Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 845

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 845. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
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 845
455674
CPU475806134774
GPU881311137678
Memory39006581181
UX335026102041
NanoReview Score2082208455674
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
n/a
Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
1663
Stabilityn/a94 %
Graphics Testn/a9 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
2154
Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
564
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
6880
Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
2074
File Compression293.2 MB/s104.1 MB/s
HTML5 Browser196.7 pages/s68.5 pages/s
PDF Rendering221.6 MP/sec74.9 MP/sec
Background Blur24.1 frames/s6.01 frames/s
Photo Processing63.9 frames/s20.5 frames/s
Image Detection154.6 frames/s18.1 frames/s
HDR217.4 MP/sec71.5 MP/sec
Ray Tracing8.01 MP/sec3.02 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile n/a 53 FPS (Ultra)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile n/a 55 FPS (High)
FortniteFortnite n/a 28 FPS (Ultra)
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends n/a 48 FPS (High)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz n/a 60 FPS (Ultra)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact n/a 56 FPS (Ultra)
Device n/a Xiaomi Pocophone F1 (1080x2246)

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
- 4/2.8 (Kryo 385 Gold Cortex-A75)
- 4/1.8 (Kryo 385 Silver Cortex-A55)
Process TSMC Samsung
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 3210 2800
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache n/a 128 KB
L2 cache 6 MB 256 MB
L3 Cache n/a 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 630
Architecture Adreno 800 Adreno 600
GPU Frequency 1150 MHz 710 MHz
Execution Units 2 2
Shader Units 512 256
Total shader 1024 512
FLOPS 2355.2 GFLOPS 727 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 1.1
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX 12 12.1

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Hexagon Hexagon 685

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 1x192 pixels
Video recording 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
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 X20
4G Support n/a LTE Cat. 18
5G Support Yes No
Download speed Up to 4200 MB/s Up to 1200 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 December, 2017 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename SM8735 SDM845

Results

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

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