Whenever a new chipset is announced, the first question on every enthusiast’s lips is “how well does it perform?” Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 is no exception. While we’ll have to wait not too long to get our hands on the first consumer devices, we went hands-on with a reference handset at Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Tech Summit that gives us some indication of the chip’s peak potential.

Just a word of caution: retail handsets are unlikely to perform quite as well, owing to their more consumer-friendly form factors and prioritization of battery life and other features over raw chipset performance. As for the specs of the reference unit, Qualcomm paired its 8 Elite Gen 5 with a massive 24GB of LPDDR5X RAM, 1TB UFS4.1 storage, and a 6.8-inch 3,200×1,440 AMOLED LTPO display. So, a very

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