A less powerful Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chip is now officially a thing
The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5V aims to provide a balance of performance and cost savings.
A less robust version of the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chip has been officially announced. The Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5V, codenamed SM8850-1-AB, will debut on the Redmi K100 Pro in China next week. According to Digital Chat Station, a prominent leaker, the cheaper chipset will match the CPU performance of other 8 Elite Gen 5 models, but will feature a slightly weaker GPU.
This move may be motivated by the increasing component costs, making the Qualcomm chip an attractive option for phone manufacturers. The global RAM shortage has already led to price increases, with no end in sight. Qualcomm is reportedly developing this cost-effective version of the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5. The first device to utilize this system-on-chip (SoC) is set to launch in China next week.
Leaker Digital Chat Station shared details about the unreleased phone and its chipset on Weibo. The Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5V, built on TSMC's N3P manufacturing process, maintains the high-performance 4.6GHz Oryon CPU cores from other 8 Elite Gen 5 chips.
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