New Delhi: Qualcomm has expanded its 8-series chipset by unveiling its latest Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 chipset flagship SoC. This latest Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 is meant to carry the flagship-level experience of the Elite model, but for devices with lower starting prices. If we compare this latest Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 chipset with Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 is fabbed on a 3nm process and features Qualcomm’s third-gen Oryon CPU with its 2x prime crores clocked at 3.8 GHz and its 6x performance crores running at 3.32 GHz.
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If we discuss it in terms of performance, Qualcomm is actually comparing the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 with the two-year-old Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip by promising a 36% improvement in CPU tasks, 11% better GPU output alongside 46% improvement in AI tasks, and 13% overall SoC power savings. The Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 gets the same chipset-sliced Adreno 840 GPU with the Frame Motion Engine 3.0, like on the Snapdragon 8 Gen Elite 5, but without Adreno High-Performance Memory.
This latest chip also gets Qualcomm’s Hexagon NPU, offering 46% improvement in AI tasks compared to the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, with support for on-device AI and multi-modal input. However, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 brings Qualcomm’s Spectra ISP and the X80 5G Modem-RF System, the same modem which was used on last year’s Snapdragon 8 Elite. OnePlus is going to be the first device to bring the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 to the market with the OnePlus Ace 6T/15R. Other OEMs like iQOO, Motorola, and Vivo are also expected to announce phones with the latest chipset soon.
