Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 will be powering many flagship Android phones next year, and it has a few surprises beyond its silly name.
has taken center stage as the new hotness in phone silicon, Qualcomm is trying to make the claim that Android phones can be used for more than flicking through your social feeds with zombie-like efficiency.
In comes the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, a confusing name for a chip with a one-track mind: pushing better graphics and multitasking capabilities.. You know what? Why not just ignore the name for now, especially if you’re skimming these specs? The new CPU on a 3nm process promises to be one of the fastest, with two “prime cores” hitting a new blistering clock speed of 4.6GHz. The Snapdragon 8 Elite managed to hit above 4GHz last year. Clock speeds never tell the whole story. The chip also houses six “performance” cores that go up to 3.6GHz. Devices with the Elite Gen 5 should be more power-efficient than before, so maybe you’ll be able to work or game on your phone without throwing battery life out the window.The Elite 8 Gen 5 chip is pushing gaming and video harder than ever on Android devices. The new chip supports the Advanced Professional Video codec, which is used by professional videographers in post-production. Most regular users won’t go beyond a device’s default editing suite before putting their content up on Instagram or TikTok. Even if the “shot on iPhone” slogan is a gimmick, Qualcomm could have a chip that would at least let you modify video to some professional standard.I can’t help wondering how much longer I need to wait before our pocketable supercomputers are truly as capable as using a Mac or PC. The Adreno GPU, or graphics processing unit, in the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 promises 1.2GHz clock speed with a 23% jump in performance over the 8 Elite, which was already pretty damn good at gaming tasks. Adding to this is the dedicated memory cache called High Performance Memory. This should reduce latency and improve battery life for gaming or graphics. The other big upgrade this year is Snapdragon Audio Sense. This is a form of on-chip microphone technology for better noise cancellation and HDR audio. Qualcomm implied this will mean the mic in new phones will be good enough that you won’t need to reach for a lavalier or DJI Mic when you really need to set up a quick podcasting session. We’ll have to judge for ourselves how good this is, but if Qualcomm wants your phone to be your one-stop shop for video editing as well, a good microphone would especially come in handy.Qualcomm’s new flagship chips will hit all the expected features, from mmWave 5G and Wi-Fi 7 to external display support that includes 4K at 120Hz refresh rates. Let’s also get the other well-expected element out of the way. The Hexagon NPU, or neural processing unit, allows for computationally intensive tasks without having to overload the GPU. The new Hexagon NPU in the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 is supposedly 37% faster with more AI accelerators. Whether or not the next phones will legitimately make use of faster AI processing will be up to Samsung, OnePlus, Asus ROG, and other device makers. You’ll keep hearing the word “agentic,” like it’s some sort of magic spell that will transform your phone into a talking familiar. Samsung has largely been relying on Google’s Gemini AI suite in itsDespite the name, the new chip isn’t the fifth “Elite”-level chip. Though it’s a continuation of the Snapdragon Gen 8 line, it’s the third in the series using the company’s Oryon microarchitecture. Qualcomm’s new naming conventions are giving me ““Gen 5 isn’t just a number. It’s a signal that this platform leads the family forward,” McGuire wrote. If you have to write a separate post just to explain a name, it proves the opposite; sequential numbers are far easier to parse than empty marketing gimmicks. The question of its power compared to theQualcomm’s Snapdragon X2 Elite CPU Is Another Stab at Burying IntelTired of 5G? Qualcomm Says 6G Will Be Here Before the End of the WorldiPhone 17 Review: The Best iPhone Value in Years Apple's regular, non-Pro and non-Air iPhone is a terrific overall package for the money. It's the Goldilocks iPhone in Apple's new mobile lineup.Yes, That Great-Looking ‘Star Trek: Voyager’ Game Will Let You Spare TuvixQualcomm’s Snapdragon X2 Elite CPU Is Another Stab at Burying IntelThis Roku Streaming Bundle With Remote and HDMI Is Nearly Free at Walmart, Includes 4 Free Perks Like Apple TV+
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