Qualcomm Unveils Flagship Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Chip With 23 Percent Faster Performance, Agentic AI Support
Qualcomm on Wednesday announced the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chipset for mobile devices at the Snapdragon Summit in Hawaii. According to the company, the newest mobile processor features third-generation Oryon cores, which enable faster performance and improved efficiency compared to the previous Snapdragon 8 Elite platform. The chip gets support for Agentic AI assistants and is touted to be the world's first mobile platform to record videos in the Advanced Professional Video (APV) codec. Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Availability Qualcomm says flagship Android devices powered by its latest Snapdragon 8 Elite SoC are expected to be available in the coming days. The chip is confirmed to be adopted for flagship devices by global original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) for devices like the OnePlus 15 and the Xiaomi 17 series. Additionally, Xiaomi's sub-brand Poco has also announced that its next-generation flagship smartphone will be powered by this chipset. Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Sp...