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Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 is designed for unmatched gaming performance and power efficiency. Thanks to our suite of Snapdragon Elite Gaming features, players can enjoy action-packed games longer without compromising on performance. With the introduction of Adreno High Performance Memory, an industry-leading dedicated graphics memory solution, we see an up-to 38% performance improvement in and an up-to 10% improvement in power efficiency, improving fetch latency and smooth gaming performance. Additionally, Game Ready Drivers make their debut, tailored for the top mobile games, so consumers can dive into the action with superior performance right from the start—no need to adjust any settings. Our Snapdragon Game Studios is working with OEMs and game developers to deliver platform-specific driver optimizations. And gamers will be able to download these Game Ready Drivers directly from the Play Store. This means optimized performance, tuned specifically for your device, only available on Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5.    

Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 features the latest Adreno GPU available. Adreno continues to set the standard for mobile gaming performance, leading the industry with support for next-gen features like Mesh Shading and hardware-accelerated Ray Tracing. Our advanced sliced-architecture GPU pushes clock speeds to 1.2 GHz, giving developers and gamers more processing headroom for complex, visually rich experiences.

• Adreno Sliced-Architecture 
• GPU  1.2 Ghz Clock Speeds 
• Adreno High Performance Memory, Dedicated 18MB Graphics Memory 23% 
• Improved Performance, 20% increased efficiency, 25% Improved Ray Tracing Performance  

Our next-generation Adreno GPU delivers faster clock speeds which provides developers and gamers with more processing headroom for visually rich in-game experiences. Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 also introduces Adreno High Performance Memory, an industry-leading dedicated memory cache that boosts bandwidth and improves slash fetch latency, critical for ultra-responsive gameplay. Adreno High Performance Memory improves power savings by up to 10% in your favorite games and enhances performance across key rendering technologies. Snapdragon has worked with developers to provide support for Tile Memory Heap, a feature that maximizes the impact of Adreno High Performance Memory and provides developers the control and ability to reduce bandwidth, lower power usage and bring richer more detailed worlds to life with even greater power efficiency. 

Snapdragon remains dedicated to providing first-to-market support of next generation features like Lumen and Nanite, on mobile with Snapdragon Game Studios developing industry leading optimizations for Unreal Engine 5. UE5 optimizations run best on flagship gaming smartphones powered by Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5. 

Adreno High Performance Memory provides out-of-the-box improvements to efficiency on Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, but we are happy to share that we have partnered with over-a-dozen gaming partners to get the most out of Adreno High Performance Memory giving millions of players a significant boost to performance and power efficiency for smoother and longer gameplay sessions. Partners include:

• Arena Breakout, Tencent Games 
• Blood Strike, NetEase 
• Diablo Immortal, NetEase, Blizzard Entertainment 
• Identity V, NetEase 
• Infinity Nikki, Papergames 
• Jade Dynasty 2, Perfect World Games 
•  Knives Out, NetEase 
• Naraka Bladepoint Mobile, NetEase 
• Neverness to Everness, Perfect World Games 
• Once Human, NetEase 
• Racing Master, Exptional
• Global Sword of Justice, NetEase 
• Honkai: Star Rail, HoYoverse  
• War Thunder Mobile, Gaijin Entertainment
•  Wuthering Waves, Kuro Games

Our partners continue to be great collaborators when introducing support for new technologies. Snapdragon Game Studios continues to develop and iterate features with gamers in mind. With our upgraded Adreno Frame Motion Engine 3.0 we have been working with partners to maximize framerates with drastic reduction to power consumption, with up to 40% power savings in your favorite games. Partners include:

• Infinity Nikki, Papergames 
• Sword of Justice, NetEase
• Wuthering Waves, Kuro Games 

Snapdragon Elite Gaming is our top-tier gaming feature suite found in Snapdragon’s premium 8-series devices. While many of Snapdragon 7 and 6 series platforms have select support of our Snapdragon Elite Gaming Features enabled the 8-series will always contain the entire suite of features and the best-in-class next generation mobile gaming experiences.