Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 430

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
2x 4.61 GHz –6x 3.63 GHz –
8x 1.4 GHz – Cortex-A53
Frequency
4610 MHz
1400 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
ARMv8-A
L1 cache
1792 KB
-
L2 cache
24 MB
-
L3 cache
8 MB
-
Process
3 nm
28 nm
Manufacturing
TSMC
Samsung
Transistor count
-
1
TDP
-
6 W

Graphics

GPU name
Adreno 840
Adreno 505
GPU frequency
1200 MHz
450 MHz
Shading units
512
48
Execution units
-
1
Vulkan version
-
1.0
OpenCL version
-
2.0
DirectX version
-
11

Memory

Memory Type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR3
Bus
4x 16 Bit
1x 32 Bit
Memory frequency
-
800 MHz

AI

NPU
Hexagon
-

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
eMMC 5.1
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP
1x 21MP
Video capture
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
1K at 30FPS
Video playback
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
1080p at 60FPS
Video codecs
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9
H.264, H.265
Audio codecs
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Neural processor (NPU)
-
Hexagon 536
Max display resolution
-
1920 x 1200

Connectivity

4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 4
5G support
Yes
No
Wi-Fi
7
5
Bluetooth
6.0
4.1
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
Download speed
-
Up to 150 Mbps
Upload speed
-
Up to 75 Mbps

Info

Announced
Sep 2025
Sep 2015
Class
Flagship
Low end
Model number
SM8850
MSM8937
Official page
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📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
3,115,282
135,324
Geekbench 6
3,834
206
Geekbench 6
12,396
832
FP32 (float)
3,686
43