Qualcomm unveiled its Snapdragon 8 Elite cellular platform throughout its annual Snapdragon Summit final month, and types together with Xiaomi, OnePlus, Realme, and Asus launched telephones with the brand new processor inside, following the chipmaker’s announcement. It’s constructed on TSMC’s 3nm course of expertise and is claimed to supply 44 % improved energy effectivity in contrast with its predecessor, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip. Now, early exams with two of the primary units utilizing the chip have revealed some important battery life enhancements.
YouTuber Dave2D posted a video providing insights concerning the battery life and efficiency of Asus ROG Telephone 9 Professional and OnePlus 13. Each fashions run on the newest Snapdragon 8 Elite chip are in contrast with their predecessors within the video. The Asus ROG Telephone 9 Professional and OnePlus 13 have a 5,800mAh and 6,000mAh battery, respectively, whereas their predecessors have been geared up with 5,500mAh (ROG Telephone 8) and 5,400mAh (OnePlus 12) batteries.
The video notes that the battery lifetime of the Asus ROG Telephone 9 Professional surged to 14.29 hours from the 11 hours of the ROG Telephone 8 Professional (with a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3) within the PCMark battery take a look at. Equally, the OnePlus 13’s battery lasted 17.25 hours in the identical take a look at, up from 12.13 hours provided by the OnePlus 12 (with a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3). The exams point out important enchancment in battery life over earlier era telephones and the YouTuber attributes the developments to the brand new Snapdragon chip.
He additionally ran a number of extra exams highlighting the efficiency potential of the brand new chip. On Genshin Affect, the ROG Telephone 9 Professional provided almost 5 hours of battery life whereas the predecessor lasted as much as 3.42 hours.
Equally, the OnePlus 13’s battery life is spectacular at 5.39 hours with Genshin Affect, whereas the OnePlus 12 lasted solely 3.51 hours. In his video, Dave2D says the Snapdragon 8 Elite SoC is vitality environment friendly and affords battery longevity alongside battery well being.
Through the launch occasion, Qualcomm claimed a 44 % enchancment in energy effectivity for the Snapdragon 8 Elite chip over its predecessor. It’s also promised to ship as much as 45 % higher CPU efficiency and as much as 40 % improved GPU efficiency. The cellular platform has an Oryon CPU with a customized eight-core construction with prime cores clocked at 4.32GHz and efficiency cores with a peak frequency of three.53GHz.