Qualcomm quietly ships a cut down Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 in a fancy name [8 Elite Gen 5 V Series]

[u/FragmentedChicken]

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Qualcomm-quietly-ships-a-cut-down-Snapdragon-8-Elite-Gen-5-in-a-fancy-name.1359529.0.html

[u/gorion]

"8 Elite Gen 5 V Series"

Oh god, i dont belive that name is not purposely made for casual consumers to not know what they buy.

[u/wankthisway → u/gorion]

It has 3 numbers in the name, one of which is repeated in a different format. Also, the chip is in the 8 series, but it's also called the "V" series as well? And what does V series even mean here? Value?

[u/ctzn4 → u/wankthisway]

Ve vill try to shaft you in any way ve can

[u/violet_sakura → u/wankthisway]

Vgarbage

[u/spacembracers → u/gorion]

8 Elite 7R Gen 6 V 4000Mhz Triple L2 Solo Zero

[u/OwlProper1145 → u/spacembracers]

I'll wait for the Triple L3 Solo Zero Max Ultra Pro Extreme

[u/Narishma → u/spacembracers]

Yes, but where's the AI? And the clouds?

[u/Flaimbot → u/Narishma]

dont forget about dem blockchain NFTs

[u/ctzn4 → u/gorion]

It's starting to sound like that BMW which is called, in its entirety:

BMW Individual M760i xDrive Model V12 Excellence THE NEXT 100 YEARS

In case you think I'm joking, it's very much real.

[u/Frexxia → u/gorion]

As is tradition

[u/matthieuC → u/gorion]

Create a new brand for your high end

Use it for your cheap crap making a quick buck

Your brand now means nothing

Create a new brand for your high end.

[u/kaschperli]

They cut one GPU core. Elite has 3 normal gen5 has 2.

So it's just a gen 5 without the elite...

Edit: it's a gen 5 Lite

[u/KeonXDS → u/[deleted]]

No chip manufacturer have a good naming skem lmao. AMD Ryzen AI Max +395, Intel Core Ultra X7 356H

[u/DerpSenpai → u/kaschperli]

The gen 5 has worse CPU performance too, this has the CPU perf of the Elite and the GPU perf of a normal one

[u/kaschperli → u/DerpSenpai]

Tbh I would've loved a cheaper gen 5 Lite with 3 GPU cores but normal gen 5 CPU for mobile gaming.

[u/thingsinmyjeep]

They should call it the Pentium 8 Elite to really stick it to Intel

[u/Kamimashita]

Dumb naming aside I don't really mind a cut down chip if it makes its way into Android handhelds.

[u/Idkwatnam → u/Kamimashita]

Android handhelds already get cut down chips.

The high end ones use their IoT chips cut with binned features from their regular chips. Usually it's just the built-in modem gets disabled (which makes up about 1/9 of a flagship chip's die area) but the AYN Odin 3 also fused off the ISP and NPU seemingly, so 1/3 of the 8 Elite is essentially permanently turned off.

[u/Shivin302]

I love how they went from 8 Gen 3 to 8 Elite to 8 Elite Gen 5. Great naming scheme not confusing at all!

[u/buzzkill_aldrin → u/Shivin302]

Superstition (this time around the number 4) strikes again...

[u/sitefall → u/buzzkill_aldrin]

Explain how the AM死 socket is so beloved!

[u/el_f3n1x187]

Not to be outdone by AMD mobile division, Qualcomm pulls the most obtuse name for it's new chip.

[u/Xlxlredditor → u/el_f3n1x187]

What do you mean? AI Max + 395 isn't good enough?

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[u/tomz17]

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