Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 870

[ 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 870 (44/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5:
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (97 vs 44)
  • + Higher Performance score (99 vs 43)
[ WINNER ]
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

97/100
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 870

44/100
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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 870
DeviceBenchmark Score 97.0 Excellent WINNER 44.0 Poor
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 43.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
Graphics test 20 FPS 7 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 870
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon 698

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
CPU 1112833 378231
GPU 1494722 155526
Memory 442350 174975
Total score 3950082 1010069
UX 900177 301337

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
Architecture 2x 4.61 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Prime6x 3.63 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Performance 1x 3.2 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 3200 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) — 6 W
Transistor count — 10.3 billion

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 22
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 6.0 5.2
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 870
API Vulkan OpenCL
Asset compression 421.8 MB/sec 160.2 MB/sec
Background blur 40.7 images/sec 12 images/sec
Edge detection 1 Gpixels/sec 0.26 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 24.9 images/sec 2.04 images/sec
Feature matching 0.36 Gpixels/sec 0.03 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.04 Gpixels/sec 0.21 Gpixels/sec
HDR 308.4 Mpixels/sec 108 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 238 pages/sec 86.7 pages/sec
Horizon detection 0.72 Gpixels/sec 0.19 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 330.6 images/sec 80 images/sec
PDF Renderer 286.6 Mpixels/sec 116.8 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4390.2 FPS 650.5 FPS
Photo processing 98.7 images/sec 33.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 14.1 Mpixels/sec 4.41 Mpixels/sec
Samples 79 tests 34 tests
Stereo matching 115.4 Gpixels/sec 10.3 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
DirectX version 12.1 12.1
FLOPS 3686.4 Gigaflops 1029.1 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1200 MHz 670 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 870
Announced September 2025 January 2021
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number SM8850-AC SM8250-AC
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 official site Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 official site

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
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 870
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 870
Data manipulation score 15949 9987
Phones tested 13 models 2 models
Photo editing score 40273 28690
Video editing score 8052 5825
Web score 16855 11701
Writing score 26073 15274

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
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 —
📘 2026-08-11(Disnaro 🇧🇷) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-13->EXR — GeekBench GPU
📘 2026-08-22(DAP) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-25(fx_one_love) — AnTuTu

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
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 Black Shark 4 — 1077688
2.Realme GT Neo 2 — 1074464
3.OnePlus 9R — 1032318
4.Xiaomi Poco F3 — 1014957
5.Xiaomi Poco F4 — 1002919
6.Xiaomi 12X — 994972
7.Realme GT Neo 3T — 939442
Phones with Snapdragon 870 — AnTuTu v11

Gaming

Gaming specifications comparison
Specification Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
Call of Duty: Mobile — 59 FPS[Ultra]
Device — Xiaomi Black Shark 41080 x 2400
Fortnite — 27 FPS[Ultra]
Genshin Impact — 49 FPS[Ultra]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang — 60 FPS[Ultra]
PUBG Mobile — 88 FPS[Ultra]
Shadowgun Legends — 102 FPS[Ultra]
World of Tanks Blitz — 107 FPS[Ultra]

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