Now that the iPhone 17 Pro’s A19 Pro chip has taken center stage as the new hotness in phone silicon, Qualcomm is trying to make the claim that Android phones can be used for more than flicking through your social feeds with zombie-like efficiency. In comes the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, a confusing name for a chip with a one-track mind: pushing better graphics and multitasking capabilities.
The Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 is the sequel to Qualcomm’s last-gen flagship, the Snapdragon 8 Elite . You know what? Why not just ignore the name for now, especially if you’re skimming these specs? The new CPU on a 3nm process promises to be one of the fastest, with two “prime cores” hitting a new blistering clock speed of 4.6GHz. The Snapdragon 8 Elite managed to hit above 4GHz last year. Clock s