In late September, Qualcomm will unveil its next-gen flagship chipset, the successor to the Snapdragon 8 Elite from last year. We’ve been tentatively calling this the Snapdragon 8 Elite 2, but today a new rumor out of China claims that might not be its name at all.
Instead, Qualcomm could opt for the initially much more confusing Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5. There are two reasons for this, if it does pan out. First, while “Gen 5” sounds weird since the 8 Elite only came out last year, that chip was actually the successor to the 8 Gen 3 (so it’s “Gen 4” despite not being called that).
The other reason has to do with the much rumored fact that Qualcomm will release an almost-flagship chipset too this year, which it may call Snapdragon 8 Gen 5. This will sit right below the 8 Elite Gen 5, and with all this knowledge the naming does start to make more sense.
Note that the 8 Gen 5 is different from the 8s Gen 5, being higher-end than that while still not quite reaching the level of the 8 Elite Gen 5. Anyway, the 8 Elite Gen 5 was just benchmarked inside the upcoming OnePlus 15.
Source (in Chinese)