Qualcomm’s latest upper-midrange silicon, the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4, is here, and it sits just under the newly introduced “Elite” tier in the company’s freshly layered mobile chip hierarchy.

The Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 is plenty capable, but Qualcomm's newer Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 will likely be the new affordable performance winner. For those looking to buy last-gen flagship silicon on the ...

For reference, the Snapdragon 8 Elite features three slices ... NPU and twice the shared memory compared to the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3. As such, Qualcomm claims that the chip will allow for 44% ...

Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 serves up performance upgrades and better AI power for sub-flagship Android phones.

OnePlus introduced the Ace 5 and Ace 5 Pro smartphones last year, powered by Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and Snapdragon 8 Elite SoC.

That could also be a reason for a different name. This chip is a direct successor to the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3, and it uses the same 4nm manufacturing process. It also makes use of Kryo cores ...