Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 5
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 5 is a SmartPhone Mid range platform from Qualcomm. It began to be released in May 2026. The SoC has 8 cores produced using 4 nm technology. And it also has a maximum frequency of 2.6 GHz. Its characteristics, as well as benchmark results, are presented in more detail below.
Basic
Label Name
Qualcomm
Platform
SmartPhone Mid range
Launch Date
May 2026
Model Name
Snapdragon 6 Gen 5
Architecture
4x 2.6 GHz - Kryo Performance; 4x 2.0 GHz - Kryo Efficiency
Cores
8
Technology
4 nm
Frequency
2.6 GHz
Instruction set
64-bit
GPU Specifications
GPU name
Qualcomm Adreno GPU
Max display resolution
FHD+ at 144 Hz
OpenCL version
OpenCL 2.0 FP
Vulkan version
Vulkan 1.3
Connectivity
4G support
5G/4G DSDA
5G support
Sub-6 GHz 5G; SA and NSA; TDD and FDD; TDD-FDD aggregation; DSS; 140 MHz bandwidth; downlink up to 2.8 Gbps; Release 17
Bluetooth
Bluetooth 6.0; LE Audio; Bluetooth Channel Sounding
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 7; 802.11be, 802.11ax, 802.11ac, 802.11a/b/g/n; up to 5.8 Gbps; up to 320 MHz channels
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS, NavIC; dual-frequency GNSS L1 + L5
Memory Specifications
Memory type
LP-DDR4x, LP-DDR5
Memory frequency
LP-DDR4x: 2100 MHz; LP-DDR5: 3200 MHz
Miscellaneous
Audio codecs
Qualcomm Aqstic audio codec; Qualcomm Aqstic smart speaker amplifier; Snapdragon Sound; Qualcomm XPAN
Max camera resolution
200 MP; 64 MP single camera with ZSL; 16 MP + 16 MP dual camera with ZSL
Storage type
UFS 3.1
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, HEVC, VP9, HLG
Video playback
Hardware-accelerated H.265 and VP9 decoder; HLG HDR playback
Video capture
4K HDR video capture at 30 FPS; 720p slow-motion video capture at 240 FPS; HEVC and H.264 video capture
