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Snapdragon 855 vs Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

Snapdragon 855
VS
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Snapdragon 855
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 (with Adreno 640 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. Gaming
  7. Specs
  8. Comments

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
  • Has 10 MB larger L3 cache size than the Snapdragon 855
  • Shows significantly better (up to 4.8x) AnTuTu 11 score – 3950K vs 824K
  • Performs 4.4x better in floating-point computations
  • Supports 148% higher memory bandwidth (84.8 against 34.13 GB/s)
  • Has a smaller size transistor (3 versus 7 nm)
  • Higher GPU frequency (~2.2x)
  • 62% higher CPU clock speed (4610 vs 2840 MHz)
  • Better instruction set architecture

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks
SoC:
Snapdragon 855
vs
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
CPU 314517 1112833
GPU 125449 1494722
Memory 150134 442350
UX 234413 900177
Total score 824513 3950082
Samples [39 tests] [283 tests]
Submit your AnTuTu result

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Asset compression 126.8 MB/sec 421.8 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 74.2 pages/sec 238 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 88 Mpixels/sec 286.6 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 57.7 images/sec 330.6 images/sec
HDR 89.3 Mpixels/sec 308.4 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 9.07 images/sec 40.7 images/sec
Photo processing 20.2 images/sec 98.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 4.06 Mpixels/sec 14.1 Mpixels/sec
Samples 29 tests 79 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Background blur 4.31 images/sec 51.9 images/sec
Face detection 1.84 images/sec 24.9 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.16 Gpixels/sec 0.72 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.22 Gpixels/sec 1 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.15 Gpixels/sec 2.04 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.02 Gpixels/sec 0.36 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 8.72 Gpixels/sec 115.4 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 444 FPS 4390.2 FPS
API OpenCL Vulkan
Samples 19 tests 50 tests

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
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 876 6490
Stability 86% -
Graphics test 5 FPS 38 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
Web score 8813 31126
Video editing score 5956 8963
Data manipulation score 8239 19422
Photo editing score 22485 62111
Writing score 13084 40875
Phones tested 8 models 13 models

Gaming

Table of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games
PUBG Mobile 58 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
Call of Duty: Mobile 56 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
Fortnite 28 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
Shadowgun Legends 51 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
World of Tanks Blitz 59 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang 57 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
Device Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro
1080 x 2340		 -
We provide average results. FPS may differ, depending on game version, OS and other factors.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-12 (Stanley)AnTuTu 11847934
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-06 (pakasraka)AnTuTu 11763477
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-23 (long tran)Geekbench 6 GPU3882
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-23 (long tran)Geekbench 6 CPU1000 / 3025
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-23 (long tran)AnTuTu 11884066
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-25 (Klax)AnTuTu 123939764
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-24 -> Diman5700AnTuTu 124172973
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-23 (Raze)AnTuTu 123920421
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-22 -> ChubzueyAnTuTu 124214043
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-21 (АндрСй)AnTuTu 114084489
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Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 855 and Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

CPU

Architecture 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)		 2x 4.74 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Prime
6x 3.63 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Performance
Cores 8 8
Frequency 2840 MHz 4610 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache 512 KB 192 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 12 MB
L3 cache 2 MB 12 MB
Process 7 nanometers 3 nanometers
Transistor count 6.7 billion -
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 6 W 8 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 640 Adreno 840
Architecture Adreno 600 Adreno 800
GPU frequency 585 MHz 1300 MHz
Pipelines 3 3
Shading units 256 512
Total shaders 768 1536
FLOPS 898.5 Gigaflops 3993.6 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.1 1.4
OpenCL version 2.0 3.0
DirectX version 12.1 12.1

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 690 Hexagon

Memory

Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 5300 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 34.13 Gb/s 84.8 Gb/s
Max size 16 GB 24 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.0 UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 3840 x 2540
Max camera resolution 1x 192MP, 2x 22MP 1x 320MP
Video capture 4K at 120FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- 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 X24 LTE, X50 5G Snapdragon X85
4G support LTE Cat. 20 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 5000 Mbps Up to 12500 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 1240 Mbps Up to 3700 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 7
Bluetooth 5.0 6.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced December 2018 September 2025
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number SM8150 SM8850-AC, SM8850-5-AC, SM8850-1-AD
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 official site Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 official site
Successor - Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 -

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