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2026 Honoree Award

Qualcomm AI Engine in Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
  • 2026 Honoree in Artificial Intelligence
The new Qualcomm AI Engine inside the next-generation Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Mobile Platform continues a legacy of excellence and innovation while adding unparalleled intelligence. Leveraging unique, heterogenous capabilities across multiple processing cores, the new AI Engine in the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 enables on-device agentic AI including assistants that truly understand each user’s needs and automatically take action across apps, making AI experiences more personalized while preserving user privacy. In addition to supporting always-on LLMs, the new AI Engine handles a range of on-demand, ultra-low latency workloads, powering brand-new, mobile-defying features across the board. Heterogeneous computing comes alive with an upgraded Qualcomm Hexagon NPU, up to 37% faster than its predecessor, as well as custom Oryon CPU – the world's fastest mobile CPU, now with first-ever hardware matrix acceleration for high-speed AI model processing. Beyond greater performance, the AI Engine delivers superior power efficiency across the board.

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