Notably, the Snapdragon Elite 8 is the first Qualcomm chipset in a while that doesn’t feature any Efficiency cores. It’s based on an entirely new architectural design that revolves around an “Instant Wake” feature that’s designed to reduce frequent power cycling of individual cores.

The Snapdragon 8 Elite System on a Chip, which will consist of a second-generation Oryon central processing unit (CPU), Andreno graphics processing unit (GPU), and Hexagon neural processing unit (NPU) for AI tasks, promises 40-50% improved speed and efficiency over the previous generation.

The Snapdragon 8 Elite is built to lengthen battery life and boost performance on upcoming premium Android phones.

The Snapdragon 8 Elite Mobile Platform features custom-designed cores in the CPU, GPU, and NPU to dramatically improve speed, efficiency, and AI for next-generation flagship smartphones.

Qualcomm today unveiled the Snapdragon 8 Elite mobile platform, which features a next-generation custom Qualcomm-designed Oryon CPU instead of

Xiaomi's SVP and president, Adam Zeng, discussed what consumers can expect from the Xiaomi 15 series during Qualcomm's Summit 2024. Zeng states the phone will be "the first phone globally" to utilize the Snapdragon 8 Elite SoC.

The Snapdragon 8 Elite is using the in-house Oryon CPU cores—now on mobile after debuting with the Snapdragon X Elite and X Plus —alongside the next step in its Adreno 830 GPU for battery ray tracing on a TSMC 3nm processor.

Qualcomm has announced its new smartphone chip. No, it's not the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4. It's the Snapdragon 8 Elite, and it sounds mighty impressive.