Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
and
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Frequency: 4600 MHz / 4740 MHz (4320 MHz vs 4600 MHz / 4740 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: September 2025 (October 2024 vs September 2025)
Basic
Qualcomm
Label Name
Qualcomm
October 2024
Launch Date
September 2025
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
SM8750-AB
Model Name
SM8850-AC/SM8850-5-AC
2x 4.32 GHz – Oryon (Phoenix L), 6x 3.53 GHz – Oryon (Phoenix M)
Architecture
2x 4.6 GHz, 6x 3.62 GHz
8
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
3 nm
4320 MHz
Frequency
4600 MHz / 4740 MHz
GPU Specifications
Adreno 830
GPU name
Adreno 840
1100 MHz
GPU frequency
1200 MHz
3.3792 TFLOPS
FLOPS
3.6864 TFLOPS
512
Shading units
512
3.0
OpenCL version
3.0 FP
1.3
Vulkan version
-
3840 x 2540
Max display resolution
On-Device Display Support • 4K+ @ 120Hz • QHD+ @ 240Hz
12.1
DirectX version
-
Connectivity
Up to 10000 Mbps
Download speed
-
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
X85 5G Modem-RF System
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
5300 MHz
Memory frequency
up to 5300MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
24 MB
L2 Cache
24 MB
-
L3 cache
8 MB
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- 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 4.1
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
4K video capture @120FPS
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
Video codecs
- H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP8 - VP9
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
8K HDR video playback @60FPS
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
Hexagon
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
3092
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3757
+22%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
9529
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
12644
+33%
FP32 (float)
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
3447
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3612
+5%
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
2800771
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3269240
+17%
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