Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 vs Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

The 2nm Extreme against last year’s 3nm flagship

Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6

2nm · Sep 2026

Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

3nm · Sep 2025

Benchmarks

AnTuTu v12

56,86,809

AnTuTu v12

No score yet

Geekbench 7 Single

3,636

Geekbench 7 Single

2,898

Geekbench 7 Multi

12,349

Geekbench 7 Multi

9,451

3DMark Steel Nomad Light

4,396

3DMark Steel Nomad Light

2,789

Extreme figures are from Qualcomm reference devices at Snapdragon Summit. 8 Elite Gen 5 scores are from retail phones (Xiaomi 17 Ultra for Geekbench 7, iQOO 15 for 3DMark). No AnTuTu v12 score for the 8 Elite Gen 5 yet. We will update the scores once we have them.

Specification

8 Elite Extreme Gen 6Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6

8 Elite Gen 5Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

At A Glance

Vendor

Qualcomm

Announced

Sep 2026

Sep 2025

Process node

2nm

3nm

Part number

SM8975

SM8850-AC

SM8850-1-AD also listed

Qualcomm's Claimed Gains

CPU performance

+13%

vs 8 Elite Gen 5

Baseline

CPU efficiency

+37%

Baseline

GPU performance

+44%

Baseline

GPU efficiency

+40%

Baseline

NPU performance

+35%

Baseline

AI per watt

+33%

Baseline

CPU

Layout

2 prime + 6 performance

Performance cores up to 4.0GHz

2 prime + 6 performance

Performance cores up to 3.62GHz

Cores

Oryon

Custom-built, 64-bit

Oryon

3rd generation

Peak clock

5.0GHz

Reference device listed 5.11GHz

4.74GHz

4.6GHz version also offered

L2 cache

16MB

Oryon Flex Cache

Not listed

GPU and gaming

GPU

Adreno

Matrix cores, 18MB GPU memory

Adreno

18MB Adreno HPM

Ray tracing

Hardware

Lumen global illumination

Hardware

Lumen global illumination

Graphics APIs

Vulkan 1.4, OpenGL ES 3.2

OpenCL 3.0 FP

Vulkan 1.3, OpenGL ES 3.2

OpenCL 3.0 FP

Notable

Adreno Neural Fusion

Unreal Engine 5 Nanite, MegaLights

Unreal Engine 5

Nanite, Tile Memory Heap

AI and NPU

NPU

Hexagon

Reengineered, new Element Accelerator

Hexagon

Fused AI accelerator

Design

12S + 8V + 1T + 1E

Scalar, vector, tensor, element

12S + 8V + 1A

Scalar, vector, accelerator

Gen-on-gen

35% faster

33% better per watt, vs 8 Elite Gen 5

37% faster

16% better per watt, vs 8 Elite

Precision

INT2 to FP16

INT2, INT4, INT8, INT16, FP8, FP16

INT2 to FP16

INT2, INT4, INT8, INT16, FP8, FP16

Always-on

Sensing Hub

Dual micro NPUs

Sensing Hub

Dual micro NPUs

Memory and storage

Memory

LPDDR5X and LPDDR6

Up to 24GB

LPDDR5X

Up to 24GB

Memory speed

5300MHz

Storage

UFS 5.0

UFS 4.1

Camera and ISP

ISP

Spectra

Triple AI ISP

Spectra

Triple AI ISP

ISP bit depth

20-bit

Max sensor

320MP

Triple camera

64 + 64 + 64MP

Zero shutter lag

48 + 48 + 48MP

Zero shutter lag

Video capture

8K60

4K120

Slow motion

4K240

1080p960

1080p480

Display and video

On-device display

4K+ 120Hz

QHD+ 240Hz

4K+ 120Hz

QHD+ 240Hz

External display

4K 120Hz

8K 30Hz

4K 120Hz

8K 30Hz

HDR

Dolby Vision, HDR10+

HDR10, HDR Vivid

Dolby Vision, HDR10+

HDR10, HDR Vivid

Video decode

H.266, H.265, AV1, VP9

H.265, AV1, VP9

8K60 HDR playback

Video encode

APV

Advanced Professional Video

HEVC, APV

10-bit

Cellular

Modem

X105 5G

X85 5G

3GPP release

Release 19

Release 18

mmWave

Supported

8 carriers, 2x2 MIMO

Supported

8 carriers, 2x2 MIMO

Peak download

14.8Gbps

6xCA, 500MHz

12.5Gbps

6xCA, 400MHz

Peak upload

4.2Gbps

3.7Gbps

Uplink MIMO

UL 4-layer CA

200MHz, switched uplink

UL 4-layer CA

200MHz, switched uplink

SIM

Turbo DSDA

3CC + 1CC

Turbo DSDA

3CC + 1CC

Satellite

NR-NTN and NB-NTN

NB-NTN

Modem power saving

5G PowerSave

Wi-Fi and connectivity

Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi 8

FastConnect 8800

Wi-Fi 7

FastConnect 7900

Wi-Fi peak

11.6Gbps

5.8Gbps

Wi-Fi notable

4x4 system

HBS multi-link, 3x gigabit range

4K QAM

320MHz, HBS multi-link

Bluetooth

6.0

LE Audio, HDT, Channel Sounding

6.0

LE Audio, Channel Sounding

UWB

Supported

FiRa, CCC, Aliro 1.0

Supported

FiRa, CCC

Navigation

Triple-band GNSS

GPS, BeiDou, Galileo, NavIC

Triple-band GNSS

GPS, BeiDou, Galileo, NavIC

USB

USB 3.1 Gen 2

Charging

Quick Charge 5

Security

3D Sonic Max

SPU, TEE, hypervisor

3D Sonic Max

SPU, TEE, hypervisor

Audio

Audio platform

Snapdragon Sound

Wireless codecs

aptX Lossless

aptX Adaptive, XPAN

aptX Lossless

aptX Adaptive, XPAN

Audio codec

Aqstic

Smart speaker amplifier, Speaker Max

Aqstic

Smart speaker amplifier

Specifications from the manufacturers’ official spec sheets · Updated 2026-09-23