Qualcomm introduced a new product Snapdragon 8 Elitethe most powerful processor to date, with which the company hopes to power high-end mobile phones. Days after some names surfaced, it is finally known today. which companies will use the next company chip. In addition to Xiaomi, the list includes Honor, OnePlus, Vivo and Samsung.
The company has announced manufacturers that will integrate the new chip into its top-end terminals. Qualcomm has confirmed this ASUS, Honor, iQOO, OnePlus, OPPO, RealMe, Samsung, Vivo and Xiaomi They will release phones with Snapdragon 8 Elite. The company did not name specific model names, although it is known that the first official mobile phone with this processor will be Xiaomi 15.
The surprise on the list is undoubtedly Samsung, which is rumored to have not initially chosen the Snapdragon 8 Elite as its processor for Galaxy S25. Apparently, both companies have reached an agreement to integrate Snapdragon as one of the chips that will be used in their next terminal. The decision to keep Qualcomm as a partner seems to be the right one; After all, Snapdragon played a crucial role in the performance of the previous generation Galaxy.
Qualcomm said the first phones with the Snapdragon 8 Elite will debut in the coming weeks. It is likely that the first to do this will be the Xiaomi 15, a mobile phone that was “discovered” a few weeks ago. The Chinese manufacturer is integrating a powerful 4.32 GHz chip into the Xiaomi 15, Xiaomi 15 Pro, Xiaomi 15 Ultra and Redmi K80 Pro for the Asian market.
In a confirmation from Snapdragon published in late September, Xiaomi announced an event for October 23, 2024. It is almost a fact that the company will present its new Xiaomi 15 with Snapdragon 8 Elite, which will arrive in Spain and other countries around the world at some point in 2025.
Snapdragon 8 Elite: more powerful than Apple A18 Pro?
After months of rumors and speculation, Qualcomm has officially unveiled the Snapdragon 8 Elite, its most powerful mobile chip yet. The new SoC will debut with new second-generation Oryon processor clocked at 4.32 GHz. The processor consists of six Prime cores and four performance cores, which provide 45% more power and 44% more efficiency than the previous generation.
While it’s logical to assume that every processor will be more powerful than its predecessor, the Snapdragon 8 Elite represents an exponential leap. The new chip is not only a worthy successor to Snapdragon Gen 3, but also stands out among its closest competitors due to its capabilities. Qualcomm has managed to include 24MB of cache and make it compatible with LPDDR5x RAM up to 5.3GHz.
In terms of performance, tests carried out by the manufacturer show that Snapdragon 8 Elite scores 3221 in single-core tests Geekbenchand in multi-core tests it reaches 10,426. The latter is almost a third higher than the result of the iPhone 16 Pro with the A 18 Pro chip.
In addition to the Snapdragon 8 processor, Elite includes next-generation Adreno GPU with ray tracing support and compatibility with Unreal Engine 5.3. Qualcomm claims its GPU is 40% more powerful and efficient than the previous generation, and offers up to 45% improvements when combined with a GPU in artificial intelligence tasks.
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