Qualcomm seems ready to give smartphone makers a second option at the top. A new leak shared by Digital Chat Station suggests that the upcoming Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 will use the same CPU cluster and 3nm N3P process as its pricier sibling, the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5. In short, this isn’t a “lite” chip, it’s a flagship dressed in simpler clothes.
Same core, lower cost
The new chip reportedly features eight CPU cores – two high-performance cores clocked at 3.80GHz and six efficiency cores at 3.32GHz. It also brings Qualcomm’s Oryon CPU architecture to a non-Elite platform for the first time. That’s a major shift, suggesting the company wants to extend its custom silicon strategy beyond the most expensive devices.
Powering graphics is the Adreno 840 GPU, slightly older than the one inside the Elite but still powerful enough to run demanding games and AI workloads.
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Early Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 benchmarks look promising
Early results are strong. The Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 reportedly scores 3.3 million on AnTuTu, over 3,000 in Geekbench single-core, and 10,000 in multi-core. All these suggest that it could even outperform rivals’ last year’s premium chips. It also passes 100fps in GFXBench Aztec 1440p, showing strong gaming stability.
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Why Snapdragon 8 Gen 5?
The Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 appears to represent Qualcomm’s new dual-track strategy: delivering flagship power without the flagship cost. It could soon show up in devices like the vivo S50 Pro, OnePlus Turbo, or OnePlus 15R, offering near-Elite performance in more affordable flagship phones.
Qualcomm hasn’t announced an official launch yet, but leaks suggest the chipset could debut before the end of the year just as competition from MediaTek’s Dimensity 9400 heats up. If accurate, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 might finally give mid-premium phones the muscle without the Elite price tag.
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