Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
and
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Newer Launch Date: November 2025 (November 2025 vs September 2025)
- Higher Frequency: 4600 MHz / 4740 MHz (3800 MHz vs 4600 MHz / 4740 MHz)
Basic
Qualcomm
Label Name
Qualcomm
November 2025
Launch Date
September 2025
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
SM8845
Model Name
SM8850-AC/SM8850-5-AC
2x 3.8 GHz, 6x 3.32 GHz
Architecture
2x 4.6 GHz, 6x 3.62 GHz
8
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
3 nm
3800 MHz
Frequency
4600 MHz / 4740 MHz
GPU Specifications
Adreno 840
GPU name
Adreno 840
1200 MHz
GPU frequency
1200 MHz
-
FLOPS
3.6864 TFLOPS
512
Shading units
512
3.0
OpenCL version
3.0 FP
1.4
Vulkan version
-
3840 x 2540
Max display resolution
On-Device Display Support • 4K+ @ 120Hz • QHD+ @ 240Hz
12.1
DirectX version
-
Connectivity
Up to 10000 Mbps
Download speed
-
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
X85 5G Modem-RF System
6.0
Bluetooth
6.0
7
Wi-Fi
7
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR5X
4800 MHz
Memory frequency
up to 5300MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
-
L2 Cache
24 MB
-
L3 cache
8 MB
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
Audio codecs
- AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV
1x 320MP
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Storage type
UFS 4.1
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
4K video capture @120FPS
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
Video codecs
- H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP8 - VP9
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
8K HDR video playback @60FPS
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
Hexagon
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
2804
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3757
+34%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
10057
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
12644
+26%
Comparison of Devices
3DMark Solar Bay
Vivo iQOO Z11 Turbo
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
8535
Redmagic 11 Pro / 11 Pro+
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
13959
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Vivo iQOO Z11 Turbo
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
1802
ZTE Nubia Z80 Ultra
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3157
PCMark for Android Work 3.0
Vivo iQOO Z11 Turbo
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
18388
ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11 Pro / 11 Pro+
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
27852
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