Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
and
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Technology: 3 nm (3 nm vs 5 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 4600 MHz / 4740 MHz (4600 MHz / 4740 MHz vs 2840 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: September 2025 (September 2025 vs December 2020)
Basic
Qualcomm
Label Name
Qualcomm
September 2025
Launch Date
December 2020
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
-
SM8850-AC/SM8850-5-AC
Model Name
SM8350
2x 4.6 GHz, 6x 3.62 GHz
Architecture
1x 2.84 GHz – Kryo 680 Prime (Cortex-X1)
3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 680 Gold (Cortex-A78)
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 680 Silver (Cortex-A55)
3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 680 Gold (Cortex-A78)
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 680 Silver (Cortex-A55)
8
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
5 nm
4600 MHz / 4740 MHz
Frequency
2840 MHz
GPU Specifications
Adreno 840
GPU name
Adreno 660
1200 MHz
GPU frequency
840 MHz
3.6864 TFLOPS
FLOPS
1.72 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
Connectivity
-
Download speed
Up to 2500 Mbps
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 22
X85 5G Modem-RF System
5G support
-
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
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, 2x 25MP
UFS 4.1
Storage type
UFS 3.0, 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
-
TDP
10 W
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.4-A
Hexagon
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 780
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3757
+154%
Snapdragon 888
1481
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
12644
+233%
Snapdragon 888
3794
FP32 (float)
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3612
+106%
Snapdragon 888
1754
Comparison of Devices
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
ZTE Nubia Z80 Ultra
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3157
Lenovo Legion Phone Dual 2 / 2 Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
529
3DMark Steel Nomad Light Unlimited
Honor Magic8
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3043
Realme GT 5G
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
293
3DMark Wild Life
Realme GT8 Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
22090
Oppo Find N
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
5890
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Xiaomi 17
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
6031
Oppo Find N
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
1548
PCMark for Android Storage 2.0
Xiaomi 17
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
189969
Asus ZenFone 8
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
38350
PCMark for Android Work 3.0
ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11 Pro / 11 Pro+
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
27852
Asus ZenFone 8
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
16735
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