Qualcomm unveiled the powerful Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 processor
By ForGeeks
Qualcomm has followed the launch of the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 with another high-performance chip for flagship Android smartphones — the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5. It’s a more affordable version of the current top-end processor, but it still offers a serious power boost.
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 is a more affordable version of the current top-end processor.
Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 (SM8845) is manufactured by TSMC using a 3nm process, just like the Elite version. It gets the same CPU configuration (2 + 6 cores: two high-performance cores and six performance cores), as well as Adreno 840 graphics. However, the CPU and GPU frequencies are lower than the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5.
The main cores run at 3.8GHz, and the performance cores — at 3.32GHz. Qualcomm claims the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 is 36 percent faster in CPU, 11 percent more powerful in graphics, 46 percent faster in AI tasks, and 13 percent more power efficient compared to the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 released two years ago.
The Adreno 840 in this version lacks the Adreno HPM high-speed memory, so graphics performance is slightly lower than the Elite model. Still, there’s hardware ray tracing acceleration, support for Frame Motion Engine 2.1, HDR gaming, and Game Super Resolution technology.
Addreno 840 doesn’t have the high-speed Adreno HPM memory, so the graphics performance is a bit lower than the Elite model.
For AI tasks, the chip features the latest Hexagon NPU with multimodal data processing right on the device.
A triple 20-bit Spectra ISP with AI processing is responsible for the cameras. It supports sensors up to 320 MP and can simultaneously handle three 48 MP cameras with no shutter lag (30 fps) or one 108 MP camera at the same time. Video recording up to 4K 120 fps is supported, but there is no 8K — an option available only on the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5.
The chip can record video in Dolby Vision, HDR10, HDR10+ and HLG, and it also supports Ultra HDR (Samsung’s Super HDR) and Samsung’s professional APV codec. It can shoot 4K 60 fps with AI video segmentation, skin and sky tone enhancement, noise reduction, and night scene enhancement.
For example, the camera can capture 4K 60 fps video with AI video segmentation, skin and sky tone enhancement, noise reduction, and night scene enhancement.
Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 supports up to 24GB of LPDDR5X (up to 4800MHz) and UFS 4.1 storage. It’s capable of running 4K+ screens at 120Hz or QHD+ at 240Hz.
The X80 5G modem is responsible for connectivity, with support for mmWave and sub-6GHz, SA and NSA modes, speeds up to 10Gbps download and 3.5Gbps upload. There’s also Dual SIM Dual Active 5G.
Other features include: multi-system GNSS (BeiDou, Galileo, GPS, NavIC, QZSS), Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6.0, UWB, USB 3.1 Gen 2, Bluetooth LE/LE Audio/Auracast, aptX Adaptive and aptX Lossless. The chip supports Qualcomm’s 3D Sonic and Sonic Max ultrasonic fingerprint scanners.
The chip supports Qualcomm 3D Sonic and Sonic Max ultrasonic fingerprint scanners.
Qualcomm has confirmed that Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 will appear in iQOO, Motorola, OnePlus and Vivo models in the coming months.
