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Snapdragon 8 Elite offers a dramatic power boost for 2025 flagship Android phones
Qualcomm's new 3nm chip offers "Elite" performance growth over the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3.
Announced at the Qualcomm Summit 2024 in Maui, the Snapdragon 8 Elite is the first to use a custom Oryon CPU instead of the usual ARM Cortex cores. Unlike the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, it won't have any low-clocked efficiency chips, either: its six performance cores hit 3.53GHz, which is faster than the 3.3GHz Cortex-X4 found in the last-gen SoC. (Image credit: Qualcomm)As for other subtle changes, the Snapdragon 8 Elite supports QHD+ resolution up to 240Hz refresh rates, which could offer some incredibly smooth gaming experiences to go with the graphics boost.
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