Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 vs HiSilicon Kirin 655

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
HiSilicon Kirin 655
8 Cores
8 Threads
4.6GHz Clock
8 Cores
8 Threads
2.12GHz Clock
Socket
Unknown
Socket
Unknown
iGPU
Adreno 840
3.69 TFLOPS FP32
iGPU
Mali-T830 MP2 900MHz
40 GFLOPS FP32
GB6S 3,835
94%
GB6S 190
5%
GB6M 12,350
46%
GB6M 745
3%
CB23S N/A
0%
CB23S N/A
0%
CB23M N/A
0%
CB23M N/A
0%
Manufacturer
Qualcomm
Manufacturer
HiSilicon
Architecture
Oryon 3
Architecture
ARMv8.0-A
Family
8 Series
Family
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Instruction Set (ISA)
AArch64
Instruction Set (ISA)
AArch64
Codename
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Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
P-Core
Pegasus-P
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E-Core
Pegasus-E
Codename
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P-Core
Cortex-A53
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E-Core
Cortex-A53
Market Segment
Mobile
Market Segment
Mobile
Release Date
9/24/2025
Release Date
10/1/2016
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
TSMC
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Node
N3E
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Node
16FF+
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Die Size
126 mm²
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Die Size
Unknown
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Transistor Count
Unknown
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Transistor Count
Unknown
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Unknown
Unknown
8 Cores
2 P-Cores
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6 E-Cores
8 Cores
4 P-Cores
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4 E-Cores
8 Threads
2 P-Threads
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6 E-Threads
8 Threads
4 P-Threads
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4 E-Threads
P-Core
4.6GHz
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P-Core
2.12GHz
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E-Core
3.62GHz
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E-Core
1.7GHz
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Overclocking
Locked
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Overclocking
Locked
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Integrated Chipset
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Integrated Chipset
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L0 Instruction
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L0 Instruction
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L0 Data
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L0 Data
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L1 Instruction
128KB/P-Core
4-way set associative
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64KB/E-Core
4-way set associative
L1 Instruction
16KB/P-Core
4-way set associative
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16KB/E-Core
4-way set associative
L1 Data
64KB/P-Core
2-way set associative
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64KB/E-Core
4-way set associative
L1 Data
16KB/P-Core
4-way set associative
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16KB/E-Core
4-way set associative
L2
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12MB Shared
12-way set associative
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12MB Shared (E-Core)
12-way set associative
L2
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1MB Shared
16-way set associative
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128KB/E-Core
4-way set associative
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8MB SLC Cache
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Channels
4
Channels
2
Max Memory
24GB
ECC
Not Supported
ECC
Not Supported
Bus Width/Channel
16Bit
Bus Width
64Bit
Bus Width/Channel
32Bit
Bus Width
64Bit
Clock
5300MHz
Transfer Rate
10600MT/s
Clock
933MHz
Transfer Rate
1866MT/s
Bandwidth/Channel
21.2GB/s
Bandwidth
84.8GB/s
Bandwidth/Channel
7.5GB/s
Bandwidth
14.9GB/s
TDP
5W
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19W Peak
TDP
5W
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Included Cooler
Not Included
Included Cooler
Not Included
No PCIe
No PCIe
Adreno 840
1536 Shaders
1200MHz
3.69 TFLOPS FP32
Mali-T830 MP2 900MHz
20 Shaders
900MHz
40 GFLOPS FP32
Hexagon
No NPU
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ISP
Spectra
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Modem
Qualcomm
X85
5G mmWave
Modem
HiSilicon
Balong 720
4G
Speed
Up to 12500Mbps Download
Up to 3700Mbps Upload
Speed
Up to 300Mbps Download
Up to 50Mbps Upload
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