Qualcomm has unveiled its latest flagship SoC, the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, aimed at Android flagships in the near future, as announced in a blog post last week.
- Qualcomm unveiled Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5.
- It features a third-generation Oryon CPU.
- The updated Adreno GPU claims 23 percent gaming performance increase.
- It uses an X85 modem with 50 percent lower gaming latency.
- Devices with 8 Elite Gen 5 will launch soon.
The Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 features a third-generation Oryon CPU, with two prime cores of up to 4.6GHz and six performance cores up to 3.62GHz. Qualcomm claims up to 35 percent better power efficiency from the CPU, contributing to a 16 percent improvement in overall SoC efficiency.
The updated Adreno GPU claims an increase of up to 23 percent in overall gaming performance, along with a 20 percent drop in power consumption. The updated Hexagon NPU claims 37 percent faster performance and power savings over the previous version.
On the camera side, the updated ISP supports the APV (Advanced Professional Video) codec and enables a “computational video pipeline.” This allows for AI enhancements to video on a frame-by-frame level, as well as context-aware autofocus, auto exposure, and auto white balance.
The 8 Elite Gen 5 uses an X85 modem, which boasts 50 percent lower gaming latency thanks to “AI-enhanced Wi-Fi.” Devices with the 8 Elite Gen 5 will be available from various Android manufacturers soon.
Originally reported by www.theverge.com as “Qualcomm announces Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 mobile chipset” on 2025-09-25 01:56:00.
