Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus

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Which processor is better? We compared Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) with Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus. Compare, analyze the specifications. Find out their scores in popular benchmarks (GeekBench 6 Single-Core, GeekBench 6 Multi-Core) and who is the winner?

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)

3174

Snapdragon 855 Plus

1030

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)

9781

Snapdragon 855 Plus

2861

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	6x 3.53 GHz – Phoenix M (Oryon)	1x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold) 3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold) 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver)
Number of cores	6	8
Instruction Set	ARMv9.2-A	ARMv8.2-A
Lithography	3 nm	7 nm
Number of transistors		6700 million
TDP	8.2 Watt	6 Watt
Neural Processing	Qualcomm Hexagon	Qualcomm Hexagon 690

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 24 GB	up to 16 GB
Memory type	LPDDR5X	LPDDR4X
Memory frequency	5333 MHz	2133 MHz
Memory-bus	2x32 bit	4x16 bit

Graphics

GPU name	Adreno 830	Adreno 640
GPU Architecture	Qualcomm Adreno 800	Qualcomm Adreno 600
GPU frequency	1100 MHz	675 MHz
Execution units	3	3
Shaders	1536	768
DirectX	12.1	12.1
OpenCL API	3.0	2.0
Vulkan API	1.3	1.1

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	3840x2540	3840x2160
Max camera resolution	1x 320MP	1x 192MP, 2x 22MP
Max Video Capture	8K@60fps	4K@120fps
Video codec support	AV1 H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8 VP9	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8 VP9

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed	10 Gbps	5 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	3.5 Gbps	1.24 Gbps
Wi-Fi	7 (802.11be)	6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth	6.0	5.0
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC QZSS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS QZSS SBAS