Snapdragon 8 Elite vs Tensor G4
Snapdragon 8 Elite
Winner93#1 of 6 mobile SoCs · top 17%
Highest AnTuTu and GPU on Android; runs hot in thin phones.
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Snapdragon 8 Elite wins by 37 points
Tensor G4
56#6 of 6 mobile SoCs · bottom 17%
Built for on-device AI, not benchmarks; slowest flagship here by a wide margin.
Overview
Key Differences
Snapdragon 8 Elite
- 148% higher 3DMark Wild Life Extreme: 6,200 vs 2,500
- 145% higher AnTuTu v10: 2,700,000 vs 1,100,000
- 113% higher Geekbench 6 multi-core: 10,000 vs 4,700
- 64% higher Geekbench 6 single-core: 3,200 vs 1,950
- 60 points higher Gaming score: 100 vs 40
Tensor G4
- ≈ estimated25% lower rated power: 9 W vs 12 W
Review
Snapdragon 8 Elite scores 93 overall to Tensor G4's 56: #1 against #6 of 6 mobile SoCs.
Snapdragon 8 Elite leads on CPU by 56% (95 (estimated) vs 61 (estimated)), Gaming by 150% (100 vs 40) and Battery by 27% (84 (estimated) vs 66 (estimated)).
Snapdragon 8 Elite is ahead in 6 of 6 benchmarks, the widest gap in 3DMark Wild Life Extreme by 148% (6,200 vs 2,500).
Snapdragon 8 Elite is rated at 12 W (estimated) against 9 W (estimated).
- CPU≈ estimated95 +56%≈ estimated61App launch, browsing, photo processing.
- Gaming100 +150%40GPU throughput in demanding 3D games.
- Battery≈ estimated84 +27%≈ estimated66CPU work per watt of peak power: longer runtime.
- Overall9356
Benchmarks
- SPEC CPU 2017 integer, one core≈ estimated10.3 +56%≈ estimated6.6
- SPEC CPU 2017 floating point, one core≈ estimated14.5 +54%≈ estimated9.4
- AnTuTu v102,700,000 +145%1,100,000
- Geekbench 6 single-core3,200 +64%1,950
- Geekbench 6 multi-core10,000 +113%4,700
- 3DMark Wild Life Extreme6,200 +148%2,500
Specs
| Spec | Snapdragon 8 Elite | Tensor G4 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | ||
| Cores | 8 (2 Prime + 6 Performance) | 8 (1× X4 + 3× A720 + 4× A520) |
| Architecture | Oryon (2nd gen) | Arm v9.2 |
| Max clock | 4.32 GHz | 3.1 GHz |
| L2 cache | 12 MB + 12 MB | — |
| L3 cache | — | 8 MB |
| GPU | ||
| GPU | Adreno 830 | Mali-G715 MC7 |
| Ray tracing | Hardware | No |
| NPU | Hexagon | — |
| TPU | — | Google Edge TPU |
| Memory | ||
| Type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Max speed | 10667 MT/s | — |
| Max capacity | 24 GB | — |
| Capacity | — | 12 / 16 GB |
| Connectivity | ||
| Modem | Snapdragon X80 | Exynos 5400 |
| 5G | Sub-6 + mmWave | Sub-6 + mmWave |
| Wi-Fi | 7 | 7 |
| Bluetooth | 5.4 | — |
| Satellite SOS | — | Yes |
| Power | ||
| Peak package power | 12 W (est.) | 9 W (est.) |
| Node | TSMC N3E | Samsung SF4P |
| Misc | ||
| Launched | October 2024 | August 2024 |
| ISP | Triple 20-bit Spectra | — |
| Storage | UFS 4.0 | UFS 3.1 |
| Sold as | — | Part of a device |