Qualcomm Snapdragon 678 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

[ VERDICT ] Winner: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 (97/100)

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 678 (28/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5:
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (97 vs 28)
  • + Higher Performance score (99 vs 23)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 678
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 678

28/100
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[ WINNER ]
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

97/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Qualcomm Snapdragon 678 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
DeviceBenchmark Score 28.0 Poor 97.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 23.0 Poor 99.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 678 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 685 Hexagon

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 678 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
CPU 216553 1112833
GPU 30227 1494722
Memory 103694 442350
Total score 510711 3950082
UX 160187 900177

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 678 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Architecture 2x 2.2 GHz – Kryo 460 Gold (Cortex-A76)6x 1.7 GHz – Kryo 460 Silver (Cortex-A55) 2x 4.61 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Prime6x 3.63 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Performance
Cores 8 8
Frequency 2200 MHz 4610 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache 16 KB 192 KB
L2 cache 256 KB 12 MB
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC
Process 11 nanometers 3 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 6 W —
L3 cache — 12 MB

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 678 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
4G support LTE Cat. 12 LTE Cat. 24
5G support No Yes
Bluetooth 5.0 6.0
Download speed Up to 600 Mbps Up to 12500 Mbps
Modem X12 Snapdragon X85
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Upload speed Up to 150 Mbps Up to 3700 Mbps
Wi-Fi 5 7

Gaming

Gaming specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 678 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Call of Duty: Mobile 40 FPS[Medium] —
Device Xiaomi Redmi Note 101080 x 2400 —
Fortnite 24 FPS[Low] —
Genshin Impact 14 FPS[Low] —
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang 48 FPS[Ultra] —
PUBG Mobile 41 FPS[Low] —
Shadowgun Legends 54 FPS[Low] —
World of Tanks Blitz 59 FPS[Medium] —

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 678 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
API Vulkan Vulkan
Asset compression 89.8 MB/sec 421.8 MB/sec
Background blur 4.96 images/sec 40.7 images/sec
Edge detection 0.04 Gpixels/sec 1 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 0.55 images/sec 24.9 images/sec
Feature matching 0.01 Gpixels/sec 0.36 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.04 Gpixels/sec 2.04 Gpixels/sec
HDR 52.7 Mpixels/sec 308.4 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 41.8 pages/sec 238 pages/sec
Horizon detection 0.04 Gpixels/sec 0.72 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 31.4 images/sec 330.6 images/sec
PDF Renderer 48.4 Mpixels/sec 286.6 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 83.2 FPS 4390.2 FPS
Photo processing 9.43 images/sec 98.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 2.57 Mpixels/sec 14.1 Mpixels/sec
Samples 3 tests 79 tests
Stereo matching 0.42 Gpixels/sec 115.4 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 678 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
DirectX version 12.1 12.1
FLOPS 229.1 Gigaflops 3686.4 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 895 MHz 1200 MHz
OpenCL version 2.0 3.0
Pipelines 1 3
Shading units 128 512
Total shaders 128 1536
Vulkan version 1.1 1.4

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 678 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Announced December 2020 September 2025
Class Mid range Flagship
Model number SM6150-AC SM8850-AC
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 678 official site Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 official site

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 678 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Bus 2x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 14.9 Gb/s 84.8 Gb/s
Max size 8 GB 24 GB
Memory frequency 1866 MHz 5300 MHz
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 678 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max camera resolution 1x 192MP, 2x 25MP 1x 320MP
Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 3840 x 2540
Storage type eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1 UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Video capture 4K at 30FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- VP9 - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9
Video playback 4K at 30FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 678 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Data manipulation score 6444 15949
Phones tested Less than 3 13 models
Photo editing score 14635 40273
Video editing score 5351 8052
Web score 6057 16855
Writing score 9952 26073

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 678 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2025-01-10(zafarchik) GeekBench CPU —
📘 2025-10-21(Rainx) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-04-30(Twilight) GeekBench CPU —
📘 2026-05-07(Sayato) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-08-19->2295031556Leon — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-21(Ilya) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-24(q_l8) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-24->Ang3L4D — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-25(Edwin3q) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-25(Hüseyn Alizade) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-25(erosado-pr) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-25(freqr) — AnTuTu

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 678 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
1.Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 510711 —
Phones with Snapdragon 678 AnTuTu v11 —
1.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11S Pro Plus — 4716234
10.Honor Magic 8 — 4037547
2.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11S Pro — 4678468
3.Vivo iQOO 15 Ultra — 4602290
4.Vivo X300 Ultra — 4247433
5.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11 Pro Plus — 4244509
6.Oppo Find X9 Ultra — 4231988
7.Honor Robot Phone — 4166339
8.Honor Magic V6 — 4166339
9.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11 Pro — 4117238
Phones with Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 — AnTuTu v11

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 678 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Graphics test — 20 FPS
Section 1 — 52 FPS
Section 2 — 46 FPS
Section 3 — 40 FPS
Stability — 67%

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