Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 665

vs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 3 nm (3 nm vs 11 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 4600 MHz / 4740 MHz (4600 MHz / 4740 MHz vs 2000 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: September 2025 (September 2025 vs April 2019)

Basic

Qualcomm
Label Name
Qualcomm
September 2025
Launch Date
April 2019
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Mid range
TSMC
Manufacturing
Samsung
SM8850-AC/SM8850-5-AC
Model Name
SM6125
2x 4.6 GHz, 6x 3.62 GHz
Architecture
4x 2 GHz – Kryo 260 Gold (Cortex-A73)
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 260 Silver (Cortex-A53)
8
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
11 nm
4600 MHz / 4740 MHz
Frequency
2000 MHz
-
Transistor count
1.75

GPU Specifications

Adreno 840
GPU name
Adreno 610
1200 MHz
GPU frequency
950 MHz
3.6864 TFLOPS
FLOPS
0.2432 TFLOPS
512
Shading units
128
-
Execution units
1
3.0 FP
OpenCL version
2.0
-
Vulkan version
1.1
On-Device Display Support • 4K+ @ 120Hz • QHD+ @ 240Hz
Max display resolution
2520 x 1080
-
DirectX version
12.1

Connectivity

-
Download speed
Up to 600 Mbps
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 13
X85 5G Modem-RF System
5G support
No
6.0
Bluetooth
5.0
7
Wi-Fi
5
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR4X
up to 5300MHz
Memory frequency
1866 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
2x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

24 MB
L2 Cache
1 MB
8 MB
L3 cache
-
- AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
1x 320MP
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP, 2x 16MP
UFS 4.1
Storage type
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
4K video capture @120FPS
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
- H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP8 - VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
8K HDR video playback @60FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
-
TDP
5 W
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
Hexagon
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 686

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3757 +1015%
Snapdragon 665
337
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
12644 +983%
Snapdragon 665
1167
FP32 (float)
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3612 +1418%
Snapdragon 665
238
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3269240 +1316%
Snapdragon 665
230895