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Snapdragon 8 Elite explained: Custom CPU cores, huge GPU upgrades, and so much more

With custom cores and massive gains across the board, the Snapdragon 8 Elite is set to take mobile SoCs to new heights.

Qualcomm used semi-custom design in recent years, where it would basically license Arm cores and add a few custom features, while retaining Kryo branding. In fact, this is similar to Apple's approach with its A series chipsets, and although Qualcomm used to do the same in the past, we haven't seen fully custom cores from the chip vendor following the Snapdragon 805. All of these features are undoubtedly great, but what I'm interested in knowing is how phones with the platform handle sustained gaming; this has been an issue on the 8 Gen 3, and while there was no shortage of power, it led to overheating and thermal constraints.

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