Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 flagship SoC at the recently concluded Snapdragon Summit, held in Maui, Hawaii. Alongside that, the chipmaker also introduced the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5, developed “to give you more choices and flexibility, while still delivering flagship features.” While Qualcomm didn’t detail the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5, it has shared key details about the chip.
Like the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 is also built on a 3nm process, and we are talking about a custom Oryon CPU here, with the prime core clocked at up to 3.8GHz and the performance cores having a maximum frequency of 3.32GHz.
Considering Qualcomm’s choice of words, it appears the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5’s octa-core CPU will come in a 1+7 configuration, meaning one prime core and seven performance cores, unlike the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, which has two prime cores clocked at up to 4.6GHz and six performance cores clocked at up to 3.62GHz.
The brand also said that the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 has a “next-gen” Adreno GPU, a “powerful” NPU, and a “superior AI-ISP powered camera,” but that’s pretty much it, so we’ll probably have to wait until later this year to know all about the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 SoC.
In the meantime, you can read our Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 announcement coverage here to learn more about it.
