Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
2x 4.61 GHz –6x 3.63 GHz –
1x 2.995 GHz – Kryo 680 Prime (Cortex-X1)3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 680 Gold (Cortex-A78)4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 680 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Frequency
4610 MHz
2995 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
ARMv8.4-A
L1 cache
1792 KB
512 KB
L2 cache
24 MB
0
L3 cache
8 MB
0
Process
3 nm
5 nm
Manufacturing
TSMC
Samsung
Transistor count
-
10.3
TDP
-
8 W

Graphics

GPU name
Adreno 840
Adreno 660
GPU frequency
1200 MHz
905 MHz
Shading units
512
512
Execution units
-
2
Vulkan version
-
1.1
OpenCL version
-
2.0
DirectX version
-
12.1

Memory

Memory Type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR5
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Memory frequency
-
3200 MHz
Max bandwidth
-
51.2 Gbit/s

AI

NPU
Hexagon
-

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP
1x 200MP, 2x 25MP
Video capture
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
8K at 30FPS
Video codecs
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Audio codecs
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Neural processor (NPU)
-
Hexagon 780
Max display resolution
-
3840 x 2160

Connectivity

4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 22
5G support
Yes
Yes
Wi-Fi
7
6
Bluetooth
6.0
5.2
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Download speed
-
Up to 7500 Mbps
Upload speed
-
Up to 3000 Mbps

Info

Announced
Sep 2025
Jun 2021
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
SM8850
SM8350-AC
Official page
-

📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
3,115,282
836,957
Geekbench 6
3,834
1,230
Geekbench 6
12,396
3,778
FP32 (float)
3,686
1,853