Qualcomm detailed how the changes in Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 make it more efficient and how it can improve battery life on new smartphones like the Xiaomi 17, HONOR Magic 8, and OnePlus 15.
Cindy Lei, who is the product manager of the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, said that it “begins with our architecture and across each one of our cores. Whether CPU, GPU, Camera, or also with NPU, each core itself will actually go and be optimized based on their designs for power efficiency.” Lei also commented that Qualcomm always mentions how much more power efficient a new chip is, because that is pretty important, especially in a small device like a smartphone or tablet.
Lei also mentioned that Qualcomm has “power management within the system, and thermal management designed into our cores, which is also tuned by software as well. So it’s really a collective effort across the board.”
Qualcomm has made changes in every aspect of the chip, to make it more efficient
Efficiency matters in a smartphone perhaps more than any other type of device. This is a device that’s going to be running on its battery everyday, all day, unlike a laptop, or some other computing device. And making it more efficient means that it can last longer, while not compromising on the performance.
Qualcomm says that the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 is about 35% more efficient vs Snapdragon 8 Elite. That’s great news, because we did notice with the Snapdragon 8 Elite, that it was running hotter than some other chips on the market – like the MediaTek Dimensity 9400. And with 35% more efficiency, that should make a pretty big dent in the battery life this time around.
Of course, we won’t have to wait long to see how well this efficiency stacks up, as Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 devices are being announced this week. And how it stacks up to the new MediaTek Dimensity 9500.
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