Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 proves too hot for the OnePlus 15

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4XxFNLP2ss We’ve had a few Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5-powered smartphones in-house recently, and the results have been somewhat mixed. The gaming-oriented REDMAGIC 11 Pro excelled in our toughest benchmarking tests, largely due to its fan-assisted, liquid cooling setup. Meanwhile, the realme GT8 Pro runs extremely hot and has to throttle back its performance to make it through — but it manages to hang on.

In the lab today, we have the OnePlus 15 — our first mainstream flagship to feature Qualcomm’s latest processor. Unfortunately, it’s the worst performer yet.




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