Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2 Tipped For 5GHz And A Huge Lift For Flagship Phones

Android handset fans have been chomping at the bit for news on this year's various upcoming flagship chipsets, and the rumor mill produced a fine bit of info. According to known leaker Digital Chat Station (DCS), flagship-level Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2 chips are being tested at a whopping 5GHz. Grab the salt shaker as these are rumors, but they're darn tasty.

This is the latest in a series of purported leaks from DCS about the new chip, after they claimed that it could offer as much as a 30% performance boost over its predecessor. The rumor-mill earlier stated a "theoretical" GeekBench single-core score of 4,000+ points, and a multi-core score of 11,000+. Those figures are already around 25% and 10% higher than the extant Snapdragon 8 Elite, respectively, so quite the generational boost if they're indicative of final silicon.

However, that bit of cake ...