Qualcomm teases Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5; its new flagship chip with record-breaking benchmark score
Qualcomm is shaking things up again — and no, you didn’t miss four generations overnight. The company has officially confirmed its next flagship chipset will..
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Qualcomm has officially announced its next flagship chipset, the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, slated for an unveiling on September 23, 2025. This new chip, a successor to the Snapdragon 8 Elite, aims to set new performance benchmarks in the premium smartphone market.
- The Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 is rumored to achieve a record-breaking AnTuTu score between 4.2M–4.4M.
- It will feature custom Oryon CPU cores, with the prime core clocked at 4.6 GHz, and a "for Galaxy" edition reaching 4.7 GHz for Samsung's Galaxy S26 series.
- Built on TSMC's N3P 3nm process, promising significant efficiency gains.
- Xiaomi's Xiaomi 17 series (including the 17, 17 Pro, and 17 Pro Max) will be among the first devices to feature this new chip.
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