Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus may be launched in 2026 as another high-end chipset. Although it is tipped to be less powerful than Snapdragon 8 Elite 2, it can still offer Snapdragon 8 Elite, Qualcomm’s current flagship at the level of the flagship chipset. It can be constructed using the 3nm N3p process of the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), as well as some “external devices” of Snapdragon 8 Elite 2.
Qualcomm’s new chipset can offer Snapdragon 8 Elite-Level Performance
One in Post On Chinese microblogging platform Weibo, Tipster Digital Chat Station has revealed that chipset manufacturer is developing a new high-end SoC with Qualcomm Model Number SM8845. This new chip has been tipped to offer the level of performance of Snapdragon 8 Elite, which is the company’s current flagship SOC. Therefore, this may mean that Qualcomm wants to place this rumor chip between its next flagship, Snapdragon 8 Elite 2, and its current flagship. according to a Report By GSMARENA, SoC can be named Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus.
Additionally, Tipster also revealed that the rumor Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus would be developed on a owned architecture with large core. It is said that the 3nm N3p process of the TSMC is used with the “certain circumstances” of Snapdragon 8 Elite 2, which is expected to be launched with significant performance improvement on its predecessor in September. Snapdragon 8 Plus equipment powered by SOC also provides a large size battery with a maximum capacity of 8,000mAh.
Since it is expected to give Snapdragon 8 elite-level performance, we can take a look at the specifications of the chipset for reference. Launched in October 2024, Qualcomm’s current flagship is built on the SOC 64-bit architecture, based on the 3Nm process. It has the second generation, custom-made octa-core Qualcomm Oryan CPU, which gives the peak clock speed of 4.32GHz.
According to Qualcomm’s claims, it has a better performance in single and multi-core performance, leading to a 62 percent increase in web browsing speeds. At the launch, the company said that the equipment operated by this chip would support LPDDR5X RAM and UFS 4.0 storage. Snapdragon 8 Elite SOC also introduces the Nanite solution of the unrealistic engine 5, which enables the 3D atmosphere with film-quality in the smartphone gaming.
