The Snapdragon 8 Elite is Qualcomm’s latest and greatest mobile chipset, designed to bring some serious power to smartphones. It features the new Oryon CPU, which replaces the older Kryo CPUs, offering a significant boost in performance. Below, you will find Full specifications, a phone list, and various benchmarks for the Snapdragon 8 Elite.
Key Specs
- ✅ Manufacturing Process: 3nm
- ✅ CPU: Octa-core (8 cores)
- ✅ CPU Prime cores: 2 x Oryon Phoenix L @ 4.32GHz
- ✅ CPU performance cores: 6 x Oryon Phoenix M @ 3.53GHz
- ✅ GPU: Adreno 830
- ✅ AI: Hexagon NPU
- ✅ Camera Support: Up to 320MP, 8k Video @ 60fps
- ✅ Display: Up to QHD+ @ 240Hz refresh rate
- ✅ Memory: LPDDR5X RAM
- ✅ Storage: UFS 4
- ✅ Connectivity: Snapdragon X80 Modem, Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6, USB-C 3.1 Gen 2
Full Specs
These are the full specifications of the Snapdragon 8 Elite
| Snapdragon 8 Elite | |
|---|---|
| Cores | 8 |
| Prime Core | 2 x Oryon (Phoenix L) |
| Performance Cores | 6 x Oryon (Phoenix M) |
| Threads | 8 |
| Clock Speed (Prime Core) | 4.32 GHz |
| Clock Speed (Performance Core) | 3.53 GHz |
| Instruction Set | ARMv9.2-A |
| L1 Cache | – |
| L2 Cache | 12 MB |
| L3 Cache | – |
| Fabrication Process | 3nm |
| Transistors | 25 billion |
| TDP | 8 W |
| Integrated Graphics | Adreno 830 |
| GPU Clock Speed | 1100 MHz |
| Shading Units | 768 |
| FLOPS | 3379.2 Gigaflops |
| DirectX | 12.1 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 |
| AI engine | Hexagon NPU |
| Memory | LPDDR5X |
| Memory frequency | 5333 MHz |
| Max Memory Size | 24 GB |
| Memory Bus | 2x 32 Bit |
| Storage | UFS 4 |
| Interface | USB 3.1 Gen 2 |
| Modem | Snapdragon X80 |
| 5G | Yes |
| Wi-Fi | 7 |
| Bluetooth | 6 |
| Download Speed | 10 Gbps |
| Upload Speed | 3.5 Gbps |
| Max Display resolution | 3840 x 2540 |
| Max Display Refresh Rate | 240 Hz |
| Max camera resolution | 320 MP |
| Video capture | 8K @ 60fps 4K @ 120 fps |
| Video codecs | H.264 H.265 AV1 VP9 VP8 |
| Audio codecs | AAC FLAC ALAC WAV AIFF SBC mp3 AAC aptX LDAC |
| Navigation tech | GPS GLONASS NAVIC Galileo Beidou QZSS |
| NFC Support | Yes |
| Release date | 22 October 2024 |
Notes: NFC is not a built-in feature for the Snapdragon 8 Elite; smartphone manufacturers provide it
Benchmarks
Now that you know the basic specs, take a look at some popular benchmark standards for smartphone CPUs to find out how good the Snapdragon 8 Elite is in performance.
Antutu 10
For the Overall performance of the chipset
- Overall – 26,98,668
- CPU – 5,85,303
- GPU – 11,85,866
- Memory – 4,93,203
- UX – 4,34,296
Geekbench 6
To determine the single-core and multicore performance of the CPU individually.
- Single-core – 3,196
- Multi-core – 10,142
3DMark WildLife
For Graphical capabilities
- Overall Score – 23,410
AI Benchmark
To check the AI capabilities of the smartphone chipset
- AI Score – 12,376
Smartphone Mobile List
If you are looking to buy a mobile or smartphone with a Snapdragon 8 Elite, here is the list of all the smartphone devices with this chipset.
- Asus ROG Phone 9
- Asus ROG Phone 9 Pro
- Asus Zenfone 12 Ultra
- Honor Magic
- Nubia Red Magic 10 Pro Plus
- OnePlus 13
- OnePlus Ace 5 Pro
- Realme GT 7 Pro
- Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra
- Vivo iQOO 13
If we have missed any smartphones, please let us know in the comments so we can update in the list.
