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Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon 8 Elite mobile platform in October 2024, and several OEMs have already delivered flagship phones with the new processor. The launch roadmap for Qualcomm's next-generation flagship mobile platform, the rumored Snapdragon 8 Elite 2, has leaked online. The successor to the Snapdragon 8 Elite SoC is likely to come on the reported Xiaomi 16 and Xiaomi 16 Pro, which are claimed to be the first devices to have the Snapdragon 8 Elite 2 CPU.
Snapdragon 8 Elite 2 Launch Timeline (Expected)
Tipster Digital Chat Station (translated from Chinese) alleges on Weibo that Qualcomm will unveil the Snapdragon 8 Elite 2 at the end of September. The first cellphones using the new processor will be released in October. This implies that the chip might be presented a month sooner than its predecessor, which was introduced at the Summit 2024 event in Maui in October of last year.
The Snapdragon 8 Elite mobile platform powers the majority of current Android flagship phones, such as the Xiaomi 15 series, Vivo X200 Ultra, and OnePlus 13. Samsung also employed a customized Snapdragon 8 Elite with boosted CPU and GPU scores in the Galaxy S25 series.
Snapdragon 8 Elite 2 specifications (expected)
The next Snapdragon 8 Elite 2 is projected to significantly outperform the current flagship processor. The Android phones that use this technology will compete with Apple's forthcoming iPhone 17 series. The Xiaomi 16 and Xiaomi 16 Pro are said to be the first phones to have the Snapdragon 8 Elite 2.
According to a new leak, the Snapdragon 8 Elite 2 will feature a base frequency of 4.4GHz, up from the previous model's 4.32GHz. It is reported to include second-generation Oryon CPU cores, which might provide 25% better performance than the predecessor. The new chip is expected to handle both LPDDR5x and LPDDR6 RAM.
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