Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 5
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 5
and
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Newer Launch Date: May 2026 (May 2026 vs December 2021)
- Higher Frequency: 3000 MHz (2.6 GHz vs 3000 MHz)
Basic
Qualcomm
Label Name
Qualcomm
May 2026
Launch Date
December 2021
SmartPhone Mid range
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
-
Manufacturing
Samsung
Snapdragon 6 Gen 5
Model Name
SM8450
4x 2.6 GHz - Kryo Performance; 4x 2.0 GHz - Kryo Efficiency
Architecture
1x 3 GHz – Cortex-X2
3x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A710
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
3x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A710
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
8
Cores
8
4 nm
Technology
4 nm
2.6 GHz
Frequency
3000 MHz
GPU Specifications
Qualcomm Adreno GPU
GPU name
Adreno 730
-
GPU frequency
818 MHz
-
FLOPS
2.5128 TFLOPS
-
Shading units
768
-
Execution units
2
OpenCL 2.0 FP
OpenCL version
2.0
Vulkan 1.3
Vulkan version
1.1
FHD+ at 144 Hz
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
-
DirectX version
12.1
Connectivity
-
Download speed
Up to 10000 Mbps
5G/4G DSDA
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Sub-6 GHz 5G; SA and NSA; TDD and FDD; TDD-FDD aggregation; DSS; 140 MHz bandwidth; downlink up to 2.8 Gbps; Release 17
5G support
Yes
Bluetooth 6.0; LE Audio; Bluetooth Channel Sounding
Bluetooth
5.3
Wi-Fi 7; 802.11be, 802.11ax, 802.11ac, 802.11a/b/g/n; up to 5.8 Gbps; up to 320 MHz channels
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS, NavIC; dual-frequency GNSS L1 + L5
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
LP-DDR4x, LP-DDR5
Memory type
LPDDR5
LP-DDR4x: 2100 MHz; LP-DDR5: 3200 MHz
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
-
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
-
L2 Cache
1 MB
Qualcomm Aqstic audio codec; Qualcomm Aqstic smart speaker amplifier; Snapdragon Sound; Qualcomm XPAN
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
200 MP; 64 MP single camera with ZSL; 16 MP + 16 MP dual camera with ZSL
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP
UFS 3.1
Storage type
UFS 3.1
4K HDR video capture at 30 FPS; 720p slow-motion video capture at 240 FPS; HEVC and H.264 video capture
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
H.264, H.265, HEVC, VP9, HLG
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Hardware-accelerated H.265 and VP9 decoder; HLG HDR playback
Video playback
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
-
TDP
5.3 W
64-bit
Instruction set
ARMv9-A
-
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 6 Gen 5
1180
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
1664
+41%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 6 Gen 5
3501
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
4030
+15%
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