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 Ace 6T
- 6.83-inch (2800×1272 pixels) 1.5K AMOLED display with 60/90/120/144/165Hz variable refresh rate, 3840Hz PWM dimming + DC dimming, OPPO Crystal Shield Glass protection
- Octa Core Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 3nm Mobile Platform with Adreno 840 GPU
- 12GB / 16GB LPDDR5X RAM, 256GB / 512GB / 1TB UFS 4.1 storage
- Dual SIM (nano + nano)
- Android 16 with ColorOS 16
- 50MP rear camera with 1/1.56″ Sony IMX906 sensor, f/1.8 aperture, OIS, 8MP 112° ultra-wide camera with f/2.2 aperture, 4K 60 fps video recording
- 16MP front-facing camera with f/2.4 aperture
- In-display ultrasonic fingerprint sensor, Infrared sensor
- USB Type-C audio, Stereo speakers
- Dust and water resistant (IP66/68/69/69K)
- 8300mAh battery with 100W SuperVOOC fast charging
iQOO, Honor, Meizu, Motorola, OnePlus and vivo to launch devices powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5, in the coming days.