Notably, the Snapdragon Elite 8 is the first Qualcomm chipset in a while that doesn’t feature any Efficiency cores. It’s based on an entirely new architectural design that revolves around an “Instant Wake” feature that’s designed to reduce frequent power cycling of individual cores.

Qualcomm said that its Snapdragon 8 Elite is “the most powerful and world’s fastest” mobile system-on-a-chip ever as it takes aim at Apple.