Qualcomm announces first smartphone chip with 5GHz CPU

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Qualcomm has announced the first details for its next-generation Snapdragon flagship processor.

The new processor has a 5GHz CPU, making it the first smartphone CPU to reach this milestone.

A new “FlexCache” architecture also delivers more performance improvements.

Qualcomm has teased the arrival of two Snapdragon 8 Elite series chips at its Snapdragon Summit next month. Now, the company has revealed the first details about its new silicon, and it might have an impressive CPU.

Qualcomm has officially detailed the CPU for its next-generation Snapdragon processor, and this is the first smartphone CPU to reach 5GHz. That’s an impressive achievement on paper and comes after the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 for Galaxy reached a peak speed of 4.74GHz. The firm’s own graphic shows that you can expect two 5GHz CPU cores along with six “performance” cores running at an unspecified frequency.