Qualcomm has but to announce the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 chip, which reportedly gives a major enhance in efficiency in comparison with final yr’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip. The OnePlus 13, Xiaomi 15 collection, Oppo Discover X8 Extremely, and the vivo X200 Extremely are among the units that may equip the upcoming flagship chipset from Qualcomm. A current rumor additionally means that the title of Qualcomm’s subsequent flagship cell SoC will probably be Snapdragon 8 Elite.
Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 might provide an enormous efficiency enchancment to the Galaxy S26 Extremely
A rumor out of China has revealed some details about the efficiency beneficial properties of the corporate’s 2025 flagship smartphone chipset, reportedly named the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5. It is going to be the primary Snapdragon AP constructed utilizing TSMC’s third-generation 3nm (N3P) course of node know-how.
Based on rumors, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 chipset will proceed to make use of a 2 + 6 core structure. Notably, this yr’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 chip additionally makes use of the identical core structure. The tipster claims that the efficiency cores can attain a clock velocity as excessive as 5GHz. They add that the six effectivity cores may have a clock velocity peaking at 4GHz. That being stated the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 chipset might provide an enormous efficiency enchancment to the Galaxy S26 Extremely. Rumors additionally declare that the telephone might embody a complicated facial scanning characteristic.
Nevertheless, it’s essential to say that these speeds solely characterize the variant of the chipset constructed by TSMC. Based on a earlier report, Qualcomm has determined to twin supply the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 from each TSMC and Samsung Foundry.
To not point out, there are issues in regards to the yield price of Samsung Foundry’s 3nm and 2nm course of nodes. It’s reported that Samsung Foundry will manufacture the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 utilizing its SF2 2nm course of node. Sadly, the clock velocity of Samsung’s model of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 has not been revealed but. Nonetheless, the corporate’s 4nm-based Exynos 2400 chipset means that they’ve made some progress these days.
Qualcomm has once more determined to work with Samsung Foundry
To recall, the corporate partnered with Samsung up to now for the manufacturing of its Snapdragon 888 and Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chips. Each the chips suffered from main heating points. The manufacturing of each chips additionally suffered from lower-than-expected yield charges.
The decrease yield charges and energy effectivity points have been sufficient for Qualcomm to modify again to TSMC once more. Consequently, the Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 confirmed a lot improved energy effectivity. It additionally enabled Samsung to supply a significant efficiency enchancment with the Galaxy Z Fold 4. Since then, the corporate has produced its chips from TSMC and has supplied efficiency and energy effectivity enhancements in every era.
