Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
and
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6
mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Frequency: 4600 MHz / 4740 MHz (4600 MHz / 4740 MHz vs 5000 MHz)
- Higher Technology: 2 nm (3 nm vs 2 nm)
- Newer Launch Date: September 2026 (September 2025 vs September 2026)
Basic
Qualcomm
Label Name
Qualcomm
September 2025
Launch Date
September 2026
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
SM8850-AC/SM8850-5-AC
Model Name
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6
2x 4.6 GHz, 6x 3.62 GHz
Architecture
2x Oryon Prime @ 5.0 GHz + 6x Oryon Performance @ 4.0 GHz
8
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
2 nm
4600 MHz / 4740 MHz
Frequency
5000 MHz
GPU Specifications
Adreno 840
GPU name
Adreno
1200 MHz
GPU frequency
-
3.6864 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
512
Shading units
-
3.0 FP
OpenCL version
3.0
-
Vulkan version
1.4
On-Device Display Support • 4K+ @ 120Hz • QHD+ @ 240Hz
Max display resolution
4K+ @ 120 Hz
Connectivity
-
Cellular specific functions
8 carriers mmWave, 2x2 MIMO mmWave, 4x6 MIMO sub-6 GHz, 6Rx, NB-NTN, NR-NTN, Global 5G Multi-SIM, Turbo DSDA
-
Cellular technologies
5G Advanced, 5G mmWave, sub-6 GHz, 5G SA, 5G NSA, standalone mmWave, NR-DC, FDD, TDD, LTE
-
Downlink functions
6xCA, 500 MHz downlink bandwidth, 1024 QAM sub-6 GHz
-
Download speed
14.8 Gbps
-
Modem power saving technologies
Qualcomm 5G PowerSave
-
Uplink functions
Switched uplink, supplemental uplink, 4-layer carrier aggregation, UL MIMO, Smart Transmit Plus
-
Wi-Fi antenna
4x4 Wi-Fi
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE
X85 5G Modem-RF System
5G support
5G NR, 5G Advanced, mmWave, sub-6 GHz
6.0
Bluetooth
Bluetooth 6.0
7
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 8, Wi-Fi 7, Wi-Fi 6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS, NavIC
Memory Specifications
LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR5X / LPDDR6
up to 5300MHz
Memory frequency
5300 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
-
Miscellaneous
24 MB
L2 Cache
-
8 MB
L3 cache
-
- AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV
Audio codecs
aptX Adaptive, aptX Lossless
1x 320MP
Max camera resolution
320 MP
UFS 4.1
Storage type
UFS 5.0
4K video capture @120FPS
Video capture
8K @ 30 FPS, 4K @ 120 FPS, 1080p @ 960 FPS
- H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP8 - VP9
Video codecs
H.265, VP9, AV1
8K HDR video playback @60FPS
Video playback
-
-
Display refresh rate
4K+ @ 120 Hz, QHD+ @ 240 Hz
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv9.4-A
-
AI features
Agentic AI, on-device learning, Qualcomm Personal Scribe, low-power personal context
Hexagon
Neural processor (NPU)
Qualcomm Hexagon
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3757
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6
4301
+14%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
12644
+1%
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6
12490
Geekbench 7 Single Core
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
1741
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6
3220
+85%
Geekbench 7 Multi Core
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
7601
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6
9646
+27%
AntuTu 11
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3950082
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6
4945385
+25%
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