Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 – high CPU freq and huge performance improvements

After a while, we discovered that the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2 from Qualcomm might actually be the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5. After a short lull, a new rumor has surfaced that offers some data about the specifications, allowing us to examine the advancements between the two generations more closely—at least on paper—because there is more. We should start investigating this report right away because the whistleblower who supplied these details also stated that the AnTuTu score is purportedly 50% higher what the Snapdragon 8 Elite achieved.

The Digital Chat Station, a Weibo tipster, has returned with some important information on the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5. As its performance cores recorded on Geekbench 6 were 4.74GHz rather than the normal 4.61GHz mentioned in the most recent rumor, it appears that the version tested on the Galaxy S26 Edge was a higher-binned part. According to reports, the efficiency cores are capped at 3.63GHz, and the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 has a “2 + 6” CPU cluster, just like the Snapdragon 8 Elite.

As for the GPU, Qualcomm will couple its forthcoming flagship SoC with the Adreno 840, with the source adding that its default clock speed is 1.20GHz, making it slightly faster than the Adreno 830’s 1.10GHz speeds. The San Diego company seems to have some latitude in raising those frequencies thanks to TSMC’s third-generation 3nm technology, but how much of a difference will that translate into benchmarks? The Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 allegedly scored over 4 million points in AnTuTu, according to the rumor.

The REDMAGIC 10 Pro, which has a Snapdragon 8 Elite processor, is the quickest Android smartphone according to benchmark leaderboards. The final score for this device was 2,662,615. These numbers will be 50% greater than those of its straight predecessor, assuming the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5’s AnTuTu findings are genuine. Due to an exclusive arrangement with Qualcomm, Samsung will be the only company able to debut the Galaxy S26 series with the quickest flagship out of all the companies anticipated to do so. Stay tuned for additional developments as the chipset maker’s Snapdragon Summit gets underway on September 23. Any elusive specifics will be revealed throughout the event.