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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite launched. Find out which phones will get it first

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Get ready, mobile gamers: Qualcomm has introduced its latest flagship mobile chipset, the Snapdragon 8 Elite.

This platform will power the next generation of Android flagships and boasts the American chipmaker’s custom Oryon CPU, designed to enhance performance and support on-device generative AI capabilities.

Expect to see this powerhouse mobile platform in the next wave of Android flagships from ASUS, HONOR, iQOO, OnePlus, OPPO, realme, Samsung, vivo, Xiaomi, and more. Keep your eyes peeled for the OnePlus 13, realme GT 7 Pro, iQOO 13, HONOR Magic7, and Xiaomi 15 — all confirmed to be rocking the Snapdragon 8 Elite.

The Xiaomi 15 series will debut the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite on the global stage

But why the fancy new name, you ask? Qualcomm’s apparently streamlining its branding, bringing the Elite moniker from its Snapdragon X Elite laptop chips to the mobile world. And just like its laptop counterpart, this SoC packs a punch with an eight-core Oryon CPU, featuring two prime cores clocked at a screaming 4.32GHz and six performance cores humming along at up to 3.53GHz.

Built on TSMC’s cutting-edge 3nm process, the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite delivers an impressive 45% boost in CPU performance and a 44% leap in power efficiency compared to its predecessor, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. On the graphics front, the company is debuting its revamped Adreno GPU which brings a 40% improvement in performance and power savings, alongside enhanced ray-tracing capabilities.

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Additionally, the new chip is also the first mobile SoC to bring support for Unreal Engine 5.3 and the Nanite virtualized geometry system. Basically, Nanite is a tech in Unreal Engine 5 that lets game developers cram tons of detail into their games without making them run slow.

There’s more: The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite takes on-device AI to the next level with multimodal generative AI that can process voice, text, and images, even interpreting live camera feeds. The new AI ISP, working in tandem with the Qualcomm Hexagon NPU, elevates real-time image capture to new heights.

Imagine your phone knowing what’s happening in your camera’s view and reacting instantly. Say goodbye to washed-out skies and shadowy faces with HDR that’s off the charts and hello to natural-looking skin tones and colors that pop. Plus, the autofocus is so fast that you’ll never miss a shot. And since the Snapdragon 8 Elite can actually understand what’s in your viewfinder, you can magically erase unwanted objects from your videos like they were never there.

Moving on to AI and connectivity features, the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite uses a new Hexagon NPU that supposedly crunches AI tasks a whopping 45% faster and sips power more efficiently. Qualcomm’s also bringing its AI Engine with multimodal Gen AI support to the table. That means it can juggle voice, text, and images like a champ — and even handle long inputs with up to 70 tokens on SLMs.

Finally, let’s talk connectivity. The Snapdragon 8 Elite rocks the Snapdragon X80 5G modem, the first 5G modem with 6x downlink carrier aggregation and AI-powered mmWave range extension. Translation? You’ll get ridiculous download and upload speeds up to 10Gbps and 3.5Gbps, respectively.

Qualcomm Snapdrahon 8 Elite features at a glance

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Reviews editor: Ramon "Monch" Lopez has 16 years of professional experience creating and editing content for print and digital publications such as Yahoo. He headed the gadgets-merchandising division of one of the Philippines’ largest retail operators somewhere in between.