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Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2 tipped to launch with minimum of 20% performance boost

The current Snapdragon 8 Elite. (Image source: Qualcomm)
The current Snapdragon 8 Elite. (Image source: Qualcomm)
TSMC is now believed to get production of its cutting-edge 2 nanometer (2nm) chipsets underway in earnest by the second half of 2025 - however, the next processor for top-end Android smartphones will not be among them. The "Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2" is backed to launch with significant performance upgrades nonetheless.

Smartphones with Qualcomm's new, late-2024 top-end silicon have only just started to become available on the international market; however, that does not stop prominent leakers from discussing the Snapdragon 8 Elite's successor already.

Devices such as the Realme GT 7 Pro, iQoo 13 and ROG Phone 9 are backed to confidently lay claim to world-beating benchmarking scores such as 3,000,000 or more in the AnTuTu tests of performance. However, their successors are now tipped to improve on those results by 20% if not more, according to Digital Chat Station.

The "Gen 2" is thought to do so even though it will still be based on a 3nm architecture from TSMC - although Digital Chat Station now purports to confirm that it will be that chip supplier's N3P process rather than the N3E of the current Snapdragon 8 Elite.

Qualcomm has been said to have some of Samsung's competing SF2 process in the mix for its second-gen Elite (back when it had been thought of as the "Snapdragon 8 Gen 5"); however, it might have been phased out at this stage of its production, meaning it might be all-TSMC for the foreseeable future.

Meanwhile, Apple's next-gen A19 Pro that might feature in projected Realme GT 8 Pro rivals such as the iPhone 17 Pro Max and/or 17 Air.

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Deirdre O'Donnell, 2024-12- 1 (Update: 2024-12- 1)