Snapdragon 8 Gen 5: Benchmarks and Specs

Qualcomm has officially launched the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5, which is a premium chipset, but sits right below the flagship Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5. It brings the same powerful Oryon v3 CPU cores, but runs at lower clock speeds. Interestingly, the Adreno GPU is also the same, but with some minor downgrades. So we have put together all the details about the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 and its expected benchmark scores.

Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 Features Oryon v3 CPU

The Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 features 3rd-gen Oryon CPU cores, the ones available on the flagship Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5. However, the peak frequency for two prime cores has been reduced to 3.8GHz (down from 4.6GHz), and six performance cores have a peak frequency of 3.32GHz (down from 3.62GHz).

Apart from that, the processor is manufactured on TSMC's 3nm (N3P) process node, and packs the Adreno 840 GPU. While you get HW-accelerated Ray Tracing, there is no support for Adreno High Performance Memory (HPM) which is available on the SD 8 Elite Gen 5. In addition, there are two GPU slices instead of three on the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5. Finally, you get Adreno Frame Motion Engine 2.1 instead of 3.0.

Next, compared to the SD 8 Elite Gen 5, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 has support for relatively slower memory speeds. The LPDDR5X memory on the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 can go up to 4800MHz instead of 5300MHz.

As for the comparison with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, Qualcomm claims the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 delivers 36% faster CPU performance and 11% improved GPU performance. Its CPU is also 42% more power efficient and the GPU can reduce power consumption by 28%. Overall, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 is positioned somewhere between the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 and last year's Snapdragon 8 Elite.

Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 AnTuTu Score (Rumored)

Although no detailed AnTuTu results for the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 have surfaced yet, reliable Chinese tipster DCS claims that the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 can achieve up to 3.4 million points on the latest AnTuTu V11 benchmark. For comparison, last year's Snapdragon 8 Elite is reported to score 3.3 million points on the AnTuTu V11 benchmark. 

Phones with Snapdragon 8 Gen 5

It's now confirmed that the OnePlus 15R is launching with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 on December 27. Other phone makers including iQOO, Realme, Vivo, and Motorola are also expected to release their smartphones with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 chipset in the coming months.

Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 Specs

The Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 is manufactured on TSMC's refined 3nm (N3P) process node, the same as the 8 Elite Gen 5. It also packs eight Oryon v3 CPU cores, but the maximum frequency is reduced to 3.8GHz. On the graphics front, you have the Adreno 840 GPU, but without high performance memory (HPM) and brings support for the older Adreno Frame Motion Engine 2.1.