Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 865

[ 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 865 (41/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5:
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (97 vs 41)
  • + Higher Performance score (99 vs 37)
[ WINNER ]
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

97/100
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 865

41/100
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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 865
DeviceBenchmark Score 97.0 Excellent WINNER 41.0 Poor
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 37.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
Graphics test 20 FPS 6 FPS
Section 1 52 FPS —
Section 2 46 FPS —
Section 3 40 FPS —
Stability 67% 99%

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon 698

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
CPU 1112833 385127
GPU 1494722 148169
Memory 442350 166070
Total score 3950082 978910
UX 900177 279544

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
Architecture 2x 4.61 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Prime6x 3.63 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Performance 1x 2.84 GHz – Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77)3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77)4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Cores 8 8
Frequency 4610 MHz 2840 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 192 KB 512 KB
L2 cache 12 MB 1 MB
L3 cache 12 MB 4 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 7 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) — 5 W
Transistor count — 10.3 billion

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 22
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 6.0 5.1
Download speed Up to 12500 Mbps Up to 7500 Mbps
Modem Snapdragon X85 X55
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Upload speed Up to 3700 Mbps Up to 3000 Mbps
Wi-Fi 7 6

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
API Vulkan OpenCL
Asset compression 421.8 MB/sec 149.1 MB/sec
Background blur 40.7 images/sec 11 images/sec
Edge detection 1 Gpixels/sec 0.22 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 24.9 images/sec 1.97 images/sec
Feature matching 0.36 Gpixels/sec 0.02 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.04 Gpixels/sec 0.18 Gpixels/sec
HDR 308.4 Mpixels/sec 106.3 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 238 pages/sec 87.2 pages/sec
Horizon detection 0.72 Gpixels/sec 0.17 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 330.6 images/sec 77 images/sec
PDF Renderer 286.6 Mpixels/sec 125.3 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4390.2 FPS 567.3 FPS
Photo processing 98.7 images/sec 32.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 14.1 Mpixels/sec 4.29 Mpixels/sec
Samples 79 tests 52 tests
Stereo matching 115.4 Gpixels/sec 9.05 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
DirectX version 12.1 12.1
FLOPS 3686.4 Gigaflops 901.6 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1200 MHz 587 MHz
OpenCL version 3.0 2.0
Pipelines 3 3
Shading units 512 256
Total shaders 1536 768
Vulkan version 1.4 1.1

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
Announced September 2025 December 2019
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number SM8850-AC SM8250-AB
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 official site Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 official site
Successor — -Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 84.8 Gb/s 44 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 16 GB
Memory frequency 5300 MHz 2750 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max camera resolution 1x 320MP 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP
Max display resolution 3840 x 2540 3840 x 2160
Storage type UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1 UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
Video capture 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9 - H.264- H.265- VP8- VP9
Video playback 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
Data manipulation score 15949 8658
Phones tested 13 models 14 models
Photo editing score 40273 29642
Video editing score 8052 5874
Web score 16855 9557
Writing score 26073 14782

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
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 —
📘 2026-07-21->lightareof — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-23(Teddy) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-24(Catdors) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-03->penguin_1234 — GeekBench GPU
📘 2026-08-09(May) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-17->Rennsport — AnTuTu

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
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 Mi 10 Pro — 1049872
10.Xiaomi Poco F2 Pro — 970530
2.Xiaomi Mi 10T — 1005146
3.OnePlus 8 — 1003562
4.Oppo Find X2 Pro — 992401
5.OnePlus 8T — 990988
6.Sony Xperia 5 II — 986701
7.Samsung Galaxy S20 FE 5G — 982474
8.Xiaomi Mi 10T Pro — 980370
9.Sony Xperia 1 II — 973499
Phones with Snapdragon 865 — AnTuTu v11

Gaming

Gaming specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
Call of Duty: Mobile — 61 FPS[Ultra]
Device — Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro1080 x 2340
Fortnite — 30 FPS[Ultra]
Genshin Impact — 60 FPS[Ultra]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang — 59 FPS[Ultra]
PUBG Mobile — 60 FPS[Ultra]
World of Tanks Blitz — 60 FPS[Ultra]

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