Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, the World’s Fastest Mobile System-on-a-chip, Establishes New Consumer Experiences and Sets New Industry Benchmarks
Highlights:
- The 3rd Gen Qualcomm Oryon™ CPU is the fastest mobile CPU ever.
- With state-of-the-art performance, efficiency and on-device AI processing, Snapdragon® 8 Elite Gen 5 is purpose-built to amplify mainstay experiences and debut breakthrough experiences.
- The latest premium offering in the Snapdragon 8 Elite series will be featured in flagship devices from global OEMs and smartphone brands, with new devices launching in the coming days.
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. today announced the Snapdragon® 8 Elite Gen 5 Mobile Platform, the world's fastest mobile system-on-a-chip.
Mobile mainstays amplified
The Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 has upgraded the experiences that users today expect from their mobile devices, including:
- Lightning-fast multitasking and seamless app switching
- Long game play with incredible performance and power efficiency
Agentic AI personalized
The 8-series mobile platform enables truly personalized agentic AI assistants to take user-tailored actions across apps. Through continuous on-device learning and real-time sensing, multimodal AI models understand the user, enabling proactive recommendations and situation-based prompt enhancements—with user data staying on device.
Artistic vision realized
This year’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 is the world’s first mobile platform to record in Advanced Professional Video (APV) codec, enabling professional-level video production. Supported by groundbreaking AI-powered camera technology, creatives can realize their artistic vision with studio-grade video recording and extensive post-production control.
Snapdragon is your true superpower
With state-of-the-art performance, efficiency and on-device AI processing, Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 delivers massive upgrades and experiences that users want today. The 3rd Gen Qualcomm Oryon™ CPU—the fastest in its class—boosts performance by 20%1. A new Qualcomm® Adreno™ GPU architecture enhances graphics-rich gaming by 23%1. The Qualcomm® Hexagon™ NPU offers 37% faster performance1.
“With Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, you are at the center of your mobile experience. It enables personalized AI agents to see what you see, hear what you hear and think with you in real time,” said Chris Patrick, senior vice president and general manager, mobile handset, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. “Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 pushes the boundaries of personal AI, allowing you to experience the future of mobile technology today.”
The latest premium offering in the Snapdragon 8 Elite series will be featured in flagship devices from global OEMs and smartphone brands, including Honor, iQOO, Nubia, OnePlus, OPPO, POCO, realme, REDMI, RedMagic, ROG, Samsung, Sony, vivo, Xiaomi and ZTE. New devices will be launched in the coming days.
For more information, visit the Snapdragon 8 Elite webpage and product brief. Additional information, livestream replays and event content are also available on the Snapdragon Summit Event Hub.
About Qualcomm
Qualcomm relentlessly innovates to deliver intelligent computing everywhere, helping the world tackle some of its most important challenges. Building on our 40 years of technology leadership in creating era-defining breakthroughs, we deliver a broad portfolio of solutions built with our leading-edge AI, high-performance, low-power computing, and unrivaled connectivity. Our Snapdragon® platforms power extraordinary consumer experiences, and our Qualcomm Dragonwing™ products empower businesses and industries to scale to new heights. Together with our ecosystem partners, we enable next-generation digital transformation to enrich lives, improve businesses, and advance societies. At Qualcomm, we are engineering human progress.
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