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The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5's Adreno 840 graphics deliver significantly stronger gaming performance with a score of 96, outpacing the Qualcomm Snapdragon 870's Adreno 650 graphics by a wide margin.
The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 offers slightly better battery life with a score of 92, thanks to its efficient design and power management capabilities.
Although the Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 features a dedicated NPU for AI workloads, there is no AI Performance score available for the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, making this a tie based on the available information.
99 | CPU Performance | 43 |
96 | Gaming Performance | 18 |
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 | 1005598 |
| 1143736 | CPU | 376827 |
| 1439012 | GPU | 151343 |
| 409747 | Memory | 182214 |
| 939748 | UX | 295214 |
| 3932243 | Total score | 1005598 |
| 3607 | Single-Core Score | 1298 |
| 10732 | Multi-Core Score | 3520 |
| 421.8 MB/sec | Asset compression | 160.2 MB/sec |
| 238 pages/sec | HTML 5 Browser | 86.7 pages/sec |
| 286.6 Mpixels/sec | PDF Renderer | 116.8 Mpixels/sec |
| 330.6 images/sec | Image detection | 80 images/sec |
| 308.4 Mpixels/sec | HDR | 108 Mpixels/sec |
| 40.7 images/sec | Background blur | 12 images/sec |
| 98.7 images/sec | Photo processing | 33.5 images/sec |
| 14.1 Mpixels/sec | Ray tracing | 4.41 Mpixels/sec |
| 41 tests | Samples | 32 tests |
| 27343 | Compute Score (GPU) | 3381 |
| 51.9 images/sec | Background blur | 5.01 images/sec |
| 24.9 images/sec | Face detection | 2.04 images/sec |
| 0.72 Gpixels/sec | Horizon detection | 0.19 Gpixels/sec |
| 1 Gpixels/sec | Edge detection | 0.26 Gpixels/sec |
| 2.04 Gpixels/sec | Gaussian blur | 0.21 Gpixels/sec |
| 0.36 Gpixels/sec | Feature matching | 0.03 Gpixels/sec |
| 115.4 Gpixels/sec | Stereo matching | 10.3 Gpixels/sec |
| 4390.2 FPS | Particle physics | 650.5 FPS |
| Vulkan | API | OpenCL |
| 26 tests | Samples | 16 tests |
| 2736 | 3DMark Steel Nomad Light | — |
| 2736 | Score | 1224 |
| 78% | Stability | 99% |
| 20 FPS | Graphics test | 7 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 3.2 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 | 3200 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 | 5.2 |
| 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 | January 2021 |
| Flagship | Class | Flagship |
| SM8850-AC | Model number | SM8250-AC |
| Adreno 840 | GPU name | Adreno 650 |
| Adreno 800 | Architecture | Adreno 600 |
| 1200 MHz | GPU frequency | 670 MHz |
| 3 | Pipelines | 3 |
| 512 | Shading units | 256 |
| 1536 | Total shaders | 768 |
| 3686.4 Gigaflops | FLOPS | 1029.1 Gigaflops |