Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of the characteristics and performance of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 mobile processors. This comparison will help you determine which one best suits your needs.
Basic
Label Name
Qualcomm
Qualcomm
Launch Date
November 2022
September 2025
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
SmartPhone Flagship
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Model Name
SM8550-AB
SM8850
Architecture
1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X3
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A715
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A710
3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A715
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A710
3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510
2x 4.61 GHz –
6x 3.63 GHz –
6x 3.63 GHz –
Cores
8
8
Technology
4 nm
3 nm
Frequency
3200 MHz
4610 MHz
Instruction set
ARMv9-A
ARMv9.2-A
GPU Specifications
GPU name
Adreno 740
Adreno 840
GPU frequency
680 MHz
1200 MHz
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
-
FLOPS
3.4816 TFLOPS
3.6864 TFLOPS
Execution units
2
-
Shading units
1280
512
OpenCL version
2.0
-
Vulkan version
1.1
-
DirectX version
12.1
-
Connectivity
Download speed
Up to 10000 Mbps
-
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
Yes
Yes
Bluetooth
5.3
6.0
Wi-Fi
7
7
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
Memory type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
4200 MHz
-
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
L2 Cache
1 MB
-
L3 cache
-
16 MB
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP
1x 320MP
Storage type
UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
Video playback
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
Hexagon
TDP
6.3 W
-
Advantages
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
- Higher Technology: 3 nm (4 nm vs 3 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 4610 MHz (3200 MHz vs 4610 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: September 2025 (November 2022 vs September 2025)
Geekbench 6
Single Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
1993
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
+94%
3872
Multi Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
5328
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
+130%
12272
FP32 (float)
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
3377
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
+10%
3723
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
1568165
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
+97%
3084129
AntuTu 11
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
1757044
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
+125%
3950082
SiliconCat Rating
47
Ranks 47 among all SOC on our website
8
Ranks 8 among all SOC on our website
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
