Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 5

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

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Summary

Release Date

Nov, 2025

May, 2026

CPU

Octa core

(3.8 GHz, Dual Core + 3.32 GHz, Hexa Core)

Octa core

(2.6 GHz, Quad Core + 2 GHz, Quad core)

Process Node

3 nm

4 nm

GPU

Adreno 829

Adreno

Memory Type

LPDDR5X

LPDDR5

AnTuTu Score

3,098,258

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N/A

Geekbench Score

2,889/9,583

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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 Gen 5 3,098,258

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 5 N/A

CPU

951,159

N/A

GPU

1,064,381

N/A

Memory

506,796

N/A

575,922

N/A

Geekbench (The higher, the better)

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

Geekbench Single Core

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 2,889

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 5 N/A

Geekbench Multi Core

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 9,583

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 5 N/A

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AnTuTu Score:

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General

SoC Brand

Qualcomm

Title

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5

Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 5

Model No

SM8845

SM6850

Manufacturing

TSMC

CPU

Total Cores

Octa core

CPU

Octa core (3.8 GHz, Dual Core, Oryon + 3.32 GHz, Hexa Core, Oryon)

Octa core (2.6 GHz, Quad Core, Cortex A720 + 2 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A520)

Architecture (The higher, the better)

64 bit

Process Node

3 nm

4 nm

Instruction Set

ARMv9.2-A

ARMv9-A

L2 Cache

12 MB

N/A

GPU

Adreno 829

Adreno

GPU Clock speed

1.225 GHz

N/A

Pipelines

N/A

Shading Units

512

N/A

Total Shaders

1024

N/A

FLOPS

2508.8 Gigaflops

N/A

Vulkan Version

1.4

1.3

OpenCL Version

3.0 FP

OpenGL Version

ES 3.2

DirectX Version

12.1

N/A

AI

NPU

Hexagon

Image Processing Engine

Qualcomm Spectra

Spectra ISP

Memory

Memory Type

LPDDR5X

LPDDR5

Memory Speed

4.8 GHz

3.2 GHz

Bus

4x16 Bit

2x16 Bit

Memory Max bandwidth

76.8 Gb/s

25.6 Gb/s

Memory Max size

24 GB

16 GB

Storage Type

UFS 4.1

UFS 3.1

Camera

Image Signal Processor (ISP) Name

Qualcomm Spectra

Spectra

ISP Bit Depth

20-bit

12-bit

Max Camera Sensor Supported

320 MP

200 MP

Max Video Capture Resolution

8K @ 60 FPS

UHD @ 30 FPS

Slow Motion Video Capture

FHD @ 480 FPS

HD @ 240 FPS

Video Capture Formats

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

MP4

Display

Max On-Device Display Resolution

3840x2540

FHD+ @ 144 Hz

Max External Display Resolution

8K @ 30 Hz

N/A

Max Refresh Rate

240 Hz

144 Hz

HDR Support

Yes

Color Depth

10 bit

N/A

Multimedia

Video Playback Resolution

8K @ 60 FPS

UHD @ 30 FPS

Video Codecs

H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9

H.264, H.265, VP9

Audio Codecs

AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Modem Name

Snapdragon X80

Qualcomm 5G Modem-RF System

5G Support

Yes

Peak Download Speed

Up to 10000 Mbps

Up to 2800 Mbps

Peak Upload Speed

Up to 3500 Mbps

N/A

Wi-Fi Version

Wi-Fi Standard

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

a, ac, ax, b, be, g, n, n 5GHz

Bluetooth Version

6.0

Navigation

BeiDou, Galileo, Glonass, GPS, NavIC, QZSS

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