Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1

vs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 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: 3800 MHz (3800 MHz vs 3000 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: November 2025 (November 2025 vs December 2021)

Basic

Qualcomm
Label Name
Qualcomm
November 2025
Launch Date
December 2021
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
Samsung
SM8845
Model Name
SM8450
2x 3.8 GHz, 6x 3.32 GHz
Architecture
1x 3 GHz – Cortex-X2
3x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A710
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
8
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
4 nm
3800 MHz
Frequency
3000 MHz

GPU Specifications

Adreno 840
GPU name
Adreno 730
1200 MHz
GPU frequency
818 MHz
-
FLOPS
2.5128 TFLOPS
512
Shading units
768
-
Execution units
2
3.0
OpenCL version
2.0
1.4
Vulkan version
1.1
3840 x 2540
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
12.1
DirectX version
12.1

Connectivity

Up to 10000 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 10000 Mbps
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
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
4800 MHz
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

-
L2 Cache
1 MB
- AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
1x 320MP
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Storage type
UFS 3.1
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 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 at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
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 Gen 5
2804 +69%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
1664
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
10057 +150%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
4030

Comparison of Devices

3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Vivo iQOO Z11 Turbo
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
1802
Samsung Galaxy S23 FE (SDM8Gen1)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
790
PCMark for Android Work 3.0
Vivo iQOO Z11 Turbo
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
18388
Samsung Galaxy S23 FE (SDM8Gen1)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
13969