Qualcomm Unveils Snapdragon 8 Elite – Details Here

Qualcomm, a semiconductor giant, has unveiled the Snapdragon 8 Elite mobile platform at the Qualcomm Snapdragon Summit in Maui. Qualcomm said that it is the most powerful and world’s fastest mobile system-on-a-chip (SoC) ever. Further, the company confirmed that its flagship mobile chips will now be branded Elite. The new Snapdragon 8 Elite has a custom-built Qualcomm Oryon CPU, Qualcomm Adreno GPU, and an enhanced Qualcomm Hexagon NPU.

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“These innovations empower the Snapdragon 8 Elite to transform user experiences with their devices – making on-device multi-modal generative AI applications a reality on smartphones powered by Snapdragon,” said Qualcomm in a release.

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The new chipset also comes with a new powerful AI-ISP (Image Signal Processor), along with next-level gaming, super-fast web browsing, and more.

Highlights of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite

Qualcomm said that its Snapdragon 8 Elite has the fastest Hexagon NPU along with an on-device multi-modal Gen AI assistant making it a Gen-AI powerhouse. The Qualcomm Oryon CPU has a 45% single-core and multi-core performance improvement over the previous generation chip. Gaming is also 40% more powerful and ray-tracing is improved by 35%.

The chip’s Geekbench single-core performance is 3200+ and multi-core performance is 10000+. There are only two efficiency cores while six cores are meant for performance.

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“We are so excited to bring the power of Qualcomm Oryon to our Snapdragon mobile platforms for the first time. Earlier this year we debuted it in PCs, delivering remarkable experiences and unparallel battery life to PC users, energizing the industry and getting the attention of consumers. Today, our second generation of the Qualcomm Oryon CPU debuts in our flagship Mobile Platform – it’s a major leap forward and we expect consumers to be thrilled with the new experiences enabled by our CPU technology,” said Chris Patrick, senior vice president and general manager of mobile handsets, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

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“With leading CPU, GPU and NPU capabilities, the Snapdragon 8 Elite delivers dramatic performance enhancements and power efficiency ³. In addition, it revolutionizes mobile experiences by offering personalized, multi-modal generative AI directly on the device enabling the understanding of speech, context, and images to enhance everything from productivity to creativity tasks while prioritizing user privacy,” he added.

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