Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
4x 2.5 GHz – Krait
2x 4.61 GHz –6x 3.63 GHz –
Frequency
2500 MHz
4610 MHz
Cores
4
8
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache
128 KB
1792 KB
L2 cache
0
24 MB
Process
28 nm
3 nm
Transistor count
1
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TDP
6 W
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Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
L3 cache
—
8 MB
Graphics
GPU name
Adreno 330
Adreno 840
GPU frequency
578 MHz
1200 MHz
Execution units
1
—
Shading units
128
512
Vulkan version
1.0
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OpenCL version
1.2
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DirectX version
11
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Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR3
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
933 MHz
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Bus
2x 32 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
14.9 Gbit/s
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Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
No
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Storage type
eMMC 5.0
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Max display resolution
2560 x 2048
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Max camera resolution
1x 21MP
1x 320MP
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 5
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
No
Yes
Download speed
Up to 150 Mbps
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Upload speed
Up to 50 Mbps
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Wi-Fi
5
7
Bluetooth
4.0
6.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Info
Announced
Feb 2014
Sep 2025
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
MSM8974 v3
SM8850
AI
NPU
—
Hexagon
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
126,118
3,115,282
FP32 (float)
148
3,686
Geekbench 6
—
3,834
Geekbench 6
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12,396
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.