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 (3800 MHz vs 4600 MHz)
Basic
Qualcomm
Label Name
Qualcomm
November 2025
Launch Date
September 2025
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
SM8845
Model Name
SM8850
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
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
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
Hexagon
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
-
L3 cache
16 MB
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
Audio codecs
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- 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
- 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
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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