The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 for Galaxy (SM8850-AC) is a high-end SoC (System on a Chip) for smartphones that was introduced at the end of 2025. It integrates two fast Oryon Gen 3 Prime Cores with up to 4.74 GHz and 6 smaller Oryon Gen 3 Performance Cores with up to 3.6 GHz. Compared to the normal variant, the "for Galaxy" variant offers slightly higher clock speeds for the CPU and GPU (+100 MHz).
The integrated X85 5G modem supports 5G NR Sub-6 and mmWave with up to 12.5 Gbit/s download and 3.7 Gbit/s upload.
The quad-channel 16-bit memory controller (total 64-bit) supports LPDDR5X-5300 MHz with a maximum bandwidth of 84.8 GB/s.
The single-core performance of the large Prime Cores is outstanding and is on a par with the Apple A19 Pro SoC at the top of the smartphone processors. Under multi-core load, things look even better and the SD 8 Elite Gen 5 can outperform the A19 Pro by 21% and remains only just behind a 9-core Apple M4.
The chip is manufactured in the modern N3P process at TSMC (3nm).
| Codename | Oryon v3 | ||||||||||||
| Series | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 | ||||||||||||
Series: Snapdragon 8 Oryon v3
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| Clock Rate | 3630 - 4740 MHz | ||||||||||||
| Level 2 Cache | 24 MB | ||||||||||||
| Level 3 Cache | 8 MB | ||||||||||||
| Number of Cores / Threads | 8 / 8 2 x 4.7 GHz Qualcomm Oryon Gen 3 Prime 6 x 3.6 GHz Qualcomm Oryon Gen 3 Performance | ||||||||||||
| Manufacturing Technology | 3 nm | ||||||||||||
| Die Size | 126.2 mm2 | ||||||||||||
| Features | Adreno GPU, Spectra ISP, Hexagon, X80 5G Modem, Wi-Fi 7, LPDDR5x 4800 | ||||||||||||
| GPU | Qualcomm Adreno 840 ( - 1300 MHz) | ||||||||||||
| 64 Bit | 64 Bit support | ||||||||||||
| Architecture | ARM | ||||||||||||
| Announcement Date | 02/28/2026 | ||||||||||||
| Product Link (external) | www.qualcomm.com | ||||||||||||
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