Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 5
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
and
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 5
mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Frequency: 2840 MHz (2840 MHz vs 2.6 GHz)
- Higher Technology: 4 nm (5 nm vs 4 nm)
- Newer Launch Date: May 2026 (December 2020 vs May 2026)
Basic
Qualcomm
Label Name
Qualcomm
December 2020
Launch Date
May 2026
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Mid range
SM8350
Model Name
Snapdragon 6 Gen 5
1x 2.84 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
4x 2.6 GHz - Kryo Performance; 4x 2.0 GHz - Kryo Efficiency
8
Cores
8
5 nm
Technology
4 nm
2840 MHz
Frequency
2.6 GHz
GPU Specifications
Adreno 660
GPU name
Qualcomm Adreno GPU
840 MHz
GPU frequency
-
1.72 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
512
Shading units
-
2
Execution units
-
2.0
OpenCL version
OpenCL 2.0 FP
1.1
Vulkan version
Vulkan 1.3
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
FHD+ at 144 Hz
12
DirectX version
-
Connectivity
Up to 2500 Mbps
Download speed
-
LTE Cat. 22
4G support
5G/4G DSDA
-
5G support
Sub-6 GHz 5G; SA and NSA; TDD and FDD; TDD-FDD aggregation; DSS; 140 MHz bandwidth; downlink up to 2.8 Gbps; Release 17
5.2
Bluetooth
Bluetooth 6.0; LE Audio; Bluetooth Channel Sounding
6
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 7; 802.11be, 802.11ax, 802.11ac, 802.11a/b/g/n; up to 5.8 Gbps; up to 320 MHz channels
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS, NavIC; dual-frequency GNSS L1 + L5
Memory Specifications
LPDDR5
Memory type
LP-DDR4x, LP-DDR5
3200 MHz
Memory frequency
LP-DDR4x: 2100 MHz; LP-DDR5: 3200 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
-
Miscellaneous
1 MB
L2 Cache
-
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
Qualcomm Aqstic audio codec; Qualcomm Aqstic smart speaker amplifier; Snapdragon Sound; Qualcomm XPAN
1x 200MP, 2x 25MP
Max camera resolution
200 MP; 64 MP single camera with ZSL; 16 MP + 16 MP dual camera with ZSL
UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
Storage type
UFS 3.1
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
4K HDR video capture at 30 FPS; 720p slow-motion video capture at 240 FPS; HEVC and H.264 video capture
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, HEVC, VP9, HLG
8K at 30FPS
Video playback
Hardware-accelerated H.265 and VP9 decoder; HLG HDR playback
10 W
TDP
-
ARMv8.4-A
Instruction set
64-bit
Hexagon 780
Neural processor (NPU)
-
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 888
1481
+26%
Snapdragon 6 Gen 5
1180
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 888
3794
+8%
Snapdragon 6 Gen 5
3501
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