Overview

• The Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 features an octa-core Oryon CPU with two Prime cores up to 4.6 GHz, six cores up to 3.62 GHz, a 1.2 GHz sliced GPU, and a 3 nm Armv9 design.
• Qualcomm says the new Hexagon NPU in the mobile chip delivers a 37% speed increase and is tuned for on-device, agentic AI that keeps data local.
• Multimedia and connectivity additions include first-in-mobile AVP video support, a full computational‑video pipeline, XPAN lossless 24‑bit/96 kHz audio over 6 GHz, the X85 5G modem, Wi‑Fi 7, Bluetooth 6.0, external displays up to 8K/120 fps, and LPDDR5X up to 24 GB.
• Initial 8 Elite Gen 5 devices are expected within weeks from partners named by Qualcomm, including Xiaomi, Honor, Oppo, OnePlus and Sony.
• For PCs, the Snapdragon X2 family introduces an 18‑core X2 Elite Extreme with Prime cores up to 5 GHz, an 80‑TOPS Hexagon NPU, upgraded graphics with DirectX 12.2 Ultimate and ray tracing, wider 192‑bit LPDDR5X‑9523 memory on‑package, and Snapdragon Guardian for BIOS‑level remote management, with notebooks planned for the first half of 2026 and benchmarks and TDP still undisclosed.