Overview
- Qualcomm’s China arm confirmed the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 will be unveiled on November 26.
- Built on TSMC’s 3nm node, the chip is reported to run prime cores at up to 3.8GHz and performance cores at up to 3.32GHz.
- The exact CPU configuration is still disputed, with leaks pointing to either a 1+7 or 2+6 layout pending official details.
- Reports say the SoC uses the Adreno 840 GPU with lower clocks than the 8 Elite, implying slightly reduced graphics performance.
- A leaked AnTuTu score of about 3.56 million suggests performance roughly 14% below the 8 Elite, and iQOO 15 is slated to debut with the chip the same day, with more OEMs expected to follow.