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Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 presented: OnePlus 15R is first candidate

Qualcomm has presented the new Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 chipset. The first smartphone to carry this processor will be the OnePlus 15R, the phone manufacturer has announced. The manufacturer will announce the new phone on 17 December.

Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 in OnePlus 15R

OnePlus will announce its new smartphone on 17 December: the OnePlus 15R. After the brand announced the OnePlus 15 as a high-end smartphone this month, the R model is coming soon. The high-end device will feature the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 processor, and although the name is similar, Qualcomm has already shown the processor for the OnePlus 15R: the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5.

OnePlus teaser 17 december 2025

The Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 should offer a flagship experience like that of the Elite model, but at a lower price. Baked on the 3nm process, the processor offers two main cores with a clock speed of 3.8GHz. There are also six more codes with a processing power of 3.32 GHz. Compared to the two-year-old Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, the manufacturer promises a 36 per cent improvement in CPU tasks, 11 per cent in GPU output, 46 per cent in AI tasks and an overall power saving of 13 per cent.

We will hear all about the OnePlus 15R on 17 December.

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