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

Comparing the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 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 Gen 5

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6

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Summary

Release Date

Sep, 2025

Sep, 2026

CPU

Octa core

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

5 GHz

Dual Core + Tri core + Tri core

Process Node

3 nm

2 nm

GPU

Adreno 840

Adreno

Memory Type

LPDDR5X

AnTuTu Score

4,026,656

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N/A

Geekbench Score

3,733/11,407

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N/A

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Benchmark

AnTuTu (The higher, the better)

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

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 4,033,382

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 N/A

CPU

1,135,707

N/A

GPU

1,497,128

N/A

Memory

539,535

N/A

861,012

N/A

Geekbench (The higher, the better)

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

Geekbench Single Core

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 3,733

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 N/A

Geekbench Multi Core

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 11,407

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 N/A

Benchmark Screenshots

AnTuTu Score:

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General

SoC Brand

Qualcomm

Title

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6

Model No

SM8850-AC

SM8975

Manufacturing

TSMC

N/A

CPU

Total Cores

Octa core

N/A

CPU

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

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

Architecture (The higher, the better)

64 bit

Process Node

3 nm

2 nm

Instruction Set

ARMv9.2-A

N/A

L1 Cache

192 KB

N/A

L2 Cache

12 MB

N/A

L3 Cache

16 MB

N/A

GPU

Adreno 840

Adreno

GPU Clock speed

1.2 GHz

N/A

Pipelines

N/A

Shading Units

512

N/A

Total Shaders

1536

N/A

FLOPS

3686.4 Gigaflops

N/A

Vulkan Version

1.4

OpenCL Version

3.0 FP

OpenGL Version

ES 3.2

DirectX Version

12.1

N/A

AI

NPU

Hexagon

Image Processing Engine

Qualcomm Spectra

N/A

Memory

Memory Type

LPDDR5X

Memory Speed

5.3 GHz

Bus

4x16 Bit

N/A

Memory Max bandwidth

84.8 Gb/s

N/A

Memory Max size

24 GB

N/A

Storage Type

UFS 4.1

UFS 5.0

Camera

Image Signal Processor (ISP) Name

Qualcomm Spectra

ISP Bit Depth

20-bit

Max Camera Sensor Supported

320 MP

Camera Features (HDR, MFNR, ZSL)

Face detection, Auto Focus, Artificial Intelligence

N/A

Max Video Capture Resolution

8K @ 60 FPS

UHD @ 120 FPS

Slow Motion Video Capture

FHD @ 480 FPS

FHD @ 960 FPS

Video Capture Formats

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

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

Display

Max On-Device Display Resolution

UHD @ 240 Hz

N/A

Max External Display Resolution

8K @ 30 Hz

Max Refresh Rate

240 Hz

HDR Support

Yes

Color Depth

10 bit

Multimedia

Video Playback Resolution

8K @ 60 FPS

8K @ 24,30 FPS

Video Codecs

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

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

Audio Codecs

AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

N/A

Connectivity

Modem Name

Snapdragon X85

X105

5G Support

Yes

Peak Download Speed

Up to 12500 Mbps

Up to 14800 Mbps

Peak Upload Speed

Up to 3700 Mbps

Up to 4200 Mbps

Wi-Fi Version

Wi-Fi Standard

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

Bluetooth Version

6.0

USB Version

3.1

N/A

Navigation

BeiDou, Galileo, Glonass, GPS, NavIC, QZSS

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