Snapdragon 835 vs Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 (with Adreno 540 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.
Review
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
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
- Performs 11x better in floating-point computations
- Shows significantly better (up to 9x) AnTuTu 11 score β 3950K vs 438K
- Has a smaller size transistor (3 versus 10 nm)
- Supports 185% higher memory bandwidth (84.8 against 29.8 GB/s)
- 93% higher CPU clock speed (4740 vs 2450 MHz)
- Higher GPU frequency (~83%)
- Better instruction set architecture
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 148324 | 1112833 |
| GPU | 101521 | 1494722 |
| Memory | 88938 | 442350 |
| UX | 99233 | 900177 |
| Total score | 438016 | 3950082 |
| Samples | Less than 3 | [283 tests] |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Asset compression | 87.1 MB/sec | 421.8 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 46.5 pages/sec | 238 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 56.7 Mpixels/sec | 286.6 Mpixels/sec |
| Image detection | 15.6 images/sec | 330.6 images/sec |
| HDR | 48.2 Mpixels/sec | 308.4 Mpixels/sec |
| Background blur | 2.93 images/sec | 40.7 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 11 images/sec | 98.7 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 2.23 Mpixels/sec | 14.1 Mpixels/sec |
| Samples | 2 tests | 79 tests |
Compute Score (GPU)
| Background blur | 3.08 images/sec | 51.9 images/sec |
| Face detection | 1.3 images/sec | 24.9 images/sec |
| Horizon detection | 0.08 Gpixels/sec | 0.72 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge detection | 0.11 Gpixels/sec | 1 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian blur | 0.06 Gpixels/sec | 2.04 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature matching | 0.02 Gpixels/sec | 0.36 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo matching | 5.03 Gpixels/sec | 115.4 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle physics | 105.3 FPS | 4390.2 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | Vulkan |
| Samples | - | 50 tests |
3DMark
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Score | - | 2737 |
| Stability | - | 67% |
| Graphics test | - | 20 FPS |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Score | - | 12156 |
| Graphics test | - | 46 FPS |
| Section 1 | - | 52 FPS |
| Section 2 | - | 46 FPS |
| Section 3 | - | 40 FPS |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Score | 368 | 6490 |
| Stability | 97% | - |
| Graphics test | 2 FPS | 38 FPS |
PCMark 3.0
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 5581 | 31126 |
| Video editing score | 5841 | 8963 |
| Data manipulation score | 5696 | 19422 |
| Photo editing score | 13302 | 62111 |
| Writing score | 7633 | 40875 |
| Phones tested | - | 13 models |
Recent User Tests
Qualcomm Snapdragon 835
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-05-13 (Lee) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 382 / 1166 |
| π 2023-09-25 (Nightshot) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 427 / 1500 |
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-30 (HoΓ ng HαΊ£i) | AnTuTu 12 | 3638992 |
| π 2026-09-28 (Nikko) | AnTuTu 11 | 3512813 |
| π 2026-09-28 (nminh) | AnTuTu 12 | 4038854 |
| π 2026-09-27 (Johnnis) | AnTuTu 12 | 3903835 |
| π 2026-09-26 (JJJ) | AnTuTu 12 | 3290752 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 835 and Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5CPU
| Architecture | 4x 2.45 GHz β Kryo 280 (Cortex-A73) 4x 1.9 GHz β Kryo 280 (Cortex-A53) |
2x 4.74 GHz β Oryon Gen 3 Prime 6x 3.63 GHz β Oryon Gen 3 Performance |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Frequency | 2450 MHz | 4740 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8-A | ARMv9.2-A |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | 192 KB |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 12 MB |
| L3 cache | - | 12 MB |
| Process | 10 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 3 billion | - |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 9 W | 8 W |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | TSMC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 540 | Adreno 840 |
| Architecture | Adreno 500 | Adreno 800 |
| GPU frequency | 710 MHz | 1300 MHz |
| Pipelines | 4 | 3 |
| Shading units | 64 | 512 |
| Total shaders | 256 | 1536 |
| FLOPS | 363.5 Gigaflops | 3993.6 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.0 | 1.4 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| DirectX version | 11 | 12.1 |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 682 | Hexagon |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory frequency | 1866 MHz | 5300 MHz |
| Bus | 2x 32 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 29.8 Gb/s | 84.8 Gb/s |
| Max size | 8 GB | 24 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | UFS 2.1 | UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1 |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 3840 x 2540 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 32MP, 2x 16MP | 1x 320MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 30FPS | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 30FPS | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS |
| Video codecs | - H.264 - H.265 - VP9 |
- H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP8 - VP9 |
| Audio codecs | - AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
- AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | X16 | Snapdragon X85 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 16 | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G support | No | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 1000 Mbps | Up to 12500 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 150 Mbps | Up to 3700 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 7 |
| Bluetooth | 5.0 | 6.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | November 2016 | September 2025 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | MSM8998 | SM8850-AC, SM8850-5-AC, SM8850-1-AD |
| Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 official site | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 official site |
| Successor | - Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 | - |
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