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Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 benchmarks reveal Qualcomm's dominance yet again

The Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 is turning out to be a beast of a mobile chipset.

(Image credit: Nicholas Sutrich / Android Central)In Hardwired, AC Senior Editor Harish Jonnalagadda delves into all things hardware, including phones, audio products, storage servers, and networking gear. It's clear that Qualcomm set out to establish itself as the dominant chip vendor with the introduction of the platform, and early benchmarking tests indicate just how much of a lead the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 has this year over devices like the Vivo X200 Ultra and Galaxy S25 models. Qualcomm isn't going into too much detail about the internals of the Oryon cores and the underlying architecture, but seeing as how it underpins the chip vendor's computing efforts — both on mobile and PC — it's evident just how much of an impact a custom design has.

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