Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

Comparing the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 across specs like CPU, GPU, Memory, Camera, Display, Multimedia, Connectivity and benchmarks to help you choose the best chipset for your needs.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

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Summary

Release Date

Sep, 2026

Sep, 2025

CPU

5 GHz

Dual Core + Tri core + Tri core

Octa core

(4.61 GHz, Dual Core + 3.63 GHz, Hexa Core)

Process Node

2 nm

3 nm

GPU

Adreno

Adreno 840

Memory Type

LPDDR5X

AnTuTu Score

N/A	4,026,656 View Benchmark Details

Geekbench Score

N/A	3,733/11,407 View Benchmark Details

Phones Powered by These SoCs

iQOO 16

Score: N/A

Samsung Galaxy S27 Ultra

Motorola Signature 27

Score: N/A

POCO F9 Ultra 5G

Score: N/A

Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra

Score: 3,905,605

₹130,999

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra

Benchmark

AnTuTu (The higher, the better)

AnTuTu measures CPU, GPU, memory and overall performance in different scenarios

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 N/A

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 4,033,382

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CPU

N/A

1,135,707

GPU

N/A

1,497,128

Memory

N/A

539,535

N/A

861,012

Geekbench (The higher, the better)

The Geekbench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance

Geekbench Single Core

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 N/A

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 3,733

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Geekbench Multi Core

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 N/A

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 11,407

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AnTuTu Score:

There are no benchmark screenshots available for the processor.

General

SoC Brand

Qualcomm

Title

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

Model No

SM8975

SM8850-AC

Manufacturing

N/A

TSMC

CPU

Total Cores

N/A

Octa core

CPU

5 GHz, Dual Core, Oryon + Tri core + Tri core

Octa core (4.61 GHz, Dual Core, Oryon + 3.63 GHz, Hexa Core, Oryon)

Architecture (The higher, the better)

64 bit

Process Node

2 nm

3 nm

Instruction Set

N/A

ARMv9.2-A

L1 Cache

N/A

192 KB

L2 Cache

N/A

12 MB

L3 Cache

N/A

16 MB

GPU

Adreno

Adreno 840

GPU Clock speed

N/A

1.2 GHz

Pipelines

N/A

Shading Units

N/A

512

Total Shaders

N/A

1536

FLOPS

N/A	3686.4 Gigaflops

Vulkan Version

1.4

OpenCL Version

3.0 FP

OpenGL Version

ES 3.2

DirectX Version

N/A

12.1

AI

NPU

Hexagon

Image Processing Engine

N/A	Qualcomm Spectra

Memory

Memory Type

LPDDR5X

Memory Speed

5.3 GHz

Bus

N/A

4x16 Bit

Memory Max bandwidth

N/A

84.8 Gb/s

Memory Max size

N/A

24 GB

Storage Type

UFS 5.0

UFS 4.1

Camera

Image Signal Processor (ISP) Name

Qualcomm Spectra

ISP Bit Depth

20-bit

Max Camera Sensor Supported

320 MP

Camera Features (HDR, MFNR, ZSL)

N/A	Face detection, Auto Focus, Artificial Intelligence

Max Video Capture Resolution

UHD @ 120 FPS

8K @ 60 FPS

Slow Motion Video Capture

FHD @ 960 FPS

FHD @ 480 FPS

Video Capture Formats

Dolby Vision, HDR10, HDR10+, Hybrid Log Gamma (HLG)

Dolby Vision, HDR, HDR10, HDR10+, Hybrid Log Gamma (HLG)

Display

Max On-Device Display Resolution

N/A	UHD @ 240 Hz

Max External Display Resolution

8K @ 30 Hz

Max Refresh Rate

240 Hz

HDR Support

Yes

Color Depth

10 bit

Multimedia

Video Playback Resolution

8K @ 24,30 FPS

8K @ 60 FPS

Video Codecs

H.264 (AVC), H.265 (HEVC), AV1, VP8, VP9, APV

H.264 (AVC), H.264, H.265 (HEVC), H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9, APV

Audio Codecs

N/A	AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Modem Name

X105	Snapdragon X85

5G Support

Yes

Peak Download Speed

Up to 14800 Mbps

Up to 12500 Mbps

Peak Upload Speed

Up to 4200 Mbps

Up to 3700 Mbps

Wi-Fi Version

Wi-Fi Standard

a, ac, ax, b, be, g, n

Bluetooth Version

6.0

USB Version

N/A

3.1

Navigation

BeiDou, Galileo, Glonass, GPS, NavIC, QZSS

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