Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 845

[ 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 845 (31/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5:
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (97 vs 31)
  • + Higher Performance score (99 vs 25)
[ WINNER ]
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

97/100
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 845

31/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
DeviceBenchmark Score 97.0 Excellent WINNER 31.0 Poor
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 25.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
Graphics test 20 FPS 2 FPS
Section 1 52 FPS —
Section 2 46 FPS —
Section 3 40 FPS —
Stability 67% 90%

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon 685

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
CPU 1112833 218886
GPU 1494722 99670
Memory 442350 111434
Total score 3950082 572788
UX 900177 142798

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
Architecture 2x 4.61 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Prime6x 3.63 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Performance 4x 2.8 GHz – Kryo 385 Gold (Cortex-A75)4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 385 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Cores 8 8
Frequency 4610 MHz 2800 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 192 KB 128 KB
L2 cache 12 MB 256 KB
L3 cache 12 MB 2 MB
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Process 3 nanometers 10 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) — 9 W
Transistor count — 3 billion

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
5G support Yes No
Bluetooth 6.0 5.0
Download speed Up to 12500 Mbps Up to 1200 Mbps
Modem Snapdragon X85 X20
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
Upload speed Up to 3700 Mbps Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi 7 5

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
API Vulkan Vulkan
Asset compression 421.8 MB/sec 99.6 MB/sec
Background blur 40.7 images/sec 5.59 images/sec
Edge detection 1 Gpixels/sec 0.19 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 24.9 images/sec 2.98 images/sec
Feature matching 0.36 Gpixels/sec 0.04 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.04 Gpixels/sec 0.18 Gpixels/sec
HDR 308.4 Mpixels/sec 67.5 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 238 pages/sec 66.6 pages/sec
Horizon detection 0.72 Gpixels/sec 0.14 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 330.6 images/sec 16.9 images/sec
PDF Renderer 286.6 Mpixels/sec 79.8 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4390.2 FPS 541.1 FPS
Photo processing 98.7 images/sec 19.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 14.1 Mpixels/sec 2.88 Mpixels/sec
Samples 79 tests 8 tests
Stereo matching 115.4 Gpixels/sec 1.24 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
DirectX version 12.1 12.1
FLOPS 3686.4 Gigaflops 727 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1200 MHz 710 MHz
OpenCL version 3.0 2.0
Pipelines 3 2
Shading units 512 256
Total shaders 1536 512
Vulkan version 1.4 1.1

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
Announced September 2025 December 2017
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number SM8850-AC SDM845
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 official site Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 official site
Successor — -Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
Bus 4x 16 Bit 2x 32 Bit
Max bandwidth 84.8 Gb/s 29.8 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 8 GB
Memory frequency 5300 MHz 1866 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max camera resolution 1x 320MP 1x 192MP
Max display resolution 3840 x 2540 3840 x 2160
Storage type UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1 UFS 2.1
Video capture 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9 - H.264- H.265- VP9
Video playback 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
Data manipulation score 15949 6714
Phones tested 13 models 3 models
Photo editing score 40273 18641
Video editing score 8052 6392
Web score 16855 7215
Writing score 26073 9480

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 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 —
📘 2026-05-17(Poco F1) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-05-29(Stanley) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-01(Ilyass) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-04(Bisfy) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-23(Dzikri Khairul) — CPU Throttle

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
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 —
1.Xiaomi Pocophone F1 — 595284
2.Google Pixel 3 XL — 568672
3.Google Pixel 3 — 564887
Phones with Snapdragon 845 — AnTuTu v11

Gaming

Gaming specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
Call of Duty: Mobile — 55 FPS[High]
Device — Xiaomi Pocophone F11080 x 2246
Fortnite — 28 FPS[Ultra]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang — 56 FPS[Ultra]
PUBG Mobile — 53 FPS[Ultra]
Shadowgun Legends — 48 FPS[High]
World of Tanks Blitz — 60 FPS[Ultra]

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