Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
and
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
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 3000 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: September 2025 (September 2025 vs December 2021)
Basic
Qualcomm
Label Name
Qualcomm
September 2025
Launch Date
December 2021
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
Samsung
SM8850-AC/SM8850-5-AC
Model Name
SM8450
2x 4.6 GHz, 6x 3.62 GHz
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
3 nm
Technology
4 nm
4600 MHz / 4740 MHz
Frequency
3000 MHz
GPU Specifications
Adreno 840
GPU name
Adreno 730
1200 MHz
GPU frequency
818 MHz
3.6864 TFLOPS
FLOPS
2.5128 TFLOPS
512
Shading units
768
-
Execution units
2
3.0 FP
OpenCL version
2.0
-
Vulkan version
1.1
On-Device Display Support • 4K+ @ 120Hz • QHD+ @ 240Hz
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
-
DirectX version
12.1
Connectivity
-
Download speed
Up to 10000 Mbps
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
X85 5G Modem-RF System
5G support
Yes
6.0
Bluetooth
5.3
7
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR5
up to 5300MHz
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
24 MB
L2 Cache
1 MB
8 MB
L3 cache
-
- AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
1x 320MP
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP
UFS 4.1
Storage type
UFS 3.1
4K video capture @120FPS
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
- H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP8 - VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
8K HDR video playback @60FPS
Video playback
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
-
TDP
5.3 W
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv9-A
Hexagon
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3757
+126%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
1664
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
12644
+214%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
4030
FP32 (float)
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3612
+47%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
2462
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3269240
+198%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
1096529
Comparison of Devices
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
ZTE Nubia Z80 Ultra
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3157
Samsung Galaxy S23 FE (SDM8Gen1)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
790
3DMark Steel Nomad Light Unlimited
Redmagic Gaming Tablet 5 Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3142
Xiaomi Poco F4 GT
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
736
3DMark Wild Life
Redmagic Gaming Tablet 5 Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
25710
Vivo iQOO 9 Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
9565
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Vivo iQOO Pad6 Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
7150
Vivo iQOO 9 Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
2548
3DMark Wild Life Unlimited
Redmagic Gaming Tablet 5 Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
30872
Xiaomi 12
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
10361
PCMark for Android Storage 2.0
Xiaomi 17
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
189969
Samsung Galaxy S23 FE (SDM8Gen1)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
33310
PCMark for Android Work 3.0
ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11 Pro / 11 Pro+
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
27852
Samsung Galaxy S23 FE (SDM8Gen1)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
13969
Wild Life Extreme Unlimited
Honor Magic V6
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
7373
Vivo iQOO 9 Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
2539
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