Qualcomm is once again making custom cores, and the result is that the Snapdragon 8 Elite has a huge advantage over the 8 Gen 3.

Qualcomm today unveiled the Snapdragon 8 Elite mobile platform, which features a next-generation custom Qualcomm-designed Oryon CPU instead of

Qualcomm has a new chip for flagship phones, and the best part is that it uses an improved version of the Oryon CPU architecture that the Snapdragon X Elite chips brought to Windows PCs earlier this year.

Qualcomm has unveiled its latest and greatest smartphone chipset for a new generation of phones, in the form of the Snapdragon 8 Elite.

The Snapdragon 8 Elite offers better CPU performance thanks to the second-gen Oryon CPU, but the Dimensity 9400 has a slight edge in GPU performance.

Next year's top Android phones will have even better AI capabilities, low-light camera performance and be able to last longer when playing games. At its Snapdragon Summit in Hawaii, Qualcomm revealed the Snapdragon 8 Elite, the next generation of chips that will power the best phones from Samsung, Motorola, OnePlus and more manufacturers.

The Snapdragon 8 Elite Mobile Platform features custom-designed cores in the CPU, GPU, and NPU to dramatically improve speed, efficiency, and AI for next-generation flagship smartphones.

I interviewed several Qualcomm product managers to figure out why efficiency cores aren't needed to make CPUs more efficient.

At the Snapdragon Summit 2024, held from October 21 to 23 in Maui, Hawaii, Qualcomm officially introduced the Snapdragon 8 Elite, marking a significant shift in naming conventions by departing from the "Gen" series models.