Qualcomm has just unveiled its new SoC for high-end smartphones Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite, a processor that we will see in the top of the range 2025.
Undoubtedly, at the next MWC in Barcelona 2025, in February, all the flagships of the sector will be presented with this processor. We have terminals from Samsung, Xiaomi, OPPO, ASUS, Honor, Vivo, Realme and others, of course the price of these terminals will be far from cheap. As we can see, Qualcomm has focused on improving performance and artificial intelligence, so fashionable these days.
This processor manufactured by TSMC at 3 nm offers a substantial improvement in power and performance. In addition, it integrates the latest in network connectivity and a GPU that promises support for the next-generation Unreal Engine 5.3.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite with Oryon CPU
In this SoC we have the new Qualcomm Oryon CPUs for cell phones offers us two CPU Prime cores up to 4.32 GHz and another six CPU Performance cores up to 3.53 GHz. This offers 45% more performance, 44% more power efficiency and the largest shared data cache in the mobile industry. Our Qualcomm Adreno GPU, with a newly cut architecture, achieves 40% more performance and 40% more efficiency. System-wide, it experiences an overall power savings of 27%.
Multi-modal artificial intelligence at your fingertips
The Qualcomm AI Engine features the fastest Qualcomm Hexagon NPU, delivering a 45% improvement in AI performance and 45% more performance per watt. In addition, multi-modal Gen AI support and longer token inputs will help you become an expert on any subject.
AI camera redefines photography
The new AI ISP is directly merged with the Qualcomm Hexagon NPU to deliver industry-leading camera features such as unlimited semantic segmentation at 4K resolution. In addition, our on-device video object eraser can remove unwanted elements from videos, while Insight AI provides real-time skin and sky adjustments to create more natural colors and lighting in uncertain conditions.
Power and efficiency for revolutionary gaming
The Adreno GPU in this SoC offers mobile support for Unreal Engine 5.3’s Nanite solution to create stunning, cinematic-quality 3D environments in smartphone games, while maximizing efficiency. In addition, support for Unreal’s Chaos Physics Engine delivers realistic object interactions and simulations, even in complex scenes.
Studio-quality audio
Snapdragon Sound Technology Suite feature with Qualcomm aptX Lossless technology delivers up to 24-bit, 48 kHz bluetooth music streaming and up to 24-bit, 96 kHz Wi-Fi music streaming. Qualcomm Expanded Personal Area Network (XPAN) technology enables untethered audio coverage throughout the building with the help of ultra-low power Wi-Fi 7.
Fully integrated and AI-enhanced connectivity
The Snapdragon X80 5G Modem-RF system with a dedicated AI tensor accelerator achieves multi-gigabit 5G speeds in more places with the first 4×6 MIMO solution, and 30% more accurate location positioning. In addition, our 40% more efficient Qualcomm FastConnect 7900 mobile connectivity system is the first to integrate Wi-Fi 7 6 GHz range, wireless, Bluetooth 6.0 and UWB proximity technologies for object tracking, building access control and more.
