Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus
and
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6
mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Technology: 2 nm (5 nm vs 2 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 5000 MHz (2995 MHz vs 5000 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: September 2026 (June 2021 vs September 2026)
Basic
Qualcomm
Label Name
Qualcomm
June 2021
Launch Date
September 2026
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
Samsung
Manufacturing
TSMC
SM8350-AC
Model Name
Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6
1x 2.995 GHz – Kryo 680 Prime (Cortex-X1)
3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 680 Gold (Cortex-A78)
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 680 Silver (Cortex-A55)
3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 680 Gold (Cortex-A78)
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 680 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Architecture
2x Oryon Prime @ 5.0 GHz + 6x Oryon Performance @ 4.0 GHz
8
Cores
8
5 nm
Technology
2 nm
2995 MHz
Frequency
5000 MHz
10.3
Transistor count
-
GPU Specifications
Adreno 660
GPU name
Adreno 850
905 MHz
GPU frequency
1450 MHz
1.8534 TFLOPS
FLOPS
4454.4 GFLOPS
512
Shading units
1536
2
Execution units
3
2.0
OpenCL version
3.0
1.1
Vulkan version
1.4
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
4K+
12.1
DirectX version
12.1
Connectivity
-
Cellular specific functions
8 carriers mmWave, 2x2 MIMO mmWave, 4x6 MIMO sub-6 GHz, 6Rx, NB-NTN, NR-NTN, Global 5G Multi-SIM, Turbo DSDA
-
Cellular technologies
5G Advanced, 5G mmWave, sub-6 GHz, 5G SA, 5G NSA, standalone mmWave, NR-DC, FDD, TDD, LTE
-
Downlink functions
6xCA, 500 MHz downlink bandwidth, 1024 QAM sub-6 GHz
Up to 7500 Mbps
Download speed
14.8 Gbps
-
Modem power saving technologies
Qualcomm 5G PowerSave
-
Uplink functions
Switched uplink, supplemental uplink, 4-layer carrier aggregation, UL MIMO, Smart Transmit Plus
-
Wi-Fi antenna
4x4 Wi-Fi
LTE Cat. 22
4G support
LTE
Yes
5G support
5G NR, 5G Advanced, mmWave, sub-6 GHz
5.2
Bluetooth
Bluetooth 6.0
6
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 8, Wi-Fi 7, Wi-Fi 6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS, NavIC
Memory Specifications
LPDDR5
Memory type
LPDDR5X / LPDDR6
3200 MHz
Memory frequency
5300 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 24-bit
Miscellaneous
1 MB
L2 Cache
-
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
aptX Adaptive, aptX Lossless
1x 200MP, 2x 25MP
Max camera resolution
320 MP
UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
Storage type
UFS 5.0
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
8K @ 60 FPS, 4K @ 240 FPS, 1080p @ 960 FPS
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Video codecs
H.266, H.265, VP9, AV1
8K at 30FPS
Video playback
-
-
Display refresh rate
4K+ @ 120 Hz, QHD+ @ 240 Hz
8 W
TDP
-
ARMv8.4-A
Instruction set
ARMv9.4-A
-
AI features
Agentic AI, Qualcomm Personal Scribe, on-device learning, low-power personal context
Hexagon 780
Neural processor (NPU)
Qualcomm Hexagon
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 888 Plus
1230
Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6
4327
+252%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 888 Plus
3778
Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6
12873
+241%
FP32 (float)
Snapdragon 888 Plus
1890
Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6
4454
+136%
Comparison of Devices
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus
504
Xiaomi 18 Pro Max
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6
3438
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