Xiaomi 15 is apt to beryllium the archetypal smartphone to motorboat with Snapdragn 8 Elite spot (Image credit: Weibo)
Qualcomm is hosting its yearly tech Snapdragon acme a spot aboriginal this twelvemonth (October 21-23), wherever the institution has confirmed to present its adjacent flagship mobile chip, featuring Oryon CPU cores, akin to Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X Elite/Plus chips for laptops. Considering the nomenclature that the marque follows, it was expected to beryllium called the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4. However, caller reports hint that Qualcomm’s adjacent flagship mobile spot could beryllium called the Snapdragon 8 Elite.
It’s happening. @Qualcomm Oryon, the unthinkable CPU down #SnapdragonXSeries, is coming to our adjacent gen 8-series mobile platform! Get acceptable for the adjacent procreation of mobile gaming, coming to you astatine #SnapdragonSummit, Oct 21-23. pic.twitter.com/vjZLsc74OR
— Snapdragon (@Snapdragon) July 26, 2024
Just similar the past fewer years, Xiaomi’s flagship smartphone, Xiaomi 15, volition beryllium the archetypal marque to present a smartphone powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite, reports Smartprix. Brands similar OnePlus and iQOO volition consequently present Snapdragon 8 Elite-powered phones successful China, conscionable successful clip for the Chinese 11/11 festival, besides known arsenic Single’s Day.
What other bash we cognize astir the Snapdragon 8 Elite?
The upcoming Snapdragon 8 Elite volition beryllium a flagship spot and it is expected to acceptable caller records connected AnTuTu. According to a leaked AnTuTu score, the Snapdragon 8 Elite tin present implicit 3 cardinal points connected the benchmark, making it the astir susceptible mobile chip. Similarly, connected Geekbench 6, a CPU benchmarking tool, the Snapdragon 8 Elite has posted 3,000 single-core points and 10,628 points connected multi-core CPU tests, again, immoderate of the highest numbers seen from a smartphone chip.
This boost successful show is the effect of the customized ARM-based Oryon CPU cores, which connection enhanced show and efficiency. The Snapdragon 8 Elite is reported to see an octa-core CPU clump with 2 high-performance cores, a timepiece velocity of 4 GHz, and six ratio cores with a timepiece velocity of 2.7 GHz. The processor is said to person a powerfulness budget of 14.2 watts, indicating astir phones with the Snapdragon 8 Elite spot are apt to see bigger batteries.
The Snapdragon 8 Elite is said to beryllium fabbed utilizing TSMC’s N3E manufacturing process, making it 1 of the astir businesslike chips successful the market. On apical of that, we tin expect to spot caller Adreno graphics with enhanced ray-tracing, a caller web modem, an LTE modem, and enhanced imaging capabilities.
According to a Weibo station by a idiosyncratic named DCS, the Snapdragon 8 Elite costs $190, making it astir 20 per cent much costly than the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. While Qualcomm ne'er publically unveiled these prices, the costly terms tag volition beryllium passed connected to the users, and phones with the Snapdragon 8 Elite are apt to outgo a spot much than smartphones with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip.
The Xiaomi 15, OnePlus 13, iQOO 13, and Honor Magic 7 are expected to beryllium immoderate of the archetypal smartphones to motorboat with a Snapdragon 8 Elite chip, followed by the Galaxy S25 bid and more.