Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)

vs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Newer Launch Date: November 2025 (November 2025 vs October 2024)

Basic

Qualcomm
Label Name
Qualcomm
November 2025
Launch Date
October 2024
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
SM8845
Model Name
SM8750-AB
2x 3.8 GHz, 6x 3.32 GHz
Architecture
2x 4.32 GHz – Oryon (Phoenix L), 6x 3.53 GHz – Oryon (Phoenix M)
8
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
3 nm
3800 MHz
Frequency
4320 MHz

GPU Specifications

Adreno 840
GPU name
Adreno 830
1200 MHz
GPU frequency
1100 MHz
-
FLOPS
3.3792 TFLOPS
512
Shading units
512
3.0
OpenCL version
3.0
1.4
Vulkan version
1.3
3840 x 2540
Max display resolution
3840 x 2540
12.1
DirectX version
12.1

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
6.0
Bluetooth
6.0
7
Wi-Fi
7
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR5X
4800 MHz
Memory frequency
5300 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

Hexagon
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
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L2 Cache
24 MB
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
Audio codecs
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
1x 320MP
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Storage type
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
Video codecs
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
2804
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
3092 +10%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
10057 +6%
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
9529