Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

SOC Qualcomm
The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 is a SOC manufactured by Qualcomm, built on Qualcomm's officially announced 3 nm process technology. This processor features a 8-core architecture design, equipped with 8 MB of L3 cache. Overall specifications are targeted at mainstream high-performance application scenarios.
Process
3 nm
Cores
8
L1 cache
1792 KB
Memory Type
LPDDR5X

CPU

Architecture
2x 4.61 GHz –6x 3.63 GHz –
Frequency
4610 MHz
Cores
8
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache
1792 KB
L2 cache
24 MB
L3 cache
8 MB
Process
3 nm
Manufacturing
TSMC

Graphics

GPU name
Adreno 840
GPU frequency
1200 MHz
Shading units
512

Memory

Memory Type
LPDDR5X
Bus
4x 16 Bit

AI

NPU
Hexagon

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP
Video capture
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9
Audio codecs
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV

Connectivity

4G support
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
Yes
Wi-Fi
7
Bluetooth
6.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced
Sep 2025
Class
Flagship
Model number
SM8850

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