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Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 Could Use The Same 3nm ‘N3P’ Lithography And Custom Cores As The Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2, But A Rumor Claims Smartphones Featuring The Newer SoC Could Start From Only $280

Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 Could Use The Same 3nm ‘N3P’ Lithography And Custom Cores As The Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2, But A Rumor Claims Smartphones Featuring The Newer SoC Could Start From Only 0

Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Summit is scheduled to be held on September 23, with rumors circulating that, in addition to announcing its flagship chipset, the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2, which will serve as the direct successor to the Snapdragon 8 Elite, the company is also planning something else for its smartphone partners. For those wanting to keep healthier margins by offering …

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Confirmed: Galaxy S26 Ultra coming with Snapdragon 8 Elite’s successor

Confirmed: Galaxy S26 Ultra coming with Snapdragon 8 Elite’s successor

A few moments ago, we got our hands on the first firmware file for the Galaxy S26 Ultra. It revealed that the phone will run Android 16-based One UI 8.5 software. However, that was just the start. As we continue to explore the firmware, we are coming across a lot of exciting information. One such piece of information is related …

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Exynos 2600’s graphics performance is faster than Snapdragon 8 Elite

Confirmed: Galaxy S26 Ultra coming with Snapdragon 8 Elite’s successor

According to multiple reports, Samsung is developing a new flagship chipset for mobile devices, the Exynos 2600, which, it may use in the Galaxy S26 series. Yesterday, it was spotted on Geekbench, which revealed its specifications and CPU performance benchmarks. Well, today we have performance benchmarks of its GPU as well, and surprise, surprise, it performs much better the Snapdragon …

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Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2 To Feature Bumped Up CPU & GPU Clock Speeds Thanks To The TSMC’s Newer 3nm Process; Rumor Claims That SoC’s AnTuTu Score Is Almost 50 Percent Higher Than The Fastest Smartphone

Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2 To Feature Bumped Up CPU & GPU Clock Speeds Thanks To The TSMC’s Newer 3nm Process; Rumor Claims That SoC’s AnTuTu Score Is Almost 50 Percent Higher Than The Fastest Smartphone

Qualcomm will likely be tweaking the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2’s specifications before it officially announces its flagship SoC on September 23, though it should be noted that the initial samples had their performance cores tested at more than 5.00GHz. However, it appears that the final version has been watered down, but thankfully, a tipster has mentioned that the CPU …

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Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2 & Dimensity 9500 Prices Might Not Increase By Much, Allowing Various Smartphone Makers To Have Some Flexibility In Maintaining Their Flagships’ Margins

Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2 & Dimensity 9500 Prices Might Not Increase By Much, Allowing Various Smartphone Makers To Have Some Flexibility In Maintaining Their Flagships’ Margins

Qualcomm and MediaTek are expected to remain on TSMC’s 3nm process, though both companies have likely transitioned to the slightly improved ‘N3P’ node, which delivers better performance and efficiency over the older ‘N3E’ node. While a transition to the new 2nm technology should result in a chipset price hike, a tipster states that the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2 and …

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New Snapdragon chip for Wear OS coming, and it’s a big upgrade

New Snapdragon chip for Wear OS coming, and it’s a big upgrade

According to a new report, Qualcomm has a new Snapdragon chip in the works for Wear OS smartwatches, and it sounds like a pretty big upgrade. Qualcomm has released several chipsets for Wear OS smartwatches over the years, but with some major gaps in performance and timing. The Snapdragon W5 series released in 2022 was a massive and overdue leap …

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