Abishek D Praphullalumar
Qualcomm has officially confirmed the early arrival of its next-gen flagship chipset, the Snapdragon 8 Elite 2. During its Computex 2025 keynote, the company announced that its annual Snapdragon Summit will run from September 23 to 25 in Hawaii a full month ahead of last year’s schedule.
This acceleration means Chinese smartphone makers like Xiaomi, OnePlus, and Realme are expected to launch devices powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite 2 as early as late September to October 2025. Benchmark leaks suggest a 26% boost in CPU performance and a 30% faster Adreno GPU, thanks to Arm v9 instruction sets, Nuvia cores, and TSMC’s N3P node.
The early launch leaves Samsung in a tight spot, with its foldables set to drop in July three months before Qualcomm’s flagship chip lands. While MediaTek’s Dimensity 9500 and Apple’s A19 Pro loom as major rivals, all eyes will also be on Xiaomi’s Xring O1 SoC, which already challenged last-gen Snapdragon numbers.
