Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 835

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 835. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 835
Processor Performance
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Gaming Performance
Graphics and OpenCL/Vulkan tests
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
AnTuTu 10
AnTuTu 10
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
2082208
Qualcomm Snapdragon 835
368607
CPU47580697035
GPU881311116400
Memory39006587397
UX33502667775
NanoReview Score2082208368607
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
n/a
Qualcomm Snapdragon 835
1165
Stabilityn/a95 %
Graphics Testn/a6 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
2154
Qualcomm Snapdragon 835
415
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
6880
Qualcomm Snapdragon 835
1508
File Compression293.2 MB/s89.3 MB/s
HTML5 Browser196.7 pages/s51.5 pages/s
PDF Rendering221.6 MP/sec58.8 MP/sec
Background Blur24.1 frames/s2.83 frames/s
Photo Processing63.9 frames/s12 frames/s
Image Detection154.6 frames/s14.1 frames/s
HDR217.4 MP/sec55.2 MP/sec
Ray Tracing8.01 MP/sec2.43 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3.21 GHz – Cortex-X4
- 3x 3 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 2x 2.02 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 4/2.45 (Kryo 280 Cortex-A73)
- 4/1.9 (Kryo 280 Cortex-A53)
Process TSMC Samsung
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 3210 2450
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8-A
L1 cache n/a 128 KB
L2 cache 6 MB 2 MB
Process tech. 4 nm 10 nm
Transistor count n/a 3 billion
Power (TDP) n/a 9 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 825 Adreno 540
Architecture Adreno 800 Adreno 500
GPU Frequency 1150 MHz 710 MHz
Execution Units 2 4
Shader Units 512 64
Total shader 1024 256
FLOPS 2355.2 GFLOPS 363.5 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 1.0
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX 12 11

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Hexagon Hexagon 682

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 4800 MHz 1866 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 2x32 bit
Bandwidth 76.8 Gbit/s 29.8 Gbit/s
Max RAM 24 GB 8 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type UFS 4.0 UFS 2.1
Max. resolution 3840x2160 pixels 3840x2160 pixels
Camera 1x320 pixels 1x32 pixels
Video recording 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video quality 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem n/a X16
4G Support n/a LTE Cat. 16
5G Support Yes No
Download speed Up to 4200 MB/s Up to 1000 MB/s
Upload speed n/a Up to 150 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 7 5
Bluetooth version 6.0 5.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS

Other

Announced April, 2025 yr November, 2016 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename SM8735 MSM8998

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 the clear winner in this comparison.

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