Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 5
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
and
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 5
mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Technology: 3 nm (3 nm vs 4 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 4600 MHz / 4740 MHz (4600 MHz / 4740 MHz vs 2.6 GHz)
- Newer Launch Date: May 2026 (September 2025 vs May 2026)
Basic
Qualcomm
Label Name
Qualcomm
September 2025
Launch Date
May 2026
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Mid range
TSMC
Manufacturing
-
SM8850-AC/SM8850-5-AC
Model Name
Snapdragon 6 Gen 5
2x 4.6 GHz, 6x 3.62 GHz
Architecture
4x 2.6 GHz - Kryo Performance; 4x 2.0 GHz - Kryo Efficiency
8
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
4 nm
4600 MHz / 4740 MHz
Frequency
2.6 GHz
GPU Specifications
Adreno 840
GPU name
Qualcomm Adreno GPU
1200 MHz
GPU frequency
-
3.6864 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
512
Shading units
-
3.0 FP
OpenCL version
OpenCL 2.0 FP
-
Vulkan version
Vulkan 1.3
On-Device Display Support • 4K+ @ 120Hz • QHD+ @ 240Hz
Max display resolution
FHD+ at 144 Hz
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
5G/4G DSDA
X85 5G Modem-RF System
5G support
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
6.0
Bluetooth
Bluetooth 6.0; LE Audio; Bluetooth Channel Sounding
7
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 7; 802.11be, 802.11ax, 802.11ac, 802.11a/b/g/n; up to 5.8 Gbps; up to 320 MHz channels
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS, NavIC; dual-frequency GNSS L1 + L5
Memory Specifications
LPDDR5X
Memory type
LP-DDR4x, LP-DDR5
up to 5300MHz
Memory frequency
LP-DDR4x: 2100 MHz; LP-DDR5: 3200 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
-
Miscellaneous
24 MB
L2 Cache
-
8 MB
L3 cache
-
- AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV
Audio codecs
Qualcomm Aqstic audio codec; Qualcomm Aqstic smart speaker amplifier; Snapdragon Sound; Qualcomm XPAN
1x 320MP
Max camera resolution
200 MP; 64 MP single camera with ZSL; 16 MP + 16 MP dual camera with ZSL
UFS 4.1
Storage type
UFS 3.1
4K video capture @120FPS
Video capture
4K HDR video capture at 30 FPS; 720p slow-motion video capture at 240 FPS; HEVC and H.264 video capture
- H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP8 - VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, HEVC, VP9, HLG
8K HDR video playback @60FPS
Video playback
Hardware-accelerated H.265 and VP9 decoder; HLG HDR playback
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
64-bit
Hexagon
Neural processor (NPU)
-
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3757
+218%
Snapdragon 6 Gen 5
1180
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
12644
+261%
Snapdragon 6 Gen 5
3501
AntuTu 11
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3950082
+290%
Snapdragon 6 Gen 5
1012134
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Redmagic 11S Pro / 11S Pro+
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3171
Honor X9e Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 5
431
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