CPUSmartphoneReleased Nov 26, 2025

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5

8C/8T · 3.8 GHz

The Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 (SM8845) was announced on November 26, 2025 as a step below the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, bringing third-generation Oryon CPU cores to more affordable flagship phones. It runs two prime cores at up to 3.8 GHz and six performance cores at up to 3.32 GHz, and Qualcomm rates it 36% faster in CPU, 11% faster in GPU and 46% faster in NPU performance than the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. The Adreno 829 GPU supports hardware ray tracing, and the chip integrates the Snapdragon X80 5G modem with NB-NTN satellite messaging and FastConnect 7900 with Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6.0 and UWB.

General

Manufacturer: Qualcomm
Model: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
Segment: Smartphone
Generation: Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
Codename: —
Architecture: ARM64
Microarchitecture: Oryon 3rd gen (2× Prime + 6× Performance)
Release date: Nov 26, 2025
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Cores & clocks

Cores / threads: 8 cores / 8 threadsS2+P6
Base clock: —
Boost clock: 3.80 GHz
TDP (design W): —
Unlocked: ✕ No
L2 cache: 16 MB
L3 cache: —
Technology (nm): 3 nm

Platform

Socket: —
2-CPU (multi-socket): ✕ No
Integrated GPU: Adreno 829
Clock: 1,225 MHz
Memory type: LPDDR5X-9600
4-channel
Memory size: Up to 24 GB
ECC memory: —
PCIe: —

Instructions & AI

Instruction extensions: Armv9.3-A
NPU: Qualcomm Hexagon NPU

OS support

Notes: Android smartphone platform. Qualcomm ships it with Android and provides no Windows, ChromeOS or desktop Linux support; mainstream Linux distributions publish no official image for this SoC.

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