Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 4.61 GHz –6x 3.63 GHz –
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)
Frequency
4610 MHz
3200 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache
1792 KB
512 KB
L2 cache
24 MB
0
L3 cache
8 MB
0
Process
3 nm
7 nm
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Transistor count
—
10.3
TDP
—
6 W
Graphics
GPU name
Adreno 840
Adreno 650
GPU frequency
1200 MHz
670 MHz
Shading units
512
512
Execution units
—
2
Vulkan version
—
1.1
OpenCL version
—
2.0
DirectX version
—
12.1
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR5
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Memory frequency
—
2750 MHz
Max bandwidth
—
44 Gbit/s
AI
NPU
Hexagon
—
Multimedia (ISP)
Storage type
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP
1x 200MP, 2x 25MP
Video capture
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video playback
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
Audio codecs
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Neural processor (NPU)
—
Hexagon 698
Max display resolution
—
3840 x 2160
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 22
5G support
Yes
Yes
Wi-Fi
7
6
Bluetooth
6.0
5.2
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Download speed
—
Up to 7500 Mbps
Upload speed
—
Up to 3000 Mbps
Info
Announced
Sep 2025
Jan 2021
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
SM8850
SM8250-AC
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
3,115,282
810,488
Geekbench 6
3,834
1,151
Geekbench 6
12,396
3,336
FP32 (float)
3,686
1,372
▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.