Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
and
Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Technology: 3 nm (3 nm vs 7 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 4600 MHz / 4740 MHz (4600 MHz / 4740 MHz vs 3200 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: September 2025 (September 2025 vs January 2021)
Basic
Qualcomm
Label Name
Qualcomm
September 2025
Launch Date
January 2021
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
SM8850-AC/SM8850-5-AC
Model Name
SM8250-AC
2x 4.6 GHz, 6x 3.62 GHz
Architecture
1x 3.2 GHz – Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77)
3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77)
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55)
3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77)
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55)
8
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
7 nm
4600 MHz / 4740 MHz
Frequency
3200 MHz
-
Transistor count
10.3
GPU Specifications
Adreno 840
GPU name
Adreno 650
1200 MHz
GPU frequency
670 MHz
3.6864 TFLOPS
FLOPS
1.3721 TFLOPS
512
Shading units
512
-
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 7500 Mbps
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 22
X85 5G Modem-RF System
5G support
Yes
6.0
Bluetooth
5.2
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
2750 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, 2x 25MP
UFS 4.1
Storage type
UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
4K video capture @120FPS
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
- 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 60FPS
-
TDP
6 W
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
Hexagon
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 698
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3757
+226%
Snapdragon 870
1151
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
12644
+279%
Snapdragon 870
3336
FP32 (float)
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3612
+169%
Snapdragon 870
1345
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3269240
+312%
Snapdragon 870
794278
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