Meet The Next-Gen Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Mobile Platform: Qualcomm has recently, in its big reveal, unveiled its next-gen Snapdragon mobile platform, which is the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, at its annual Snapdragon Summit in Hawaii.
What is Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
It promises various improvements across various performance markers like AI capabilities, gaming experience, battery efficiency, video, and connectivity.
Android’s video recording capacity is often compared with that of iPhones, and it usually lags behind it.
However, the APV Codec(Advanced Professional Video) codec that had been launched with Anrodi 16 will now have the support of the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5.
Features:
- A CPU Upgrade – World’s fastest CPU for mobiles for flagship phones, it is none other than the 3rd Gen Qualcomm Oryon CPU.
- Improvements in GPU – Enhanced graphics improve the gaming experience.
- NPU, i.e, Neural Processing Unit, will be present. It is designed to do advanced AI tasks and is purpose-built to amplify the user experience.
Qualcomm’s most powerful mobile chipset: Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 is being called one of Qualcomm’s most powerful mobile chipsets to date.
It integrates Qualcomm’s X85 modem and offers a download speed of up to 12.5 Gbps and an upload speed that goes up to 3.7 Gbps. This is nearly a 25 percent increase from the previous Snapdragon generation.
Processor
The new processor now also supports FastConnect 7900, further bringing Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6.0, and UWB capabilities to all the compatible devices.
It enables multitasking at lightning speed, which means there will be seamless app switching.
Personalized Agentic AI
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 enables personalized agentic AI assistants to do actions that are tailored for the user across various apps.
With the rising use of AI by all smartphone users, this was the most important feature.
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 is capable of learning continuously and processing multimodal models offline as well.
Powering Latest Android Smartphones
These high-end Snapdragon 8 series are expected to be the ones powering the latest Android smartphones that are upcoming this year, and brands like smartphone brands, including Honor, iQOO, Nubia, OnePlus, OPPO, POCO, realme, REDMI, RedMagic, ROG, Samsung, Sony, vivo, Xiaomi, and ZTE.
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