The new Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 It already has a confirmed date and will come from OnePlus, which will be the main protagonist. The manufacturer has confirmed on Weibo that it will present the chip on November 26 in Chinaand the first mobile to release it will be the OnePlus Ace 6Ta performance-oriented model that should later reach the rest of the world under the name of OnePlus 15R.
This move places the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 as the “flagship killer” of processors: although it is located below the powerful Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 in the Qualcomm catalog, the first leaked data indicates that its performance would be very similar. The idea is to offer almost all the power of the highest range, but with better efficiency and costs more content for mobile phones that want to be high-end without reaching impossible prices.
Qualcomm sets a date for the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
Qualcomm has used its official account in China to confirm that the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 will be presented on November 26just two months after the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5. Although the complete technical sheet is not yet official, leaks and early tests point to a CPU of eight cores with two “prime” cores at 3.80 GHz and six high-performance cores at 3.32 GHz, accompanied by a Adreno 840 GPUfrom the same graphic family as the most expensive model.
In leaked performance tests, this SoC would have achieved around 3000 points in single-core and 10000 in multi-core in Geekbenchfigures very close to those of the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5. There is also talk of more than 3.3 million points in AnTuTu and maintaining more than 100 frames per second in demanding graphic tests. On paper, it seems designed to withstand prolonged gaming sessions and intensive use without overheating, although that will have to be seen when the first real phones arrive.
The OnePlus Ace 6T will be the first mobile phone with this chip
The president of OnePlus in China, Li Jie Louis, has confirmed that the OnePlus Ace 6T will be the world's first smartphone with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 and that it will be presented in China before the end of November. The brand has already announced several details: screen with a 165 Hz refresh rate, designed to display games with great fluidity, 100W fast charging and a battery of around 8000mAhdesigned precisely to not suffer with so much power.
Added to all this is a design of straight lines, with a flat screen and flat frames, a new camera module with a circular LED flash on the side and colors inspired by the historic OnePlus 6T: at least variants in black, green and very striking purple are expected. In Geekbench, the model associated with the Ace 6T appears with Android 16, 16GB RAM and the same frequencies and GPU which are attributed to the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5, in addition to performance figures that match what is seen on the chip itself.
OnePlus 15R: this is what this phone would be called globally
Everything indicates that the Ace 6T will not leave China with that name and that its international version will be the OnePlus 15Ralready mentioned by OnePlus in subscription campaigns in Europe and in teasers for India. The internal ColorOS/OxygenOS files refer to both models with the same code name, something that practically confirms that we are dealing with the same phone with a different commercial name depending on the market.
If the leaked deadlines are met, the OnePlus 15R would be presented globally in Decemberbecoming one of the first phones with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 that we can officially buy outside of China. With that combination of Almost top-of-the-range chip, 165 Hz screen, gigantic battery and 100 W chargingAs a whole, it offers a balanced proposal, with the potential to position itself as an affordable high-end. This type of device would represent strong competition for brands like Xiaomi or realme. If the price is competitive, would you consider this OnePlus 15R over a classic high-end with the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5?
