There's a Snapdragon 8 Elite version with just seven CPU cores now

17 January 2025
Binning, probably.

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Fire Smeller, 17 Jan 2025Not entirely correct.There was a reason why they were inclu... morePlaying audio is done by DSP. It has nothing with CPU.

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    papajon, 17 Jan 2025Efficiency cores are useless. In 90% of situations, the pho... moreEfficiency cores are better when your phone is basically at idle or Aod

      1989, 17 Jan 2025Make one with 6 cores, 2p + 6e and sell it as 8s plus elite... more2+6 is 8 bro 💔

        yjfoeg, 17 Jan 2025The cores like A520 are not "efficient". They are... moreSeen smartphones with only little core configurations last longer than those in a mixed cores of performance and efficiency ones.

          papajon, 17 Jan 2025Efficiency cores are useless. In 90% of situations, the pho... moreNot entirely correct.There was a reason why they were included, and if you look at it it's still feasible.just on standby screen off and playing music won't need to boost a middle core ,would it...

          Just check the correlation between these new chipset and the 'sudden' discovery of silicon-anode batteries with also 'boosted' battery capacity last and this year.

            Akinaro, 17 Jan 2025Anyone with brain would not dismiss it, as most CPU's ... moreBro,you're knowledgeable, my thoughts exactly,better sustained clock speed, and thus good performance.I have a smartphone with two cores at 2.6, and sustained is just nicely balanced here.

              So 8s elite will be this and priced much higher, and the budget king is gonna be the 7+ gen 4?

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                • 17 Jan 2025

                It will be rebranded as
                Snapdragon 8 less Elite

                or maybe
                Snapdragon 8 oneless Elite

                  Akinaro, 17 Jan 2025Anyone with brain would not dismiss it, as most CPU's ... morelmao good lord some people are so pretentious it's insane.

                    Rafi , 17 Jan 2025Obsession with Samsung is crazy... Still better than Apple ... moreApple would do it for 400 euros in europe 🤣

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                      • 17 Jan 2025

                      Is it better than the sd8 gen 3?

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                        T the Tinkerer, 17 Jan 2025So I missed the release of the SD 8 elite. So it seems that... moreThe cores like A520 are not "efficient". They are made for extremely low power only.
                        In terms of performance per watt, the small cores perform worse than the mid cores.
                        And because of improvement of fab, the mid cores in low frequency can now have replace the small cores for the idling jobs.
                        That's why both Qualcomm and MediaTek abandoned the small cores.

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                          This is very scummy to change core layout without changing the naming.

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                            papajon, 17 Jan 2025Efficiency cores are useless. In 90% of situations, the pho... more"Efficiency cores are useless."

                            Really? Ask Apple same question and come with an answer.

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                              • 17 Jan 2025

                              They'll do this thing: (7-core) when buying 12/256 version and (8-core) when buying 16/512 version of the device

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                                golemka, 17 Jan 2025Samsung will use,rename it for some fake marketing AI, fake... moreObsession with Samsung is crazy... Still better than Apple 's downgraded processors in non pro versions

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                                  T the Tinkerer, 17 Jan 2025So I missed the release of the SD 8 elite. So it seems that... moreEfficiency cores are useless. In 90% of situations, the phone is going to be boosting to middle cores anyways. Just swiping or playing animations, and most phones already boost mid cores to 2GHz.

                                  Even then I suppose most of the hardware units in M Oryon can be hibernated to save energy on the fly.

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                                    Make one with 6 cores, 2p + 6e and sell it as 8s plus elite. For the next poco f7 pro max plus for 28000 inr 16/512.

                                      So I missed the release of the SD 8 elite. So it seems that they have ditched the efficiency cores? So we're throwing away all for the efficiency gains with these new fabrication processes by making more and more powerful (read: power hungry) cores, to make benchmarks look better and better while never really being able to realize that power in any meaningful way?

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                                        • 17 Jan 2025

                                        Likely a binned chip.

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