Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 855

[ 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 855 (38/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5:
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (97 vs 38)
  • + Higher Performance score (99 vs 34)
[ WINNER ]
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

97/100
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 855

38/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
DeviceBenchmark Score 97.0 Excellent WINNER 38.0 Poor
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 34.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
Graphics test 20 FPS 5 FPS
Section 1 52 FPS —
Section 2 46 FPS —
Section 3 40 FPS —
Stability 67% 86%

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon 690

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
CPU 1112833 314517
GPU 1494722 125449
Memory 442350 150134
Total score 3950082 824513
UX 900177 234413

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
Architecture 2x 4.61 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Prime6x 3.63 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Performance 1x 2.84 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver)
Cores 8 8
Frequency 4610 MHz 2840 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 192 KB 512 KB
L2 cache 12 MB 1 MB
L3 cache 12 MB 2 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 7 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) — 6 W
Transistor count — 6.7 billion

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 20
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 6.0 5.0
Download speed Up to 12500 Mbps Up to 5000 Mbps
Modem Snapdragon X85 X24 LTE, X50 5G
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
Upload speed Up to 3700 Mbps Up to 1240 Mbps
Wi-Fi 7 6

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
API Vulkan OpenCL
Asset compression 421.8 MB/sec 126.8 MB/sec
Background blur 40.7 images/sec 9.07 images/sec
Edge detection 1 Gpixels/sec 0.22 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 24.9 images/sec 1.84 images/sec
Feature matching 0.36 Gpixels/sec 0.02 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.04 Gpixels/sec 0.15 Gpixels/sec
HDR 308.4 Mpixels/sec 89.3 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 238 pages/sec 74.2 pages/sec
Horizon detection 0.72 Gpixels/sec 0.16 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 330.6 images/sec 57.7 images/sec
PDF Renderer 286.6 Mpixels/sec 88 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4390.2 FPS 444 FPS
Photo processing 98.7 images/sec 20.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 14.1 Mpixels/sec 4.06 Mpixels/sec
Samples 79 tests 29 tests
Stereo matching 115.4 Gpixels/sec 8.72 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
DirectX version 12.1 12.1
FLOPS 3686.4 Gigaflops 898.5 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1200 MHz 585 MHz
OpenCL version 3.0 2.0
Pipelines 3 3
Shading units 512 256
Total shaders 1536 768
Vulkan version 1.4 1.1

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
Announced September 2025 December 2018
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number SM8850-AC SM8150
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 official site Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 official site
Successor — -Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 84.8 Gb/s 34.13 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 16 GB
Memory frequency 5300 MHz 2133 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max camera resolution 1x 320MP 1x 192MP, 2x 22MP
Max display resolution 3840 x 2540 3840 x 2160
Storage type UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1 UFS 3.0
Video capture 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS 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 855
Data manipulation score 15949 8239
Phones tested 13 models 8 models
Photo editing score 40273 22485
Video editing score 8052 5956
Web score 16855 8813
Writing score 26073 13084

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
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 —
📘 2026-05-04(Joshua Z) — GeekBench GPU
📘 2026-05-11(Inok) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-14(putra) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-29(Fravo) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-31(Valdemiro pega tatu cósmico) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-23(long tran) — GeekBench GPU

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
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.Sony Xperia 1 — 891237
2.Google Pixel 4 — 862803
3.OnePlus 7 Pro — 841922
4.Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro — 835186
5.Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite — 818155
6.Xiaomi Mi 9 — 786843
7.Sony Xperia 5 — 782567
8.Google Pixel 4 XL — 775747
Phones with Snapdragon 855 — AnTuTu v11

Gaming

Gaming specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
Call of Duty: Mobile — 56 FPS[Ultra]
Device — Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro1080 x 2340
Fortnite — 28 FPS[Ultra]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang — 57 FPS[Ultra]
PUBG Mobile — 58 FPS[Ultra]
Shadowgun Legends — 51 FPS[Ultra]
World of Tanks Blitz — 59 FPS[Ultra]

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