Qualcomm Launches the Snapdragon 8 Elite - Shifts Gears in its Battle Against the iPhone

Qualcomm has unveiled the Snapdragon 8 Elite, its first mobile processor featuring the custom Qualcomm Oryon CPU. It is an octa-core processor clocked at over 4.3GHZ and also includes a new Adreno GPU.

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#garyexplains

[Tech-Savvy]

Might be finally worth upgrading from SnapDragon 865 to 8 Elite. My multi-core speed isn't as good as the 8 Elite's single-core speed 😢.

[floppa]

Will Qualcomm ever keep the same naming System for more than 4 years ?

[LogioTek]

Perf/MHz alone doesn't tell you much, perf/MHz/Watt is a better metric. And according to Qualcomm's power efficiency claims, it looks like they have brought a working Netburst/Bulldozer-esque high clock design to mobile with more pipeline stages while minimizing static power (lower fan-out depth combinatorial logic) and leveraging savings in dynamic power (sequential switching logic). Well done.

[cpuuk]

How long have all the chip manufacturers been telling us that multi-cpu\ multi-thread is the way forward, yet so many things seem to be single core execution.

[natjes]

Thanks Gary for explaining, you are the man!

[akarimsiddiqui]

We should do a comparison of chips by not just normalizing frequency but also power draw, fabrication node etc so we can see whether the uplift really coming from architecture change.

[azzadhadiz]

Hopefully there is no repetition of sd820 and sd888 devastating overheat and battery issue

[sloanNYC]

These companies have the worst naming schemes, they are making Apple look good comparatively. LOL

[j_official]

Competition is great for us consumers… Qualcomm and mediatek multicore domination will force Apple to innovate and offer better performance. And also force x86 vendors to align and offer better efficiency. Or x86 will die.

[gametvon]

870 to 8 Elite that would be the best upgrade

[ORION-hffu]

Hats off to meditek and arm. They seemed so low key but managed to complete well against so hyped up oryon cores and apple, all this with being significantly efficient as well

[AlexHusTech]

*Always exciting when there is a new architecture, let's see how well it performs in temps, stability and efficiency!*

[zerotwo_.]

Interesting to see they followed suit with Mediatek and now use a similar concept.

[jaadu-yv]

samsung better be releasing their next tab line up with this elite soc.

[aymanelzain]

thx for the video, the single core performance of 8 elite looks great, but I'm a little worry about not having custom design efficiency cores and how this will affect battery life in idle and at lite use.

[DANIELCHUKWUKERE]

*All these CPU cores and GPU boost just to watch YouTube videos 😂😂 I'm all in for it though.. can't wait to send text messages and WhatsApp messages with my 4.32Ghz CPU cores.*

[dyingpentas]

Shit, this made me regret buying the OnePlus 12 this year😢

[amirtorhan]

Probably means that all region will get the Snapdragon for the S25 as there is no way Exynos will be able to match the Snapdragon.

[Ajaykrishna_]

Is there any speed comparison of L2 cache of 8 elite and A18 pro?

[BeamerTime]

I say go hard and make the best snapdragon you can. I own a tab s9+ and use it for vacation and emulation. I also own a iPhone 16 pro max. Competition is important and keeps these companies innovating.
I have always been an android and iOS user. I also own a Odin 2 max for my primary portable game system.