Overview

• Built on a 3nm process with Oryon CPU cores (two prime at 4.6GHz and six performance up to 3.62GHz), the platform adds an Adreno GPU and Hexagon NPU with quoted gains of ~20% CPU, ~23% GPU and up to 35% efficiency, plus upgraded X85 5G and Wi‑Fi 7 connectivity.
• Qualcomm is pitching “agentic” on‑device AI enabled by a 37% faster NPU to power proactive, context‑aware features that learn locally and keep user data on the device.
• Native support for the Advanced Professional Video (APV) codec and a computational video pipeline aim to deliver near‑lossless capture and more flexible in‑phone editing, alongside enhanced audio capture via Snapdragon Audio Sense.
• Journalists testing Qualcomm reference hardware reported top‑tier Geekbench and 3DMark results that in some cases outpaced the iPhone 17 Pro Max’s A19 Pro, with the caveat that these were vendor‑tuned devices.
• Qualcomm listed partners including Samsung, Xiaomi, OnePlus, Honor, Vivo, Sony and others, said launches are coming in the days ahead, and realme claims the first global phone (GT 8 Pro) with an AnTuTu score above 4 million.