Qualcomm has officially announced the name of its next-generation flagship chipset, which will not directly follow the previous year’s Snapdragon 8 Elite. The new chip will be designated as Snapdragon 8 Elite 5. But what is the reason for skipping four generations?
It appears that Qualcomm is returning to its original naming convention for the Snapdragon 8 series, which commenced in 2021 with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1. Following that, we saw the SD 8 Gen 2 in 2022, succeeded by the SD Gen 3 and last year’s SD 8 Elite, which would have represented the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4.
The forthcoming Snapdragon 8 Elite 5 will be the fifth chipset in this series and is described by Qualcomm as “an evolution of its established framework” rather than a complete overhaul.
Qualcomm plans to reveal the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 at its Snapdragon Summit in Maui, Hawaii, starting on September 23.
The SD Elite 5 is anticipated to incorporate custom Oryon CPU cores, with a primary CPU core operating at 4.6 GHz. The “for Galaxy” or Extreme Edition variant is expected to reach speeds of up to 4.7 GHz. Additionally, Qualcomm’s new chip is rumored to feature a novel GPU that may clock in at 1.2 GHz and achieve an unprecedented AnTuTu score estimated between 4.2 million and 4.4 million. The chip will be manufactured using TSMC’s N3p 3nm process.
In related developments, Xiaomi has confirmed that its 17 series, which includes the Xiaomi 17, Xiaomi 17 Pro, and Xiaomi 17 Pro Max, will be the first smartphones to utilize the upcoming Snapdragon 8 Elite 5 chip.
