There has been speculation about Qualcomm's latest and most powerful chip for a long time. A lot has been leaked about it in advance, and the manufacturer itself has hinted at a lot. And now it has finally been officially introduced. The processor, called Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, is a hot candidate for many flagship Android phones. And it is also a serious contender for Galaxy S26 Ultra.
Compared to the current number one, the Snapdragon 8 Elite, it is Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 better in almost everything. It is 20% faster, the CPU is 35% more efficient and it is 16% more efficient. Gamers will certainly be pleased that it brings 23% improvement in gaming performance and at the same time about 20% lower consumption energy. The gaming experience will then be intensified by the Tile Memory Heap and Mesh Shading functions.
Like its predecessor, the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 is made 3nm processIt contains 2 main cores with 4,6 GHz and six performance cores with 3,62 GHz, while running on 64bit architecture.
The Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chip is also optimized for artificial intelligence, specifically for the so-called agent AI experience. Thanks to this, we will be able to have even more AI tools on our mobile phones that will adapt to us and take over many tasks for us. This will be especially beneficial for Samsung and Google, whose Gemini a Bixby they will be able to function even better.
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Photo enthusiasts will be delighted again autofocus, exposure and white balanceAnd overall, the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chip will support better camera performance thanks to support for the Advanced Professional Video codec. And this is also a hit, especially for Samsung or Xiaomi.
It can be expected that Samsung will use the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 processor for its latest upcoming flagship model. Galaxy S26 Ultra. In Galaxy S25 Ultra used the Snapdragon 8 Elite, so the connection would be completely logical. Although its own is still in the game Exynos 2600, but he will probably keep it for Galaxy S26 For a Galaxy S26 Edge (even though Edge could be a candidate for a chip from Qualcomm).
I plan to buy an S26ultra and I would like there to be Snapdragon🙏😉