Overview

• The company confirmed the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 name and said the platform will be unveiled at the Snapdragon Summit 2025 next week.
• Qualcomm says the Elite branding will continue because future flagship chips will keep using its Oryon CPU cores.
• The new name departs from Qualcomm’s recent numbering pattern, combining the ‘Elite’ tier with a Gen-based label.
• Based on past practice, some Galaxy S26 models are expected to use a higher-clocked ‘for Galaxy’ variant of the new Snapdragon chip.
• Industry reports indicate Samsung may again dual-source the Galaxy S26 line with an in-house Exynos 2600 in some regions, with reported 2nm design details and possible mass production starting later this month still unconfirmed.