New Snapdragon 8s Elite detailed, seen powering the iQOO Z10 Turbo Pro

13 January 2025
The Turbo Pro hit Geekbench and the iQOO Z10 Turbo followed it - this one running on a Dimensity 8400 chipset instead.

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wow you are recycling 2 year old processors that 8S doesn't like

    PureOS, 14 Jan 2025Dimensity 8400 is much cheaper than 8s elite. Same is with ... moreThe issue I have is not with you but the source. They are false articles posted on X reported here (in some case source deleted within hours).
    These leakster know their post will be quoted as source (reported without checking) go viral.

    The Mediatek & Qualcomm price for example one source IU/ DCS for the entire planet.
    The unit cost has 0.0001% of being accurate as it is so commercially sensitive disclosure is akin to corporate espionage. Vivo will not know what Samsung pays or Vice versa pay Qualcomm (contractually prohibited)

    MediaTek will NOT know what Vivo pays Qualcomm.
    A joke now? Samsung Ceo will know the internal transfer cost Samung pays Samsung for Exynos Soc. ( X here I come)

    Additionally volumes affect unit cost so despite the different Snapdragons when Samsung went 100% Qualcomm it paid
    effectively 'less' per SoC, than when split with Exynos.

    The price quoted first saw the light of day when posted. NO actual SoC manufacturer was contacted

    I accept that MediaTek Dimensity cost less than Qualcomm as Qualcomm charges charged a premium for being the superior product.
    Fyi you won't find another source verification of the two prices but quoted as fact. They are people who are extremely skeptical of these figures.

    My initial post was to state why the 8s Elite name is COMPLETELY WRONG if Arm Cortices are used.

    Unknown is if (as has been done before) this is a mocked up benchmark produced to embellish a "story"

    8S Gen 3 announced March 18, 2024
    1x 3 GHz – Cortex-X4
    4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720
    3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A520

    If I wanted to name a SoC based on a possibly faked benchmark with the purported architecture I simply wouldn't.
    The article reports from a source "unsubstantiated" the details contradicts established facts.

    SNAPDRAGON 8 GEN 3 announced October 24, 2023
    1x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4
    3x 3.15 GHz – Cortex-A720
    2x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A720
    2x 2.27 GHz – Cortex-A520
    Adreno 750
    Familiar????

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      • Anonymous
      • uu4
      • 14 Jan 2025

      Disappointed with Mediatek and Snapdragon with their sub flagship chips this year. Last year was exciting for midrange. This year it's the flagships that are exciting.

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        • Anonymous
        • uu4
        • 14 Jan 2025

        Maybe they are using Oryon Phoenix-M cores which might explain the name 8s 'Elite'

          If this will be on a 3nm process, the benefits might just outweigh the costs.

            Anonymous, 13 Jan 2025It seems to me that Qualcomm were making several configurat... moreDimensity 8400 is much cheaper than 8s elite. Same is with flagship processors -
            Dimensity 9400 ( 150$ )
            SD 8 Elite ( 190$ )

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              • Anonymous
              • PxE
              • 13 Jan 2025

              I Just Read, 13 Jan 2025"Note that the 8s Elite does not use the Oryon cores t... more8s+ gen 3???

                "Note that the 8s Elite does not use the Oryon cores that were developed in-house by Qualcomm but still features the ARM-designed cores that were used in the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 generation. However, there is a boost to CPU clock speed and one more middle core (at the cost of one small core). Also, the Adreno 825 GPU is from the same generation as the Elite chip (and not a 700 series GPU)"

                Gsmarena have provided a graphic.(Is it possible to cut & paste? if 1989 taught us nothing it didn't)

                The words speak volumes as does a source DCS

                The name cannot be 8s Elite if it is NOT using custom Oryon cortices

                Assuming the clock speed is correct AND Oryon yes

                If on the other hand stock Arm cortices then NO. The tipster have gotten the name wrong.

                Just like we were in 2023 and after Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 other Qualcomm SoC were being released not named 8s Gen 3

                Oryon equals 8s Elite YES
                Arm stock cortices. NO

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                  • Anonymous
                  • n@u
                  • 13 Jan 2025

                  Downplaying the downgrade. The 8s gen 3 was like 500k less in score than the 8 gen 3. The 8s elite is a 900k downgrade from the 8 elite

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                    • Anonymous
                    • wrc
                    • 13 Jan 2025

                    Watered down IQOO 13

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                      • PanRT
                      • Mrn
                      • 13 Jan 2025

                      Dimensity 8400 is rly great CPU and a great competitor to the Snap 8s Elite.

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                        • Anonymous
                        • vxx
                        • 13 Jan 2025

                        Anonymous, 13 Jan 2025Wow.... I fully expected the "elite" to use oryon... moreNot sure why you expect that if you look at the trend you pretty much wait 1 more year to get the top end stuff down shifted to the 8s/7+gen line.

                          Unless they did something crazy with the GPU, Dimensity 8400 is the better option

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                            • Anonymous
                            • rJj
                            • 13 Jan 2025

                            Qualcomm started to put smartphone buyers in confusion.

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                              • Anonymous
                              • PxE
                              • 13 Jan 2025

                              Anonymous, 13 Jan 20258s elite looks like a down clocked 8 gen 3. Like how 8s gen... moreIt seems to me that Qualcomm were making several configuration to fight Mediatek.
                              And they believe the 1 X4 + 3 A720 were enough to fight the 8300
                              And seeing the Antutu result of 8400, they releasing the 1 X4 +3+2 A720

                              So, it's very important for us to have Mediatek push their 8000 series.

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                                • Anonymous
                                • PxE
                                • 13 Jan 2025

                                Anonymous, 13 Jan 2025Wow.... I fully expected the "elite" to use oryon... moreFor me the dissapointing part is actually to know which one which
                                Now, we really need a PHD to memorize that not all "the same generation" using the same CPU generation.

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • vxx
                                  • 13 Jan 2025

                                  8s elite looks like a down clocked 8 gen 3. Like how 8s gen 3 was a down clocked 8 gen 2. And 7+ gen 2 was down clocked 8+gen 1.

                                    How do Oryon cores differ from ARM ones?

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • n@u
                                      • 13 Jan 2025

                                      Wow.... I fully expected the "elite" to use oryon Cores, incredibly dissapointing.

                                        Bit disappointing it isn't using the new Oryon cores, but it was to be expected.