Snapdragon 8s Elite won't be called that, launch timeline leaks, specs get reaffirmed

25 March 2025
It could be a matter of days now.

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Iritator Challengeri, 26 Mar 2025"Number 4 is death number"I was told it's 8, which is the double/overkill of 4.

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    • Anonymous
    • LYr
    • 26 Mar 2025

    S I R E, 25 Mar 2025This is the domain of nerds and geeks bro, feel at home. ... moreSadly, the people with the least amount of knowledge will shout the loudest here. And those who do know stuff are often drowned out by the mass of loud know-it-alls.

      When will V9 be released?

        Anonymous, 26 Mar 20258s gen 3 had latest cores. They should have brought X925 to... moreX925 doesn't seem cheap. That's why Dimensity 9400 only uses 1 core and Tensor G5 still uses X4 cores

          S I R E, 26 Mar 2025SD 400 series? SD 4 GEN series? Snapdragon S4? 6 Gen 4? ... more"Number 4 is death number"

            Anonymous, 26 Mar 2025Even Qualcomm don't dare to use the number 4 👀2025 and people like you still believes in myth like that?

            Oh come on dude. Only because related coincidence happens doesn't means it's a valid fact. I've seen several things with No. 4 and they're doing just fine. Some even got the opposite of the myth.

            Also, are you never in a state where you're 4 and 14 years old? Because you're definitely still alive to make that comment.

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              • NEu
              • 26 Mar 2025

              Not Exynos, good... will buy.

                When you need a big name, with small cash, you go "s".

                8s Elite would be truly a desperate name.

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                  • Anonymous
                  • CbD
                  • 26 Mar 2025

                  I mean Snapdragon 8 Plus is right there

                    Anonymous, 26 Mar 2025Even Qualcomm don't dare to use the number 4 👀SD 400 series? SD 4 GEN series? Snapdragon S4? 6 Gen 4?

                    What are you on?

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                    • Anonymous
                    • CbE
                    • 26 Mar 2025

                    8s gen 3 had latest cores. They should have brought X925 to 8s Gen 4. Reduce the performance to 8 Gen 3 level. Atleast we get the efiiciency gains that way.

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                      • 26 Mar 2025

                      Even Qualcomm don't dare to use the number 4 👀

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                        • Anonymous
                        • 0$I
                        • 26 Mar 2025

                        Good!!! But... Does that mean we'll get a regular snapdragon 8 gen 4 and it won't have oryon cores either?

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                          • Anonymous
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                          • 26 Mar 2025

                          how about, snapdragon 8e Lite

                            I guess this will be used in NP3

                              Aierlan, 26 Mar 2025They always cut back on the cache on the s series chips (e.... moreYou don't need to be an expert to get a basic understanding. CPU cache is a hardware cache used by the central processing unit (CPU) of a computer to reduce the average cost (time or energy) to access data from the main memory.

                              There are 3 major and 1 rare level of cache L1, L2, L3 and L4 being the rarest although it's nothing special.

                              Without turning this into an article

                              L1 is the smallest but the quickest (notice quick being the preferred term instead of fast) it is closest to the physical individual CPU cores and hence takes the least time to respond. It is also the smallest block (capacity)

                              L2, L3 and L4 can be linked with multiple cores at a time and are chronologically larger but also slower yet still much quicker than what we typically call System RAM

                              What these basically do is store key instructions (very small in size) on the ready close to the CPU since normal RAM and storage cannot keep up with the needs of a CPU. This is also commonly known as IPC (Instructions per cycle) higher the cache soze better the IPC but there are diminishing returns and negatives to too much cache as you want the each cycle to be quick rather than big (you can store more data but at the cost of how long it takes for the core to read through it)

                              it affects your performance when you are pegging the CPU with constant and/or random requests.

                              Not all caches handle the same type of task and there are way too many to list here.

                              The topic is way too big for me to properly summarize and recommend you read about it from trusted sources but that's the gist of it.

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                              They always cut back on the cache on the s series chips (e.g. 8MB L3 cache compared to 12MB in the 8 gen 3,). Chinese reviewers go on about that quite a bit. Any chip experts out there that can explain whether or not that has any significant effect?

                                if they really name the inferior version of x elite as "x plus", why don't the name it "8 plus" instead of that whatevertheheckisthat naming???

                                  They use 8 gen 3 cores combined with 8 gen 2 caches. And the GPU is a cut down version of the 8 Elite. What an interesting processor 😄

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                                    • Anonymous
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                                    • 26 Mar 2025

                                    Rhoodin, 25 Mar 2025Good thing. They should keep the 'Elite' Naming f... moreThere's already some Oryon based chips not named elite like the snapdragon X plus.

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