Quick/Comparisons
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5's Adreno 840 graphics deliver significantly stronger gaming performance, outscoring Google Tensor G5 by 74 points.
Both Google Tensor G5 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 offer excellent battery life, with a mere 1-point difference between them.
Since AI performance scores are unavailable for Google Tensor G5, and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 has no AI performance score either, we cannot determine a winner for this use case.
67 | CPU Performance | 99 |
22 | Gaming Performance | 96 |
91 | Battery life |
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| TSMC | Manufacturer | TSMC |
| 3 nanometers | Process Node | 3 nanometers |
| 8 | CPU Cores | 8 |
| PowerVR DXT-48-1536 | GPU Model | Adreno 840 |
| Yes | NPU Performance | Hexagon |
| 1467600 | Apple A19 | 3932243 |
| 766731 | CPU | 1143736 |
| 99931 | GPU | 1439012 |
| 210794 | Memory | 409747 |
| 390144 | UX | 939748 |
| 1467600 | Total score | 3932243 |
| 2293 | Single-Core Score | 3607 |
| 5937 | Multi-Core Score | 10732 |
| 281.8 MB/sec | Asset compression | 421.8 MB/sec |
| 162.5 pages/sec | HTML 5 Browser | 238 pages/sec |
| 207.4 Mpixels/sec | PDF Renderer | 286.6 Mpixels/sec |
| 149.5 images/sec | Image detection | 330.6 images/sec |
| 151.4 Mpixels/sec | HDR | 308.4 Mpixels/sec |
| 24.4 images/sec | Background blur | 40.7 images/sec |
| 46.5 images/sec | Photo processing | 98.7 images/sec |
| 6.79 Mpixels/sec | Ray tracing | 14.1 Mpixels/sec |
| 5 tests | Samples | 41 tests |
| 3760 | Compute Score (GPU) | 27343 |
| 4.77 images/sec | Background blur | 51.9 images/sec |
| 2.41 images/sec | Face detection | 24.9 images/sec |
| 0.17 Gpixels/sec | Horizon detection | 0.72 Gpixels/sec |
| 0.27 Gpixels/sec | Edge detection | 1 Gpixels/sec |
| 0.2 Gpixels/sec | Gaussian blur | 2.04 Gpixels/sec |
| 0.05 Gpixels/sec | Feature matching | 0.36 Gpixels/sec |
| 12.6 Gpixels/sec | Stereo matching | 115.4 Gpixels/sec |
| 634.9 FPS | Particle physics | 4390.2 FPS |
| Vulkan | API | Vulkan |
| 5 tests | Samples | 26 tests |
| 1012 | 3DMark Steel Nomad Light | 2736 |
| 1012 | Score | 2736 |
| 96% | Stability | 78% |
| 7 FPS | Graphics test | 20 FPS |
| — | 3DMark Solar Bay | 12201 |
| — | Score | 12201 |
| — | Graphics test | 46 FPS |
| — | Section 1 | 53 FPS |
| — | Section 2 | 46 FPS |
| — | Section 3 | 39 FPS |
| 1x 3.78 GHz – Cortex-X4 5x 3.05 GHz – Cortex-A725 2x 2.25 GHz – Cortex-A520 | Architecture | 2x 4.61 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Prime 6x 3.63 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Performance |
| 8 | Cores | 8 |
| 3780 MHz | Frequency | 4610 MHz |
| ARMv9.2-A | Instruction set | ARMv9.2-A |
| — | L1 cache | 192 KB |
| — | L2 cache | 12 MB |
| 3 nanometers | Process | 3 nanometers |
| TSMC | Manufacturing | TSMC |
| LPDDR5X | Memory type | LPDDR5X |
| 4266 MHz | Memory frequency | 5300 MHz |
| 4x 16 Bit | Bus | 4x 16 Bit |
| 68.2 Gb/s | Max bandwidth | 84.8 Gb/s |
| 16 GB | Max size | 24 GB |
| Exynos 5400c | Modem | Snapdragon X85 |
| — | 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 |
| Yes | 5G support | Yes |
| — | Download speed | Up to 12500 Mbps |
| — | Upload speed | Up to 3700 Mbps |
| 7 | Wi-Fi | 7 |
| 6 | Bluetooth | 6 |
| GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
| UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0 | Storage type | UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1 |
| 1x 200MP | Max camera resolution | 1x 320MP |
| 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS | Video capture | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS |
| 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS | Video playback | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS |
| - H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP9 | Video codecs | - H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP8 - VP9 |
| - AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV | Audio codecs | - AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
| Yes | Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon |
| August 2025 | Announced | September 2025 |
| Flagship | Class | Flagship |
| GS501 | Model number | SM8850-AC |
| PowerVR DXT-48-1536 | GPU name | Adreno 840 |
| — | Architecture | Adreno 800 |
| 1100 MHz | GPU frequency | 1200 MHz |
| 6 | Pipelines | 3 |
| 128 | Shading units | 512 |
| 768 | Total shaders | 1536 |
| 1689.6 Gigaflops | FLOPS | 3686.4 Gigaflops |