Forget Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 – the rival of Qualcomm’s Apple A18 Pro is the Snapdragon 8 Elite.
It’s that time of year again: Qualcomm unveiled its new and improved mobile chipset, the Snapdragon 8 Elite, at its annual Snapdragon Conference in Hawaii.
Actually a rebranded version of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 (although Qualcomm is not ready to confirm so far), the 8 Elite is the true successor of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, and it may power the Samsung Galaxy S25. , OnePlus 13, and many more of the best we expect to see released in 2025.
“Our flagship mobile platforms now take on the Elite name, reflecting the incredible progress it represents in the industry,” Qualcomm said in a statement announcing the announcement, which comes just a month after Apple and Meditek have unveiled their latest chipsets – the A18. Pro and Dimensity 9400, respectively.
The 8 Elite is the first Snapdragon mobile chipset to feature Qualcomm’s second-generation Oryon CPU, and is designed to “work on a wide range of AI challenges” better than any mobile chipset before it. In other words, next year’s best Android phones will be among the best AI phones, too.
Forgive us for getting technical, but Oryon’s two core CPUs boast a maximum clock speed of 4.32GHz – said to be the fastest in the industry – and six new cores of each processor boasts a peak speed of 3.53GHz. Qualcomm’s latest chipset also eliminates efficient cores, two of which appear in the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3.
What does all that mean in layman’s terms? However, since the CPU inside the phones’ chipsets is used for application processing, any phone with the Snapdragon 8 Elite should offer faster app performance. performance, unlimited multi-tasking, and more powerful AI capabilities than their Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 predecessors.
Mobile chipsets also have a GPU for graphics processing (read: gaming – more on that below) and an NPU for machine learning (ML) applications, though Qualcomm is very excited about the addition of its Oryon CPU, saying: “The Snapdragon 8 Elite Mobile Platform represents the pinnacle of Snapdragon innovation. With the Qualcomm Oryon CPU debuting on our mobile roadmap, we deliver performance that never seen before. This value deserves a new, special, top-of-the-line version of our 8.”
A gift for the players
When it comes to gaming, next year’s Android handsets could threaten the iPhone 16 Pro Max as the best gaming phone.
The Andreno GPU in the Snapdragon 8 Elite boasts Qualcomm’s first cutting-edge architecture, which delivers high clock speeds, high frame rates, and better battery life – meaning sharper graphics, smoother gameplay , and longer game times – more GPU space. Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. Andreno can also save 12MB of data directly to the GPU, sending limited graphics data to the chipset’s DDR memory.
In addition, the Snapdragon 8 Elite supports the Unreal Engine’s Chaos Physics system, which allows rendering of up to 9,000 unique objects and the destruction of up to 1,000 objects in less than 5ms of latency. Likewise, support for Nanite’s Unreal Engine solution will enable a “significant increase” in geometric complexity and provide a “movie-quality environment in your mobile game” – let’s hope that Qualcomm isn’t talking about the latest Marvel movies there, eh?
Of course, there’s a lot more to talk about the Snapdragon 8 Elite — and we’ll be reporting on a few never-before-seen features throughout our week on the floor at Snapdragon Summit — but for now, that’s all what you need to know is that the next wave of Android phones will carry something serious; provided, that is, Samsung et al can make good use of all that lovely energy. I have hope!
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