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Qualcomm Unveils Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 With Faster Oryon Cores, APV Video and Agentic AI

Early media tests on Qualcomm reference hardware indicate sizable gains, pending independent validation.

Internal view of the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Snapdragon X2 Elite/Extreme
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Overview

  • Built on 3nm, the new 2+6 third‑gen Oryon CPU reaches up to 4.6GHz on two Prime cores and up to 3.62GHz on six Performance cores, with Qualcomm claiming 20% higher CPU performance and 35% better CPU efficiency versus last year.
  • The next‑gen Adreno GPU targets a 23% performance uplift with 20% lower power and adds 18MB Adreno High Performance Memory cache, while the Hexagon NPU is rated 37% faster to enable on‑device, agentic AI features.
  • Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 is the first mobile platform to support the Advanced Professional Video codec and introduces a fully computational video pipeline via Dragon Fusion alongside a triple 20‑bit Spectra AI ISP.
  • Connectivity upgrades include the Snapdragon X85 5G Modem‑RF with peak 12.5Gbps down/3.7Gbps up and the FastConnect 7900 system integrating Wi‑Fi 7, Bluetooth 6.0 and UWB.
  • Qualcomm says devices from Samsung, Xiaomi, OnePlus, OPPO, realme, Honor, Sony, vivo, ZTE and others will arrive in the coming days, as outlets report strong synthetic benchmarks on reference units that require real‑world confirmation on shipping phones.