Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 821
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 3.8 GHz –6x 3.32 GHz –
2x 2.342 GHz – Kryo2x 1.6 GHz – Kryo
Frequency
3800 MHz
2342 MHz
Cores
8
4
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
ARMv8-A
Process
3 nm
14 nm
Manufacturing
TSMC
Samsung
L1 cache
—
64 KB
L2 cache
—
0
Transistor count
—
2
TDP
—
11 W
Graphics
GPU name
Adreno 829
Adreno 530
GPU frequency
1200 MHz
653 MHz
Shading units
512
256
Vulkan version
1.4
1.0
OpenCL version
3.0
2.0
DirectX version
12.1
11
Execution units
—
1
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR4
Memory frequency
4800 MHz
1866 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
76.8 Gb/s
29.8 Gbit/s
AI
NPU
Hexagon
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Multimedia (ISP)
Storage type
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0
Max display resolution
3840 x 2540
3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP
1x 28MP, 2x 13MP
Video capture
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video codecs
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Audio codecs
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Neural processor (NPU)
—
Hexagon 680
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 12
5G support
Yes
No
Download speed
Up to 10000 Mbps
Up to 600 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 3500 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi
7
5
Bluetooth
6.0
4.1
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Info
Announced
Nov 2025
Aug 2016
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
SM8845
MSM8996 Pro-AC
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
3,561,559
—
Geekbench 6
2,749
391
Geekbench 6
9,860
797
FP32 (float)
2,457
334
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.