. Personally, I'm planning to upgrade to an 8sGen4 when new devices are released.
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Zaheer July 17, 2026 at 10:12 AM
Use a 6 gen or 7 gen processors
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8 Elite fan July 10, 2025 at 01:58 PM
Why no 3D Mark Wild Life results for 8S Gen 4 yet? It's been more than 3 months since this processor was released. Also, no TDP info?
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ruuuu June 2, 2025 at 09:02 AM
8s gen 4 op for the price, obviosly its not as op as Snapdragon Elite though, they should have named Elite 9 instead of 8 to avoid confusion
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oyezkurunilegend2 May 1, 2025 at 03:23 PM
8s Gen3 is Best for Everything!
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Read here May 27, 2025 at 04:38 PM
Simply no even in different angle still no. The Gap was huge
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Alx September 23, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Read here, You are wrong because the gap is small.
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Louis April 29, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Proper generational jump in performance it's jaw dropping πŸ’―
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JEXOS April 6, 2025 at 04:00 PM
We expected it to come with a 120 fps video recording capacity, but it remained the same as before, which is 60 fps 😐πŸ₯²
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Yous April 15, 2025 at 02:04 PM
It can take 8k video with 60 fps so I think it can take 4k 120 fps
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Zeepro April 21, 2025 at 07:25 AM
Yous, It probably can but is limited by Qualcomm
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Rob May 9, 2025 at 04:13 PM
It is support 4K 120fpd
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Alioth May 13, 2025 at 09:20 AM
Rob, It is mentioned above:- 8k 60 and 4k 60
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Majestic April 3, 2025 at 08:55 AM
this look very promising
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Pestado April 3, 2025 at 05:15 AM
8s gen 4 is impressive compared to both 8sgen 3 and 8 gen 3 . There is huge upgrade in gpu which makes it flagship killer with upper midrange devices .
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Jjkj February 5, 2026 at 07:13 AM
Gifts for kids and watch the event of
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contadopedro April 2, 2025 at 06:34 PM
Poor people who bought a smartphone with 8 gen 3 without waiting for the 8s gen 4.
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CRJ1997 April 2, 2025 at 10:49 PM
But still the CPU & GPU of 8 gen 3 is more powerful than the 8s gen 4
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lol April 5, 2025 at 05:40 AM
CRJ1997, No 8s gen 4 is slightly more powerful in terms of both cpu and gpu
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Shinobi April 15, 2025 at 03:45 AM
lol, 8s gen 4 is cheaper
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Damian April 16, 2025 at 04:24 PM
CRJ1997, 8s gen 4 cpu is more powerful with snapdragon 8 gen 3.
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Rob May 9, 2025 at 04:16 PM
Shinobi, 8s gen 4 not a cheap. 8s gen 3 is most budget and cheapest smartphone under 30k Easily build smartphone brands
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