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The chip is 31% faster than its predecessor
The smartphone is expected to be unveiled in April
The first test results of the new Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2 chipset in the AnTuTu benchmark have appeared on the Internet. According to data from Chinese insider Digital Chat Station, the new processor's performance is 40.7 per cent better than its predecessor, the Snapdragon 8 Elite.
Qualcomm has reportedly decided to entrust the production of its new Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 chip to Taiwanese company TSMC rather than Samsung, despite the latter's proven 4nm process technology.
The Snapdragon 8s Elite is likely to get around two million points in the AnTuTu test
Apple introduced its C1 modem in the new iPhone 16e, which showed superiority over Qualcomm's modem in most tests conducted by Ookla.
The flagship Snapdragon G3 Gen 3 processor delivers a huge performance boost and supports Lumen technology
Phone 3a sales are expected to start on 4 March
Last October, Qualcomm unveiled its latest flagship processor, the Snapdragon 8 Elite. Now the specs of another version of this processor, the Snapdragon 8s Elite, which has the model number SM8735, have been revealed.
Qualcomm has indirectly confirmed that Samsung's new Galaxy S25 line of flagship smartphones will feature Snapdragon 8 Elite chipsets.
According to rumours, NVIDIA is considering switching to Samsung Foundry's 2nm process, abandoning TSMC's services due to high costs and the Taiwanese giant's growing influence on pricing.
According to the latest rumours from whistleblower DCS, Qualcomm's next-generation Snapdragon 8 Elite 2 and MediaTek's Dimensity 9500 processors could equal Apple's M4 chip in terms of single-core performance. This will be made possible by ARM's Scalable Matrix Extension (SME) technology and TSMC's improved 3nm N3P process.
Qualcomm launched its new flagship Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset in October this year, and now it is reported that the company is already actively working on its successor.
Qualcomm has successfully defended itself in a lawsuit against Arm Holdings for breach of licence agreement. The dispute arose after Qualcomm acquired startup Nuvia for $1.4bn in 2021.
Arm has sued Qualcomm, claiming that its acquisition of startup Nuvia in 2021 violates licence agreements.
