Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 announced with 20% CPU performance improvement and Agentic AI support

"As promised, Qualcomm has announced the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 SoC as its flagship chip at the ongoing Snapdragon Summit in Hawaii. It's a successor to last year's Snapdragon 8 Elite and is touted as the "world's fastest mobile system-on-a-chip" by Qualcomm. The Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 (SM8850-AC) is built on a 3nm process and comes with the third-gen Oryon CPU, which boosts CPU performance by 20% compared to its predecessor."

"The Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 features an octa-core CPU in a 2+6 configuration, meaning two prime cores with a maximum frequency of 4.6GHz and six performance cores that are clocked at up to 3.62GHz. The flagship chip also features an Adreno GPU to handle graphically intensive tasks. While Qualcomm didn't mention the GPU name in its press materials, the chipmaker said the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5's GPU delivers 23% improved performance, 20% better power efficiency, and 25% improved Ray Tracing."

"Overall, the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 increases power efficiency by up to 16%, which, Qualcomm claims, equates to 1 hour and 48 minutes of additional playtime for gamers. Speaking of gaming, the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 comes with complete Unreal Engine 5 support for console-quality visuals, while Tile Memory Heap optimizes memory usage and bandwidth, and Mesh Shading allows developers to group geometry more efficiently."

The Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 (SM8850-AC) is built on a 3nm process and integrates a third-generation Oryon CPU that increases performance by 20% and improves CPU power efficiency by 35%. The octa-core CPU uses a 2+6 layout with prime cores up to 4.6GHz and performance cores up to 3.62GHz. The integrated Adreno GPU offers 23% better performance, 20% improved power efficiency, and 25% enhanced Ray Tracing. Overall system power efficiency improves up to 16%, which Qualcomm links to roughly 1 hour and 48 minutes more gaming time. The chip adds full Unreal Engine 5 support, Tile Memory Heap and Mesh Shading for gaming, a 37% faster Hexagon NPU, and an upgraded Qualcomm Sensing Hub to enable agentic, on-device multimodal AI with proactive, personalized recommendations while keeping user data on device.

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