Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 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 8 Elite (95/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite

95/100
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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 8 Elite Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
AI Performance 95.0 Excellent —
Battery Efficiency 93.0 Excellent —
CPU Performance 96.0 Excellent —
DeviceBenchmark Score 95.0 Excellent 97.0 Excellent WINNER
Gaming Performance 97.0 Excellent —
Performance — 99.0 Excellent

Detailed Technical Specifications

Architecture

Architecture specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Lithography TSMC 3nm (N3E Node) —

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Modem Snapdragon X80 5G Modem-RF (10 Gbps peak) Snapdragon X85
4G support — LTE Cat. 24
5G support — Yes
Bluetooth — 6.0
Download speed — Up to 12500 Mbps
Navigation — GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Upload speed — Up to 3700 Mbps
Wi-Fi — 7

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Cpu Qualcomm Oryon CPU (2x Prime @ 4.32 GHz + 6x Performance @ 3.53 GHz) 1112833
Gpu Adreno 830 (Sliced Architecture, 1.1 GHz) 1494722
Npu Hexagon NPU (45% Faster AI Compute) —

3DMark

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

AI Accelerator

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

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
CPU Qualcomm Oryon CPU (2x Prime @ 4.32 GHz + 6x Performance @ 3.53 GHz) 1112833
GPU Adreno 830 (Sliced Architecture, 1.1 GHz) 1494722
Memory — 442350
Total score — 3950082
UX — 900177

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Architecture — 2x 4.61 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Prime6x 3.63 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Performance
Cores — 8
Frequency — 4610 MHz
Instruction set — ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache — 192 KB
L2 cache — 12 MB
L3 cache — 12 MB
Manufacturing — TSMC
Process — 3 nanometers

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
API — Vulkan
Asset compression — 421.8 MB/sec
Background blur — 40.7 images/sec
Edge detection — 1 Gpixels/sec
Face detection — 24.9 images/sec
Feature matching — 0.36 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur — 2.04 Gpixels/sec
HDR — 308.4 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser — 238 pages/sec
Horizon detection — 0.72 Gpixels/sec
Image detection — 330.6 images/sec
PDF Renderer — 286.6 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics — 4390.2 FPS
Photo processing — 98.7 images/sec
Ray tracing — 14.1 Mpixels/sec
Samples — 79 tests
Stereo matching — 115.4 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

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

Info

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

Memory

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

Multimedia (ISP)

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

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Data manipulation score — 15949
Phones tested — 13 models
Photo editing score — 40273
Video editing score — 8052
Web score — 16855
Writing score — 26073

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Date — 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

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
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

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