Qualcomm has introduced Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 (SM8845). It offers 36% improvement in overall performance and a 76% enhancement in web browsing responsiveness compared to Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. Here are phones with Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 (SM8845) specifications
- 2 x Oryon Prime CPU at up to 3.8GHz, 6 x Oryon Performance CPUs at up to 3.32GHz
- 3nm Process Technology
- Built-in Qualcomm Snapdragon X80 5G modem-RF system
- 5G speeds of up to 10Gpbs down, mmWave: 8 carriers, 2×2 MIMO, Sub-6 GHz: 4×6 MIMO, Converged mmWave-sub-6 transceiver
Qualcomm Adreno next-gen GPU, Qualcomm Oryon CPU with hardware-based AI acceleration - Qualcomm Hexagon NPU, Fused AI accelerator architecture, 12 scalar + 8 vector + 1 accelerator configuration, Hexagon Direct Link, Micro Tile Inferencing, Concurrency support, 64-bit memory virtualization, Support for INT2, INT4, INT8, INT16, FP8, FP16 precisions, including mix precision, Support for Gen AI model encryption for extra security
- Snapdragon Game Super Resolution, Adreno Frame Motion Engine 2.1, Snapdragon Game Post Processing Accelerator
- HDR gaming (10-bit color depth, Rec. 2020 color gamut), Snapdragon Shadow Denoiser
- API support: OpenGL® ES 3.2, OpenCL™ 3.0 FP, Vulkan® 1.3
- Hardware-accelerated H.265, VP9, AV1 decoder, HDR Playback Codec support for HDR10+, HDR10, HLG, and Dolby Vision
- Up to 48MP triple camera, Up to 108 MP single camera with ZSL, Up to 108 MP single camera @ 30FPS with Zero Shutter Lag, Up to 320-megapixel photo capture, Qualcomm Spectra Image Signal Processor – Triple 20-bit AI-ISPs
Engine for Visual Analytics (EVA) 5.0 with significant quality - improvement in local motion estimation (optical flow), Support for the latest HDR, LOFIC, DCG+VS, DCG, Staggered, QDOL, Less
- Blanking, and Multi-Frame HDR image sensors
- Rec. 2020 color gamut photo and video capture, Up to 10-bit color depth photo and video capture
10-bit HEIF: HEIC photo capture, HEVC video capture, Google Ultra HDR photo capture - Video capture HDR formats: HDR10+, HDR10, HLG, Dolby Vision, 8K HDR video playback @ 30 FPS, 4K video capture @ 120 FPS, Slow-mo video at 1080p @ 480 FPS, Night Vision 3.0 low-light video capture, Video super resolution, Massive Multi-Frame
- Noise Reduction with AI, AI Video Processing, Enhanced AI video segmentation @ 4K60 FPS, Real-time AI skin and sky tone adjustments in 4K60 FPS
- On-Device Display Support: 4K+ @ 120Hz,QHD+ @ 240Hz, Maximum External Display Support: Up to 4K @ 120Hz Up to 8K @ 30Hz, Scaling and Detail Enhancement, 10-bit color depth, Rec. 2020 color gamut, HDR10, HDR10+, HDR vivid, and Dolby Vision
- HDR, Display Uniformity Correction, Display Aging Compensation
- Support for LP-DDR5x memory up to 4800 MHz, Memory Density: Up to 24 GB
- Qualcomm FastConnect 7900 Mobile Connectivity System: Wi-Fi 7 Peak speed: 5.8 Gbps, Wi-Fi 7 802.11be, 802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6)
- Multi-gigabit, Integrated 802.11ac 2×2 (2-stream) MU-MIMO, 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz and 6GHz, Bluetooth 6.0, LE Audio, Dual Bluetooth antennas, Integrated Ultra Wideband (UWB), IEEE 802.15.4z, FiRA, CCC
- Snapdragon Sound Technology Suite: Qualcomm aptX Adaptive and aptX Lossless audio, Qualcomm Expanded Personal Area Network (XPAN) technology, Qualcomm Aqstic audio codec, Qualcomm Aqstic smart speaker amplifier: Total, Harmonic
- Distortion + Noise (THD+N) Playback: -108dB, Qualcomm Aqstic Speaker Max, Qualcomm Audio and Voice Communication Suite, Spatial audio with head-tracking, Qualcomm Closed Loop Smart Haptics
- Concurrent GPS, Glonass, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS, NavIC, Triple frequency GNSS (L1/L2C/L5), AI-based GNSS Location Gen 3, Sensor-Assisted Positioning 6.0, Urban pedestrian navigation with sidewalk accuracy, Global freeway lane-level vehicle navigation
- USB Version 3.1 Gen 2; USB Type-C Support, UFS 4.0
- Qualcomm Quick Charge 5 technology
Phones with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
OnePlus will be the first company to use the chip in its OnePlus Ace 6T in China first, and will launch as OnePlus 15R globally.
iQOO, Honor, Meizu, Motorola, OnePlus and vivo to launch devices powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5, in the coming days.