Quick/Comparisons
The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5's Adreno 840 graphics deliver significantly stronger gaming performance, with a 96 score compared to the Qualcomm Snapdragon 860's 15.
The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 offers better battery life, with a 92 score, thanks to its power-efficient design and 3 nanometer process node.
Although neither product's AI performance scores are available, the Qualcomm Snapdragon 860's dedicated NPU for AI workloads suggests it may have an advantage in this area.
99 | CPU Performance | 34 |
96 | Gaming Performance | 15 |
92 | Battery life |
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| TSMC | Manufacturer | TSMC |
| 3 nanometers | Process Node | 7 nanometers |
| 8 | CPU Cores | 8 |
| Adreno 840 | GPU Model | Adreno 640 |
| Hexagon | NPU Performance | Hexagon 690 |
| 3932243 | Apple A19 | 813344 |
| 1143736 | CPU | 314728 |
| 1439012 | GPU | 127943 |
| 409747 | Memory | 162482 |
| 939748 | UX | 208191 |
| 3932243 | Total score | 813344 |
| 3607 | Single-Core Score | 1004 |
| 10732 | Multi-Core Score | 2653 |
| 421.8 MB/sec | Asset compression | 122.6 MB/sec |
| 238 pages/sec | HTML 5 Browser | 70.8 pages/sec |
| 286.6 Mpixels/sec | PDF Renderer | 85.4 Mpixels/sec |
| 330.6 images/sec | Image detection | 57.3 images/sec |
| 308.4 Mpixels/sec | HDR | 85.4 Mpixels/sec |
| 40.7 images/sec | Background blur | 8.45 images/sec |
| 98.7 images/sec | Photo processing | 22.8 images/sec |
| 14.1 Mpixels/sec | Ray tracing | 3.72 Mpixels/sec |
| 41 tests | Samples | 20 tests |
| 27343 | Compute Score (GPU) | 2980 |
| 51.9 images/sec | Background blur | 4.67 images/sec |
| 24.9 images/sec | Face detection | 2.01 images/sec |
| 0.72 Gpixels/sec | Horizon detection | 0.17 Gpixels/sec |
| 1 Gpixels/sec | Edge detection | 0.21 Gpixels/sec |
| 2.04 Gpixels/sec | Gaussian blur | 0.17 Gpixels/sec |
| 0.36 Gpixels/sec | Feature matching | 0.02 Gpixels/sec |
| 115.4 Gpixels/sec | Stereo matching | 9.94 Gpixels/sec |
| 4390.2 FPS | Particle physics | 512.2 FPS |
| Vulkan | API | OpenCL |
| 26 tests | Samples | 11 tests |
| 2736 | 3DMark Steel Nomad Light | — |
| 2736 | Score | 979 |
| 78% | Stability | 91% |
| 20 FPS | Graphics test | 5 FPS |
| 12201 | 3DMark Solar Bay | — |
| 12201 | Score | — |
| 46 FPS | Graphics test | — |
| 53 FPS | Section 1 | — |
| 46 FPS | Section 2 | — |
| 39 FPS | Section 3 | — |
| 2x 4.61 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Prime 6x 3.63 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Performance | Architecture | 1x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Prime) 3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold) 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver) |
| 8 | Cores | 8 |
| 4610 MHz | Frequency | 2960 MHz |
| ARMv9.2-A | Instruction set | ARMv8.2-A |
| 192 KB | L1 cache | 512 KB |
| 12 MB | L2 cache | 1 MB |
| 3 nanometers | Process | 7 nanometers |
| TSMC | Manufacturing | TSMC |
| LPDDR5X | Memory type | LPDDR4X |
| 5300 MHz | Memory frequency | 2133 MHz |
| 4x 16 Bit | Bus | 4x 16 Bit |
| 84.8 Gb/s | Max bandwidth | 34.13 Gb/s |
| 24 GB | Max size | 16 GB |
| Snapdragon X85 | Modem | X24 LTE, X50 5G |
| LTE Cat. 24 | 4G support | LTE Cat. 20 |
| Yes | 5G support | Yes |
| Up to 12500 Mbps | Download speed | Up to 5000 Mbps |
| Up to 3700 Mbps | Upload speed | Up to 1240 Mbps |
| 7 | Wi-Fi | 6 |
| 6 | Bluetooth | 5.1 |
| GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS |
| UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1 | Storage type | UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1 |
| 1x 320MP | Max camera resolution | 1x 192MP, 2x 22MP |
| 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS | Video capture | 4K at 120FPS |
| 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS | Video playback | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS |
| - H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP8 - VP9 | Video codecs | - H.264 - H.265 - VP8 - VP9 |
| - AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV | Audio codecs | - AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
| Hexagon | Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 690 |
| September 2025 | Announced | April 2019 |
| Flagship | Class | Flagship |
| SM8850-AC | Model number | SM8150-AC |
| Adreno 840 | GPU name | Adreno 640 |
| Adreno 800 | Architecture | Adreno 600 |
| 1200 MHz | GPU frequency | 675 MHz |
| 3 | Pipelines | 3 |
| 512 | Shading units | 256 |
| 1536 | Total shaders | 768 |
| 3686.4 Gigaflops | FLOPS | 1036.8 Gigaflops |