Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

[ VERDICT ] Winner: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 (97/100)

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 (51/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5:
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (97 vs 51)
  • + Higher Performance score (99 vs 52)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2

51/100
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[ WINNER ]
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

97/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
DeviceBenchmark Score 51.0 Below Average 97.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 52.0 Below Average 99.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Graphics test 5 FPS 20 FPS
Stability 98% 67%
Section 1 — 52 FPS
Section 2 — 46 FPS
Section 3 — 40 FPS

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Neural processor (NPU) Yes Hexagon

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
CPU 532680 1112833
GPU 166554 1494722
Memory 232990 442350
Total score 1317007 3950082
UX 384783 900177

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Architecture 1x 2.91 GHz – Cortex-X23x 2.49 GHz – Cortex-A7104x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510 2x 4.61 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Prime6x 3.63 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Performance
Cores 8 8
Frequency 2910 MHz 4610 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache 1024 KB 192 KB
L2 cache 2 MB 12 MB
L3 cache 8 MB 12 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 4 nanometers 3 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 6 W —
Transistor count 10.2 billion —

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
4G support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 5.3 6.0
Download speed Up to 4400 Mbps Up to 12500 Mbps
Modem Snapdragon X62 Snapdragon X85
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Upload speed Up to 1600 Mbps Up to 3700 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 7

Gaming

Gaming specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Call of Duty: Mobile 59 FPS[Ultra] —
Device Xiaomi Poco F51080 x 2400 —
Fortnite 38 FPS[Ultra] —
Genshin Impact 53 FPS[Ultra] —
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang 114 FPS[Ultra] —
PUBG Mobile 77 FPS[Ultra] —
Shadowgun Legends 81 FPS[Ultra] —
World of Tanks Blitz 116 FPS[Ultra] —

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
API OpenCL Vulkan
Asset compression 182 MB/sec 421.8 MB/sec
Background blur 16.1 images/sec 40.7 images/sec
Edge detection 0.31 Gpixels/sec 1 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 3.36 images/sec 24.9 images/sec
Feature matching 0.03 Gpixels/sec 0.36 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.24 Gpixels/sec 2.04 Gpixels/sec
HDR 137.2 Mpixels/sec 308.4 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 116.1 pages/sec 238 pages/sec
Horizon detection 0.23 Gpixels/sec 0.72 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 112.4 images/sec 330.6 images/sec
PDF Renderer 137.9 Mpixels/sec 286.6 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 772.3 FPS 4390.2 FPS
Photo processing 40.5 images/sec 98.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 4.62 Mpixels/sec 14.1 Mpixels/sec
Samples 51 tests 79 tests
Stereo matching 11.3 Gpixels/sec 115.4 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
DirectX version 12.1 12.1
FLOPS 1187.8 Gigaflops 3686.4 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 580 MHz 1200 MHz
OpenCL version 2.0 3.0
Pipelines 2 3
Shading units 512 512
Total shaders 1024 1536
Vulkan version 1.1 1.4

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Announced March 2023 September 2025
Class Mid range Flagship
Model number SM7475-AB SM8850-AC
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 official site Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 official site

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 51.2 Gb/s 84.8 Gb/s
Max size 16 GB 24 GB
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 5300 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP 1x 320MP
Max display resolution 2560 x 1600 3840 x 2540
Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- VP8- VP9 - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-06-23(Doromon456) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-07-24->op1 GeekBench CPU —
📘 2026-07-25(Ac3X) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-08-09(emptyset0.00sec) CPU Throttle —
📘 2026-08-12(Koreia27) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-08-15(MobileEngineer Harway) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-08-19->2295031556Leon — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-21(Ilya) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-24(q_l8) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-24->Ang3L4D — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-25(Edwin3q) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-25(Hüseyn Alizade) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-25(erosado-pr) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-25(freqr) — AnTuTu

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
1.Realme GT Neo 5 SE 1416021 —
2.Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Turbo 1333299 —
3.Xiaomi Poco F5 1302969 —
Phones with Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 AnTuTu v11 —
1.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11S Pro Plus — 4716234
10.Honor Magic 8 — 4037547
2.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11S Pro — 4678468
3.Vivo iQOO 15 Ultra — 4602290
4.Vivo X300 Ultra — 4247433
5.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11 Pro Plus — 4244509
6.Oppo Find X9 Ultra — 4231988
7.Honor Robot Phone — 4166339
8.Honor Magic V6 — 4166339
9.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11 Pro — 4117238
Phones with Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 — AnTuTu v11

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Data manipulation score — 15949
Phones tested — 13 models
Photo editing score — 40273
Video editing score — 8052
Web score — 16855
Writing score — 26073

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