Quick/Comparisons
The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5's Adreno 840 graphics outperform the Adreno 650 in the Snapdragon 865 by a significant margin, making it the clear winner for gaming.
The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 offers slightly better battery life, thanks to its more efficient 3 nanometer process node compared to the Snapdragon 865's 7 nanometer node.
Although the Snapdragon 865 has a dedicated NPU for AI workloads, the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5's AI performance is not available for comparison, making this a tie based on available information.
99 | CPU Performance | 40 |
96 | Gaming Performance | 17 |
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 650 |
| Hexagon | NPU Performance | Hexagon 698 |
| 3932243 | Apple A19 | 964589 |
| 1143736 | CPU | 378205 |
| 1439012 | GPU | 169067 |
| 409747 | Memory | 178156 |
| 939748 | UX | 239161 |
| 3932243 | Total score | 964589 |
| 3607 | Single-Core Score | 1168 |
| 10732 | Multi-Core Score | 3431 |
| 421.8 MB/sec | Asset compression | 149.1 MB/sec |
| 238 pages/sec | HTML 5 Browser | 87.2 pages/sec |
| 286.6 Mpixels/sec | PDF Renderer | 125.3 Mpixels/sec |
| 330.6 images/sec | Image detection | 77 images/sec |
| 308.4 Mpixels/sec | HDR | 106.3 Mpixels/sec |
| 40.7 images/sec | Background blur | 11 images/sec |
| 98.7 images/sec | Photo processing | 32.7 images/sec |
| 14.1 Mpixels/sec | Ray tracing | 4.29 Mpixels/sec |
| 41 tests | Samples | 50 tests |
| 27343 | Compute Score (GPU) | 2987 |
| 51.9 images/sec | Background blur | 4.53 images/sec |
| 24.9 images/sec | Face detection | 1.97 images/sec |
| 0.72 Gpixels/sec | Horizon detection | 0.17 Gpixels/sec |
| 1 Gpixels/sec | Edge detection | 0.22 Gpixels/sec |
| 2.04 Gpixels/sec | Gaussian blur | 0.18 Gpixels/sec |
| 0.36 Gpixels/sec | Feature matching | 0.02 Gpixels/sec |
| 115.4 Gpixels/sec | Stereo matching | 9.05 Gpixels/sec |
| 4390.2 FPS | Particle physics | 567.3 FPS |
| Vulkan | API | OpenCL |
| 26 tests | Samples | 32 tests |
| 2736 | 3DMark Steel Nomad Light | — |
| 2736 | Score | 1110 |
| 78% | Stability | 99% |
| 20 FPS | Graphics test | 6 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 2.84 GHz – Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77) 3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77) 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55) |
| 8 | Cores | 8 |
| 4610 MHz | Frequency | 2840 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 | LPDDR5 |
| 5300 MHz | Memory frequency | 2750 MHz |
| 4x 16 Bit | Bus | 4x 16 Bit |
| 84.8 Gb/s | Max bandwidth | 44 Gb/s |
| 24 GB | Max size | 16 GB |
| Snapdragon X85 | Modem | X55 |
| LTE Cat. 24 | 4G support | LTE Cat. 22 |
| Yes | 5G support | Yes |
| Up to 12500 Mbps | Download speed | Up to 7500 Mbps |
| Up to 3700 Mbps | Upload speed | Up to 3000 Mbps |
| 7 | Wi-Fi | 6 |
| 6 | Bluetooth | 5.1 |
| GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC |
| UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1 | Storage type | UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1 |
| 1x 320MP | Max camera resolution | 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP |
| 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS | Video capture | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS |
| 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS | Video playback | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS |
| - 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 698 |
| September 2025 | Announced | December 2019 |
| Flagship | Class | Flagship |
| SM8850-AC | Model number | SM8250-AB |
| Adreno 840 | GPU name | Adreno 650 |
| Adreno 800 | Architecture | Adreno 600 |
| 1200 MHz | GPU frequency | 587 MHz |
| 3 | Pipelines | 3 |
| 512 | Shading units | 256 |
| 1536 | Total shaders | 768 |
| 3686.4 Gigaflops | FLOPS | 901.6 Gigaflops |