Qualcomm has made a surprise and instead of the next generation of Snapdragon 8, it has shown the world the Snapdragon 8 Elite processor. How is the new system built?
The new Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite is the direct successor to the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and will be used in flagship smartphones, where it will compete with the very promising MediaTek Dimensity 9400 processor. The new SoC uses Oryon cores and is manufactured in modern 3 nm lithography. Thanks to this, it is to be 27% more economical, but 45% more efficient than its predecessor. The processor is made up of two efficient cores clocked at 4.32 GHz, as well as six main cores clocked at 3.53 GHz. In addition, we have a 40% more efficient Adreno graphics system, as well as a 45% more efficient artificial intelligence system - Hexagon. The processor works with UFS 4.0 and LPDDR5X memory clocked at 5.3 GHz and will support photographic matrices with a resolution of up to 320 Mpx. It will allow you to film in 8K at 60 fps or in 4K at 120 fps. There is also a 5G X80 modem on board (up to 10 Gbps download and up to 3.5 Gbps upload), Wi-Fi 7 and Snapdragon Sound supporting the aptX Lossless 24-bit/96 kHz codec. Along with the announcement of the new processor, the first smartphones that will use it have already been announced. Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite will arrive, among others. for Xiaomi 15, Realme GT 7 Pro, OnePlus 13, Honor Magic7 or iQOO 13.
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