CPU Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2 arrives in September

A Qualcomm officially confirmed that the Snapdragon Summit 2025 It will take place between September 23 and 25, in Hawaii. The great attraction will be the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2, new top of the company’s line chip.

The ad comes in a strategic moment: days before the debut of Xring 01, First Xiaomi processor with second generation 3NM lithography of TSMC. The anticipation of the conference, traditionally held in October, seems to aim to compete and position in the premium chip market.

Early launch and possible response to the competition

The rumors that Qualcomm would anticipate the announcement of Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2 have been gaining strength in recent weeks, especially in the face of Xiaomi’s aggressive movement.

Now, with the official date confirmed, the market reading is clear: the purpose of the American manufacturer is to accelerate the new generation adoption cycle and neutralize the impact of competitors such as MediaTek and Xiaomi itself.

Expectation of jumping in performance

Preliminary information indicates that the new will maintain the setting of eight centersfollowing the architecture “2 + 6”, but with nuclei based on the Arm V9 instruction and the new generation of Pegasus Colors, developed from the acquisition of Nuvia. Improvements extend to the adreno 840 GPUwhich can present Sup to 30% high in performance graphicsa.

According to tests leaked at Antutu, Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2 performed until 40,7% superior to its predecessor – an expressive gain in being an annual update cycle.

If these numbers are confirmed, the new snapdragon can consolidate a comfortable leadership in the premium segment, at least until the new Apple chips arrived

Chip focused on high performance and was

In addition to the new GPU, Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2 should have a Improved NPU for tasks of artificial intelligence and language processing.

The combination of gross performance and AI capabilities has become an important differential for devices that bet on watched content generation, real -time translation and computational photography features.

The manufacture will be made on TSMC, using the N3P process – an evolution of the 3 nanomers of the Taiwanese company, which promises consumption and density gains without compromising performance.

Following the presentation of the chip in September, the first models with Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2 are expected to reach the market as early as October. Among the appointed devices to debut the new Soci are the Xiaomi 16, OnePlus 15, Realm GT8 Pro e Other high performance Chinese models.

Samsung, on the other hand, may not participate in this generation. Backstage information indicates that the Galaxy S26 line will use Exynos 2600 exclusively, marking a distance from the partnership with Qualcomm.

There is also the possibility of Variant “For Galaxy” Snapdragon 8 Elite 2 is restricted to Samsung’s own casting, which still raises questions about performance and thermal efficiency.

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Snapdragon x Elite Gen 2 can also appear

In addition to the chip for smartphones, there is an expectation that Qualcomm will present at the same event a preview of Snapdragon X Elite Gen 2focused on Notebooks Arm.

If it happens, this may be the first public sample of the company’s strategy to compete with Apple Silicon M3 and M4 in the ultra -thin and efficient PC sector.

Fonte: Qualcomm (via Notebook Check)