Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 vs Apple A19

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
2x 4.61 GHz –6x 3.63 GHz –
2x 4.26 GHz –4x 2.51 GHz –
Frequency
4610 MHz
4260 MHz
Cores
8
6
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache
1792 KB
1404 KB
L2 cache
24 MB
12 MB
L3 cache
8 MB
12 MB
Process
3 nm
3 nm
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC

Graphics

GPU name
Adreno 840
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GPU frequency
1200 MHz
1620 MHz
Shading units
512
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Execution units
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80

Memory

Memory Type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR5X
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Memory frequency
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8533 MHz
Max bandwidth
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68.26 GB/s

AI

NPU
Hexagon
Neural Engine

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
NVMe
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP
1x 48MP
Video capture
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
4K at 120FPS
Video playback
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
4K at 120FPS
Video codecs
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9- Motion JPEG
Audio codecs
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
- AAC- AAX- AAX+- AC-3- AIFF- CAF- E-AC-3- MP3- MP4- WAV

Connectivity

4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
Yes
Yes
Wi-Fi
7
7
Bluetooth
6.0
6.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced
Sep 2025
Sep 2025
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
SM8850
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📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
3,115,282
1,916,678
Geekbench 6
3,834
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Geekbench 6
12,396
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FP32 (float)
3,686
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