Leak reveals the clock speeds of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5, which suggests a major performance improvement for 2025 and 2025 flagships.
Qualcomm has yet to announce the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4, which reportedly delivers a significant performance improvement over last year’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. However, Weibo tipster “The Undead” (translated from Chinese) has already revealed the clock speeds of a version of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 chipset.
The Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 reportedly retains the 2+6 core architecture of the upcoming Snapdragon 8 Gen 4. According to the tipster, the performance cores could reach clock speeds as high as 5GHz, while the six efficiency cores may peak at 4GHz. Not to mention, it hints at impressive performance gains for 2025 and 2026 flagships such as the Galaxy S26 Ultra.
