Quick/Comparisons
The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 takes the lead in gaming performance with a 96 score, thanks to its Adreno 840 graphics.
The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 offers slightly better battery life with a 92 score, giving it a slight edge over the Samsung Exynos 2500.
Since AI performance scores are not provided, we cannot determine a winner between the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 and the Samsung Exynos 2500.
99 | CPU Performance | 85 |
96 | Gaming Performance | 71 |
92 | Battery life |
Compare with something else?
Compare Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 with another →88 |
| TSMC | Manufacturer | Samsung |
| 3 nanometers | Process Node | 3 nanometers |
| 8 | CPU Cores | 10 |
| Adreno 840 | GPU Model | Samsung Xclipse 950 |
| Hexagon | NPU Performance | Yes |
| 3932243 | Apple A19 | 2420011 |
| 1143736 | CPU | 738950 |
| 1439012 | GPU | 928867 |
| 409747 | Memory | 365200 |
| 939748 | UX | 386994 |
| 3932243 | Total score | 2420011 |
| 3607 | Single-Core Score | 2522 |
| 10732 | Multi-Core Score | 9015 |
| 421.8 MB/sec | Asset compression | 390.2 MB/sec |
| 238 pages/sec | HTML 5 Browser | 179.4 pages/sec |
| 286.6 Mpixels/sec | PDF Renderer | 218.9 Mpixels/sec |
| 330.6 images/sec | Image detection | 247.5 images/sec |
| 308.4 Mpixels/sec | HDR | 309 Mpixels/sec |
| 40.7 images/sec | Background blur | 36.4 images/sec |
| 98.7 images/sec | Photo processing | 89.9 images/sec |
| 14.1 Mpixels/sec | Ray tracing | 12.7 Mpixels/sec |
| 41 tests | Samples | — |
| 27343 | Compute Score (GPU) | 18873 |
| 51.9 images/sec | Background blur | 35.4 images/sec |
| 24.9 images/sec | Face detection | 15.1 images/sec |
| 0.72 Gpixels/sec | Horizon detection | 0.45 Gpixels/sec |
| 1 Gpixels/sec | Edge detection | 0.7 Gpixels/sec |
| 2.04 Gpixels/sec | Gaussian blur | 1.6 Gpixels/sec |
| 0.36 Gpixels/sec | Feature matching | 0.23 Gpixels/sec |
| 115.4 Gpixels/sec | Stereo matching | 82.2 Gpixels/sec |
| 4390.2 FPS | Particle physics | 3446.8 FPS |
| Vulkan | API | Vulkan |
| 26 tests | Samples | 2 tests |
| 2736 | 3DMark Steel Nomad Light | 2231 |
| 2736 | Score | 2231 |
| 78% | Stability | 54% |
| 20 FPS | Graphics test | 17 FPS |
| 12201 | 3DMark Solar Bay | 9397 |
| 12201 | Score | 9397 |
| 46 FPS | Graphics test | 36 FPS |
| 53 FPS | Section 1 | 43 FPS |
| 46 FPS | Section 2 | 35 FPS |
| 39 FPS | Section 3 | 29 FPS |
| 2x 4.61 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Prime 6x 3.63 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Performance | Architecture | 1x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X925 2x 2.74 GHz – Cortex-A725 5x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A725 2x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A520 |
| 8 | Cores | 10 |
| 4610 MHz | Frequency | 3300 MHz |
| ARMv9.2-A | Instruction set | ARMv9.2-A |
| 192 KB | L1 cache | 128 KB |
| 12 MB | L2 cache | 3 MB |
| 3 nanometers | Process | 3 nanometers |
| TSMC | Manufacturing | Samsung |
| LPDDR5X | Memory type | LPDDR5X |
| 5300 MHz | Memory frequency | 4800 MHz |
| 4x 16 Bit | Bus | 4x 16 Bit |
| 84.8 Gb/s | Max bandwidth | 76.8 Gb/s |
| 24 GB | Max size | 24 GB |
| Snapdragon X85 | Modem | Exynos 5400 |
| LTE Cat. 24 | 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 |
| Yes | 5G support | Yes |
| Up to 12500 Mbps | Download speed | Up to 12100 Mbps |
| Up to 3700 Mbps | Upload speed | Up to 3670 Mbps |
| 7 | Wi-Fi | 7 |
| 6 | Bluetooth | 5.4 |
| GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC |
| UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1 | Storage type | UFS 4.0 |
| 1x 320MP | Max camera resolution | 1x 320MP |
| 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS | Video capture | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS |
| 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS | Video playback | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS |
| - H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP8 - VP9 | Video codecs | - H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP9 |
| - AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV | Audio codecs | - AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
| Hexagon | Neural processor (NPU) | Yes |
| September 2025 | Announced | June 2025 |
| Flagship | Class | Flagship |
| SM8850-AC | Model number | S5E9955 |
| Adreno 840 | GPU name | Samsung Xclipse 950 |
| Adreno 800 | Architecture | RDNA 3 |
| 1200 MHz | GPU frequency | 999 MHz |
| 3 | Pipelines | 8 |
| 512 | Shading units | 128 |
| 1536 | Total shaders | 1024 |
| 3686.4 Gigaflops | FLOPS | 4091.9 Gigaflops |