Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1

[ 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 8 Plus Gen 1 (56/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5:
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (97 vs 56)
  • + Higher Performance score (99 vs 56)

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
DeviceBenchmark Score 97.0 Excellent WINNER 56.0 Below Average
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 56.0 Below Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
Graphics test 20 FPS 6 FPS
Section 1 52 FPS —
Section 2 46 FPS —
Section 3 40 FPS —
Stability 67% 98%

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
CPU 1112833 537485
GPU 1494722 241551
Memory 442350 254727
Total score 3950082 1420808
UX 900177 387045

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
Architecture 2x 4.61 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Prime6x 3.63 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Performance 1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X23x 2.75 GHz – Cortex-A7104x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510
Cores 8 8
Frequency 4610 MHz 3200 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv9-A
L1 cache 192 KB —
L2 cache 12 MB 1 MB
L3 cache 12 MB 6 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) — 6 W

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 6.0 5.3
Download speed Up to 12500 Mbps Up to 10000 Mbps
Modem Snapdragon X85 Snapdragon X65
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Upload speed Up to 3700 Mbps Up to 3670 Mbps
Wi-Fi 7 6

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
API Vulkan Vulkan
Asset compression 421.8 MB/sec 190.8 MB/sec
Background blur 40.7 images/sec 16 images/sec
Edge detection 1 Gpixels/sec 0.43 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 24.9 images/sec 5.22 images/sec
Feature matching 0.36 Gpixels/sec 0.09 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.04 Gpixels/sec 0.43 Gpixels/sec
HDR 308.4 Mpixels/sec 141.5 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 238 pages/sec 126.3 pages/sec
Horizon detection 0.72 Gpixels/sec 0.35 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 330.6 images/sec 114.8 images/sec
PDF Renderer 286.6 Mpixels/sec 164.1 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4390.2 FPS 666.6 FPS
Photo processing 98.7 images/sec 37.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 14.1 Mpixels/sec 4.69 Mpixels/sec
Samples 79 tests 72 tests
Stereo matching 115.4 Gpixels/sec 24.4 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
DirectX version 12.1 12.1
FLOPS 3686.4 Gigaflops 1843.2 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1200 MHz 900 MHz
OpenCL version 3.0 2.0
Pipelines 3 2
Shading units 512 512
Total shaders 1536 1024
Vulkan version 1.4 1.1

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
Announced September 2025 May 2022
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number SM8850-AC SM8475
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 official site Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 official site

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 84.8 Gb/s 51.2 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 24 GB
Memory frequency 5300 MHz 3200 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max camera resolution 1x 320MP 1x 200MP
Max display resolution 3840 x 2540 3840 x 2160
Storage type UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1 UFS 3.1
Video capture 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9 - H.264- H.265- VP8- VP9
Video playback 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
Data manipulation score 15949 12439
Phones tested 13 models 5 models
Photo editing score 40273 32017
Video editing score 8052 7462
Web score 16855 12737
Writing score 26073 16257

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 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 —
📘 2026-07-22(Euro Fighter Typhoon) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-24(Rutar) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-26(Nam) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-05(HAbib) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-10(oneplus enjoyer) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-15->Zay — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-17(Pietro) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-19(Aбдyxaким) — AnTuTu

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
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 —
1.Asus Zenfone 9 — 1640834
10.Honor 90 Pro — 1463370
2.Xiaomi 12S Ultra — 1627862
3.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 7S Pro — 1601869
4.Huawei Mate X3 — 1530652
5.Realme GT3 — 1486727
6.OnePlus Ace 2 — 1481118
7.Asus ROG Phone 6 — 1478125
8.Xiaomi 12T Pro — 1469638
9.Realme GT Neo 5 — 1466734
Phones with Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 — AnTuTu v11

Gaming

Gaming specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
Call of Duty: Mobile — 60 FPS[Ultra]
Device — ZTE Nubia Red Magic 7S Pro1080 x 2400
Fortnite — 47 FPS[Ultra]
Genshin Impact — 56 FPS[Ultra]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang — 58 FPS[Ultra]
PUBG Mobile — 89 FPS[Ultra]
Shadowgun Legends — 114 FPS[Ultra]
World of Tanks Blitz — 120 FPS[Ultra]

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