Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
1x 2.84 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver)
2x 4.61 GHz –6x 3.63 GHz –
Frequency
2840 MHz
4610 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache
512 KB
1792 KB
L2 cache
0
24 MB
L3 cache
0
8 MB
Process
7 nm
3 nm
Transistor count
6.7
-
TDP
6 W
-
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC

Graphics

GPU name
Adreno 640
Adreno 840
GPU frequency
585 MHz
1200 MHz
Execution units
2
-
Shading units
384
512
Vulkan version
1.1
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
DirectX version
12.1
-

Memory

Memory Type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
-
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
34.13 Gbit/s
-

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 690
-
Storage type
UFS 3.0
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
-
Max camera resolution
1x 192MP, 2x 22MP
1x 320MP
Video capture
4K at 120FPS
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV

Connectivity

4G support
LTE Cat. 20
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
Yes
Yes
Download speed
Up to 5000 Mbps
-
Upload speed
Up to 1240 Mbps
-
Wi-Fi
6
7
Bluetooth
5.0
6.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced
Dec 2018
Sep 2025
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
SM8150
SM8850
Official page
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AI

NPU
-
Hexagon

📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
592,031
3,115,282
Geekbench 6
939
3,834
Geekbench 6
2,855
12,396
FP32 (float)
898
3,686