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Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 vs Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
VS
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 (with Adreno 829 graphics) and Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 (Adreno 840). Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Benchmarks
  4. AnTuTu v11
  5. GeekBench 6
  6. Specs
  7. Comments (10)

Review

General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulkan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score

Key Differences

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
  • Performs 59% better in floating-point computations
  • Has 2 MB larger L3 cache size than the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
  • Shows better (up to 29%) AnTuTu 11 score – 3950K vs 3057K
  • 25% higher CPU clock speed (4740 vs 3800 MHz)
  • Higher GPU frequency (~6%)
  • Supports 10% higher memory bandwidth (84.8 against 76.8 GB/s)

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks
SoC:
Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
vs
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
CPU 905159 1112833
GPU 1061006 1494722
Memory 388817 442350
UX 702233 900177
Total score 3057215 3950082
Samples [91 tests] [283 tests]
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GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Asset compression 377.4 MB/sec 421.8 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 221 pages/sec 238 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 268.2 Mpixels/sec 286.6 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 269.9 images/sec 330.6 images/sec
HDR 306 Mpixels/sec 308.4 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 35.9 images/sec 40.7 images/sec
Photo processing 87.9 images/sec 98.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 12 Mpixels/sec 14.1 Mpixels/sec
Samples 20 tests 79 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Background blur 38 images/sec 51.9 images/sec
Face detection 18.7 images/sec 24.9 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.71 Gpixels/sec 0.72 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.85 Gpixels/sec 1 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 1.41 Gpixels/sec 2.04 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.27 Gpixels/sec 0.36 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 79.6 Gpixels/sec 115.4 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 3028.3 FPS 4390.2 FPS
API Vulkan Vulkan
Samples 10 tests 50 tests

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Score 1823 2737
Stability - 67%
Graphics test 14 FPS 20 FPS
3DMark Solar Bay
Score 9094 12156
Graphics test 35 FPS 46 FPS
Section 1 40 FPS 52 FPS
Section 2 35 FPS 46 FPS
Section 3 29 FPS 40 FPS
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Score - 6490
Graphics test - 38 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
Web score 18849 31126
Video editing score 7194 8963
Data manipulation score 15237 19422
Photo editing score 40238 62111
Writing score 25119 40875
Phones tested Less than 3 13 models

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-30 (F2I4)AnTuTu 123102899
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-30 (Feary7)AnTuTu 123338986
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-29 (dpicugin)AnTuTu 123071402
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-28 (Ketrox)AnTuTu 122895140
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-28 (Macro_peek)AnTuTu 123189922
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-04 (fastboot)AnTuTu 124280996
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-04 (inst1dy)AnTuTu 114248808
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-04 (Π₯Π°Π½)AnTuTu 124092547
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-03 (Kapernax)AnTuTu 124057598
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-03 -> RennsportGeekbench 7 GPU16267
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Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 and Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

CPU

Architecture 2x 3.8 GHz – Oryon Prime
6x 3.32 GHz – Oryon Performance		 2x 4.74 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Prime
6x 3.63 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Performance
Cores 8 8
Frequency 3800 MHz 4740 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache 192 KB 192 KB
L2 cache 12 MB 12 MB
L3 cache 6 MB 8 MB
Process 3 nanometers 3 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 9 W 8 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 829 Adreno 840
Architecture Adreno 800 Adreno 800
GPU frequency 1225 MHz 1300 MHz
Pipelines 2 3
Shading units 512 512
Total shaders 1024 1536
FLOPS 2508.8 Gigaflops 3993.6 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.4 1.4
OpenCL version 3.0 3.0
DirectX version 12.1 12.1

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory frequency 4800 MHz 5300 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 76.8 Gb/s 84.8 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 24 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1 UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Max display resolution 3840 x 2540 3840 x 2540
Max camera resolution 1x 320MP 1x 320MP
Video capture 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9		 - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV		 - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X80 Snapdragon X85
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 10000 Mbps Up to 12500 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 3700 Mbps
Wi-Fi 7 7
Bluetooth 6.0 6.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced November 2025 September 2025
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number SM8845 SM8850-AC, SM8850-5-AC, SM8850-1-AD
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 official site Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 official site

Cast your vote

So, which SoC would you choose?
290 (20.1%)
1151 (79.9%)
Total votes: 1441

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Comments

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Faris Hanafiah July 13, 2026 at 09:11 AM
The 8 Gen 5 is already more than enough for everyday use. Tbh, the difference is so negligible that you can't really get most of the 8 Elite Gen 5, even with console emulation.
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koua vang December 31, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Why you have oneplus 15 on both snapdragon 8 gen 5 and snapdragon elite gen 5. It is an 8 elite gen 5 not 8 gen 5.
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someone out there March 30, 2026 at 06:55 PM
The OnePlus 15 is packed with the Snapdragon 8 Elite gen 5 WHILE the OnePlus 15R features the Snapdragon 8 gen 5. They are two different phones
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USA hater December 11, 2025 at 02:16 PM
Where is the website for 8 gen 5. Cant find
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Real March 28, 2026 at 03:31 PM
Check out gsmarena
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Anon December 11, 2025 at 11:29 AM
so basically a rebranded 8s, I was hoping for a slightly crippled (ie. 1-2 less cores) 8 elite gen 5, how disappointing
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Anon December 15, 2025 at 04:21 PM
It's not rebranded 8s . It's rather underclocker elite gen 5 and have 1 less gpu core. Didn't you seen it?
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HMD February 2, 2026 at 11:37 AM
Anon, You Say something and then you reply to yourself and blame yourself nice so you think what's thedifference between S8 Gen3 and S8s Gen3 ??? both have same type of Cpu with different frequency same Gpu with different core same memory with different frequency so thats look like rebranded 8s
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wrong February 18, 2026 at 01:19 PM
Anon, it's literally a rebranded 8s, the modem is different, the GPU is different, the node is probably different or the cores themselves are 8 Elite (seeing the 4.6 vs 3.8 huge difference), everything is different you and the +41 don't know what you are talking about
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Samuel28 April 26, 2026 at 10:21 AM
wrong, Tf are you saying bro, you never seen the core difference, both 8 gen 5 and 8 elite gen 5 had the same oryon cores while 8s gen 4 had different 4 bunch of arm cores and those are not custom cores unlike oryon cores and 8s series is more of a upper midrange or lower tier flagship while 8 gen and 8 elite gen are both gaming or higher tier flagships
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