Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 vs MediaTek MT8166

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
MediaTek MT8166
8 Cores
8 Threads
4.6GHz Clock
4 Cores
4 Threads
2GHz Clock
Socket
Unknown
Socket
Unknown
iGPU
Adreno 840
3.69 TFLOPS FP32
iGPU
PowerVR GE8300 550MHz
20 GFLOPS FP32
GB6S 3,835
94%
GB6S N/A
0%
GB6M 12,350
46%
GB6M N/A
0%
CB23S N/A
0%
CB23S N/A
0%
CB23M N/A
0%
CB23M N/A
0%
Manufacturer
Qualcomm
Manufacturer
MediaTek
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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Cortex-A53
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Market Segment
Mobile
Market Segment
Mobile
Release Date
9/24/2025
Release Date
5/1/2021
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
TSMC
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Node
N3E
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Node
28nm HPM
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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
4 Cores
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8 Threads
2 P-Threads
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6 E-Threads
4 Threads
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P-Core
4.6GHz
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2GHz
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E-Core
3.62GHz
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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/Core
4-way set associative
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L1 Data
64KB/P-Core
2-way set associative
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64KB/E-Core
4-way set associative
L1 Data
16KB/Core
4-way set associative
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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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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
16Bit
Bus Width
32Bit
Clock
5300MHz
Transfer Rate
10600MT/s
Clock
1200MHz
Transfer Rate
2400MT/s
Bandwidth/Channel
21.2GB/s
Bandwidth
84.8GB/s
Bandwidth/Channel
4.8GB/s
Bandwidth
9.6GB/s
TDP
5W
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19W Peak
TDP
Unknown
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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
PowerVR GE8300 550MHz
16 Shaders
550MHz
20 GFLOPS FP32
Hexagon
No NPU
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ISP
Spectra
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Modem
Qualcomm
X85
5G mmWave
No Cellular
Speed
Up to 12500Mbps Download
Up to 3700Mbps Upload
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