Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
and
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Technology: 3 nm (10 nm vs 3 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 4600 MHz / 4740 MHz (2800 MHz vs 4600 MHz / 4740 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: September 2025 (December 2017 vs September 2025)
Basic
Qualcomm
Label Name
Qualcomm
December 2017
Launch Date
September 2025
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
Samsung
Manufacturing
TSMC
SDM845
Model Name
SM8850-AC/SM8850-5-AC
4x 2.8 GHz – Kryo 385 Gold (Cortex-A75)
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 385 Silver (Cortex-A55)
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 385 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Architecture
2x 4.6 GHz, 6x 3.62 GHz
8
Cores
8
10 nm
Technology
3 nm
2800 MHz
Frequency
4600 MHz / 4740 MHz
3
Transistor count
-
GPU Specifications
Adreno 630
GPU name
Adreno 840
710 MHz
GPU frequency
1200 MHz
0.727 TFLOPS
FLOPS
3.6864 TFLOPS
256
Shading units
512
2
Execution units
-
2.0
OpenCL version
3.0 FP
1.1
Vulkan version
-
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
On-Device Display Support • 4K+ @ 120Hz • QHD+ @ 240Hz
12.1
DirectX version
-
Connectivity
Up to 1200 Mbps
Download speed
-
LTE Cat. 18
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
No
5G support
X85 5G Modem-RF System
5.0
Bluetooth
6.0
5
Wi-Fi
7
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
LPDDR4X
Memory type
LPDDR5X
1866 MHz
Memory frequency
up to 5300MHz
2x 32 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
256 KB
L2 Cache
24 MB
-
L3 cache
8 MB
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
- AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV
1x 192MP
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP
UFS 2.1
Storage type
UFS 4.1
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K video capture @120FPS
H.264, H.265, VP9
Video codecs
- H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP8 - VP9
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
8K HDR video playback @60FPS
9 W
TDP
-
ARMv8.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
Hexagon 685
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 845
566
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3757
+564%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 845
2075
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
12644
+509%
FP32 (float)
Snapdragon 845
742
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3612
+387%
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 845
457459
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3269240
+615%
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