Qualcomm announces Snapdragon 8 Elite chip with Oryon CPU, 40% faster GPU

21 October 2024
Generational CPU, GPU, and AI upgrades alongside the latest X80 modem.

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Bring it on.

But one thing that really annoys me with Qualcomm is they only focus on their flagship SoCs. I mean we have Snapdragon 8 on Oryon now, yet at the same time the mid range are still hobbling along with A76 and A78 cores.

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    • IL2
    • 22 Oct 2024

    I’m worried if I drop my Razr 5G again on concrete like I did the other day on a parking lot, I may lose it for good. Was very lucky the drop didn’t damage any of the screens only leaving a ding at the top left. The Razr+ is an obvious replacement if my Razr 5G ever breaks.

    I’ve been reading great stuff about the Snapdragon Gen 8 Elite. It might be the most hyped up flagship SoC ever by Qualcomm. It’s on the 3nm process and breaks the 4 GHz barrier. I saw improvements of up to 30%-45% when we normally see 15%-20% gains yearly. This seems more hyped up than the Snapdragon 800 in 2013 and 835 in 2017. Both were fantastic SoCs, btw. The 801 in 2014 was one of three variants of the 800.

    Samsung may go Exynos next year with their foldables while the S25 series will get first dibs with the Gen 8 Elite (formerly 8 Gen 4) with Qualcomm’s new Oryon CPU. I’m thinking Samsung will use their own Exynos because Qualcomm charges a lot when OEMs uses their flagship SoCs. This is why Pixels don’t go up in price like the Flip 6 did using 8 Gen 3. Is the 8 Elite so good that Qualcomm changed the name to Elite after being referred as Gen 4 prior? The cost of using the 8 Elite? $190, a 20% increase from the 8 Gen 3.

    Motorola recently announced 5 year OS updates for their Edge 50 Neo with a Dimensity 7300, a chip inferior to the Snapdragon 8S Gen 3. The latest Razr+ 2024 is probably still only on the 3 year OS update plan. So I suggest to wait for the Razr+ 2025 to get the 5 years and the newer 8 Elite chip if Motorola plans to use it. Motorola has never used a current flagship for any of their Razrs except the 2022 which stayed in China. The Razr 2019 has the 710. Razr 5G has the 765G. The Razr+ 2023 has the 8+ Gen 1 which was a 2022 flagship SoC that the Flip 4 used 9 months earlier.

    The Razr+ 2024 uses the 8S Gen 3 which is underclocked compared to the 8 Gen 3 and barely an improvement over the efficient Gen 2 found on the S23 Ultra from last year. Actually, the 8 Gen 2 has higher teraflops than the 8S Gen 3 and can download and upload faster on data speeds. And Gen 2 has higher clock speeds on their GPU. Will Motorola finally not cheap out and use the Snapdragon 8 Elite for their Razr+ 2025 or will they still use the 8 (no S) Gen 3 from this year? Samsung usually has first dibs on Qualcomm chips. And if Moto does use this 8 Elite, will the price go up like what happened to the Flip 6?

    https://wccftech.com/qualcomm-snapdragon-8-elite-press-image-leaked-showing-various-details/amp/

    Finally a significant leap in performance that we haven’t seen since going from 820/821 to 835 or the 600 that the HTC One M7 and Galaxy S4 have to the 800 that the LG G2 and Nexus 5 have and all released in the same year of 2013. Add the possible 5 year OS updates and you can use a Razr+ 2025 for 12 years if you wanted to. That’s 5 years of OS updates + 7 years when an app might start losing support if stuck on an older OS. I can still use my Uber Driver app but minimum now is 8.1. Eventually, a phone still on Oreo from 2017 will lose app support.

    Don’t get the Razr+ 2024 and wait it out. Snapdragon 8 Elite is worth waiting for plus the longer OS updates of an extra 2-3 years.

