Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
8x 2 GHz – Cortex-A53
2x 4.61 GHz –6x 3.63 GHz –
Frequency
2000 MHz
4610 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv9.2-A
Process
14 nm
3 nm
Transistor count
2
-
TDP
5 W
-
Manufacturing
Samsung
TSMC
L1 cache
-
1792 KB
L2 cache
-
24 MB
L3 cache
-
8 MB

Graphics

GPU name
Adreno 506
Adreno 840
GPU frequency
650 MHz
1200 MHz
Execution units
1
-
Shading units
96
512
Vulkan version
1.0
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
DirectX version
11
-

Memory

Memory Type
LPDDR3
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
933 MHz
-
Bus
1x 32 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
7.46 Gbit/s
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AI

NPU
Hexagon 546
Hexagon

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 546
-
Storage type
eMMC 5.1
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Max display resolution
1900 x 1200
-
Max camera resolution
1x 24MP, 2x 13MP
1x 320MP
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV

Connectivity

4G support
LTE Cat. 7
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
No
Yes
Download speed
Up to 300 Mbps
-
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
-
Wi-Fi
5
7
Bluetooth
4.1
6.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced
Feb 2016
Sep 2025
Class
Mid range
Flagship
Model number
MSM8953
SM8850
Official page
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📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
156,131
3,115,282
FP32 (float)
124
3,686
Geekbench 6
-
3,834
Geekbench 6
-
12,396