Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus

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Which processor is better? We compared Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s 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 8s Gen 4
2171
Snapdragon 855 Plus
1030

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
6935
Snapdragon 855 Plus
2861

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture 1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X4
2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A720
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 3 8
Instruction Set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8.2-A
Lithography 4 nm 7 nm
Number of transistors 6700 million
TDP 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 4800 MHz 2133 MHz
Memory-bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 825 Adreno 640
GPU Architecture Qualcomm Adreno 800 Qualcomm Adreno 600
GPU frequency 1150 MHz 675 MHz
Execution units 2 3
Shaders 1024 768
DirectX 12 12.1
OpenCL API 2.0 2.0
Vulkan API 1.3 1.1

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution 3840x2160 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)
VP9
H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VP8
VP9

Wireless

4G network Yes Yes
5G network Yes Yes
Peak Download Speed 4.2 Gbps 5 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed 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

Supplemental Information

Launch Date 2025 Quarter 2 2019 Quarter 3
Partnumber SM8735 SM8150-AC
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Flagship Flagship