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CPU
Architecture
2x 3.8 GHz –6x 3.32 GHz –
2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A756x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Frequency
3800 MHz
2000 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
ARMv8.2-A
Process
3 nm
12 nm
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Graphics
GPU name
Adreno 829
Mali-G52 MP2
GPU frequency
1200 MHz
950 MHz
Shading units
512
24
Vulkan version
1.4
1.3
OpenCL version
3.0
2.0
DirectX version
12.1
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Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR4X
Memory frequency
4800 MHz
1800 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
76.8 Gb/s
13.41 Gbit/s
AI
NPU
Hexagon
Yes
Multimedia (ISP)
Storage type
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
Max display resolution
3840 x 2540
2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP
1x 48MP
Video capture
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
2K at 30FPS
Video playback
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
2K at 30FPS
Video codecs
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9
H.264, H.265, VP9
Audio codecs
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
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5G support
Yes
No
Download speed
Up to 10000 Mbps
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Upload speed
Up to 3500 Mbps
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Wi-Fi
7
5
Bluetooth
6.0
5.4
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Info
Announced
Nov 2025
Aug 2024
Class
Flagship
Low end
Model number
SM8845
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Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
3,561,559
262,145
Geekbench 6
2,749
420
Geekbench 6
9,860
1,391
FP32 (float)
2,457
91
▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.