Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
and
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
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 3200 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: November 2025 (November 2025 vs November 2022)
Basic
Qualcomm
Label Name
Qualcomm
November 2025
Launch Date
November 2022
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
SM8845
Model Name
SM8550-AB
2x 3.8 GHz, 6x 3.32 GHz
Architecture
1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X3
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A715
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A710
3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A715
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A710
3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510
8
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
4 nm
3800 MHz
Frequency
3200 MHz
GPU Specifications
Adreno 840
GPU name
Adreno 740
1200 MHz
GPU frequency
680 MHz
-
FLOPS
3.4816 TFLOPS
512
Shading units
1280
-
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
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
6.0
Bluetooth
5.3
7
Wi-Fi
7
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR5X
4800 MHz
Memory frequency
4200 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
Hexagon
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
-
L2 Cache
1 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 200MP
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Storage type
UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 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 at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
-
TDP
6.3 W
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv9-A
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
2804
+41%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
1993
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
10057
+89%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
5328
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