Qualcomm today introduced its flagship Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Mobile Platform that promises 20% improvements in CPU, 23% GPU performance improvements, 16% overall improvements in power efficiency and 37% faster NPU.
It also confirmed that several OEMs including HONOR, iQOO, Nubia, OnePlus, OPPO, POCO, realme, REDMI, RedMagic, ROG, Samsung, Sony, vivo, Xiaomi and ZTE will use the chip.
Xiaomi 17 series
Xiaomi’s new flagship, Xiaomi 17 series that will be introduced in China later today, will be the first to be powered by Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5.
Xiaomi Group Partner and President Lu Weibing said that every generation of Xiaomi digital series phones uses the most advanced Snapdragon chipset. Today, Xiaomi is collaborating deeply with Qualcomm to integrate hardware and software and co-create experiences, allowing everyone to enjoy the wonderful life brought by technology.
The Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 has been significantly upgraded, and its product is very powerful. Xiaomi has also achieved “true same-day delivery” with Qualcomm’s processor announcement in the morning and the phone in the evening, he added.
POCO
POCO has confirmed that its next-gen flagship smartphone will be powered by Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5. This should be the POCO F8 Ultra, which should be a variant of the REDMI K90 Pro that is expected to launch in China in October.
HONOR Magic8 series and HONOR MagicPad 3 Pro
HONOR has confirmed that the HONOR Magic8 series phones and the MagicPad 3 Pro tablets will be the company’s first devices to be equipped with the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 mobile platform, known as “one door, two supremes”. These will be introduced in China in October.
Li Kun, flagship smartphone product manager for HONOR shared a preview of the Magic8 phone in a celadon glaze color that draws inspiration from Song Dynasty Ru porcelain. The now-rainy celadon texture adds a Ru kiln crackle glaze element. The unique cicada wing pattern of Ru porcelain spans millennia, showcasing cultural heritage and a powerful core. The phone features a right-angled bezel design and a unique cicada wing pattern.
OnePlus 15
OnePlus has confirmed that it will use the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 for its flagship OnePlus 15 phone. It will be factory-installed with the all-new “Windspeed Gaming Core. ” The latest flagship chip is just the starting point, injecting a whole new core into the new “core.”
Pete Lau, Founder of OnePlus, said:
For more than a decade, OnePlus and Qualcomm Technologies have moved in lock-step to redefine what a flagship can be. With Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 at its core, OnePlus 15 carries that legacy forward—delivering the speed, intelligence and efficiency our users demand today and into the future.
The OnePlus 15 will unleash Ultra-class performance and usher in a new era of 165fps ultra-high frame rate gaming, the company added. There will be another phone with the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chip, said the company, which should be the OnePlus Ace 6 series.
iQOO 15 and vivo
iQOO 15 that is coming next month will be equipped with Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5. It’s deeply integrated with Qualcomm to create the Monster super-core engine, which is tuned to the extreme and breaks the upper limit of gaming performance. The same chip is smoother, more stable, and faster, said the company.
vivo has also confirmed that it will use the chip in its upcoming flagship, and it should be X300 Ultra that is expected next year.
iQOO India has also confirmed the iQOO 15 with the chip.
realme GT8 Pro
realme GT8 Pro which will be introduced in October will use the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chipset in China. It will also be coming to global markets, including India, with the chip. It promises elite performance with an AnTuTu score exceeding 4 million.
nubia and Redmagic
nubia Z80 Ultra and RedMagic 11 Pro series will use the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chipset. The RedMagic 11 Pro series will be introduced in October.