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      • CpJ
      • 22 Oct 2024

      HyperionBurn, 21 Oct 2024most important question is thermals secondly i wanna know ... morebruh so the mobile chip will be better then my laptop??

        The first ever Qualcomm mobile chip without the Cortex-A5 efficiency cores. I can't wait to see how the chip performs under intense workload.

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          • Anonymous
          • ibn
          • 22 Oct 2024

          ShadiAla, 21 Oct 2024Is it worth to upgrade from snapdragon 865 to snapdragon el... moreI upgraded from 855 to 8+ gen1, which is a 3 generations jump, I can feel the improvement when doing everything especially the modem speed and ISP. A 5 generations jump from 865 to 8 Elite would definitely see noticeable improvements.

            Hemedans, 21 Oct 2024It's Phoenix L and Phoenix M, I didn't see breakd... moreOh ok

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              • m7a
              • 22 Oct 2024

              NPU u55y, 22 Oct 2024Finally, a worthy SoC for me to play Candy Crush competitiv... moreIt's more efficient even if u ain't gaming, they given us more performance for less power think that's pretty good 😊

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                • NPU u55y
                • tVX
                • 22 Oct 2024

                Finally, a worthy SoC for me to play Candy Crush competitively.

                Also, no 5 GHz prime cores no buy! 😤😡

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                  • m7a
                  • 22 Oct 2024

                  I need new phone, 21 Oct 2024It seems both 8 elite and 9400 are super efficient this yea... moreYup and pairing that with 6000mah + that's gonna be nice

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                    • ua82
                    • m7a
                    • 22 Oct 2024

                    Hemedans, 21 Oct 2024they use almost same power https://www.bilibili.com/video/... moreSo much to the people saying the reason the Chinese brands are shoving 6000mah + is because it's gonna be power hungry to compensate, gonna be some nice battery life improvement

                      Does anyone have an idea on how the overstocked version is going to be like?

                        ShadiAla, 21 Oct 2024Is it worth to upgrade from snapdragon 865 to snapdragon el... moreU will. But also depends of your internet speed connection.

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                          • KZK
                          • 21 Oct 2024

                          Please put it on S25

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                            • Anonymous
                            • KRW
                            • 21 Oct 2024

                            Finally Qualcomm realize how stupid their naming sense is..

                              AXIOM , 21 Oct 2024Instead of improving performance , they should improve powe... moreIt seems both 8 elite and 9400 are super efficient this year...... 9400 is a bit more efficient but both are good
                              TSMC cooked this year
                              Another awesome masterpiece from TSMC after 870 and 8gen2

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                                • GRN
                                • 21 Oct 2024

                                Instead of improving performance , they should improve power efficiency and give some features like satellite connectivity .. i will be more helpful . Because very Less apps and games needs this amount of performance . And emergency features like satellite connectivity is useful for all .

                                  IpsDisplay, 21 Oct 2024So we are all big cores now And now that snapdragon is f... moreIt's Phoenix L and Phoenix M, I didn't see breakdown of Phoenix M but judging by cpu curve I won't be suprised if it's like Apple E core and not like Android perfomance cores.

                                    ShadiAla, 21 Oct 2024Is it worth to upgrade from snapdragon 865 to snapdragon el... moreObviously yes but if your a casual user and don't game much your not gonna notice it
                                    But again if you buy a phone with 8 elite chip it's gonna be flagship so yes your gonna feel all kind of the technology upgrade from 2019 to 2025
                                    If it's as efficient as tests say i would say it's a very good chip so any phone that can handle it's heat properly it's worth buying
                                    Thank god TSMC saved the world from awful apple and Samsung processors this year
                                    I still can't believe A18 pro is that inefficient under some pressure

                                      So we are all big cores now

                                      And now that snapdragon is following the big core plan

                                      Everyone is now ready to accept it without any bias

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • 0qB
                                        • 21 Oct 2024

                                        THIS. thing. is going to be an INSANE uplift compared to my S22.
                                        I'm excited. 🤩

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