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A recent Geekbench listing for a Motorola XT2603-1 — likely the Edge 70 Ultra (or the China-specific X70 Ultra) — offers an early glimpse at Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 performance. The scores show solid CPU gains over the previous generation, while other hardware clues hint at what Motorola's next flagship might pack.
Early Geekbench snapshot: numbers that matter
The Motorola handset recorded roughly 2,600 points in single-core and about 7,500 points in multi-core runs on Geekbench. That positions Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 comfortably ahead of Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 (single 2,100–2,200; multi 6,500–6,600), though it doesn’t reach the top-tier Snapdragon 8 Elite results we've seen on some phones.
Context: where Gen 5 sits in the lineup
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 (this leak): ~2,600 single / ~7,500 multi
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 3: ~2,100–2,200 single / ~6,500–6,600 multi
- Snapdragon 8 Elite: ~3,000–3,100 single / ~8,700–9,800 multi
- Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 (latest top-tier): ~3,500–3,600 single / ~10,000–11,000 multi
Important note: Qualcomm skipped an “8 Gen 4” name, and this Gen 5 appears to be the first mainstream non-Elite chip to use Qualcomm’s in-house Oryon CPU cores rather than Arm Cortex designs — a meaningful architectural shift.
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Graphics, memory and clock speeds — the rest of the package
Geekbench doesn’t benchmark GPU performance, but the listing identifies an Adreno 829 GPU. Based on model progression, the Adreno 829 should sit between the Adreno 825 (used in some 8s Gen 4 chips) and the Adreno 830 found in Snapdragon 8 Elite devices, suggesting a mid-to-high range graphics uplift.
The benchmark listing also reveals the SoC layout: two prime cores clocked at 3.65GHz and six performance cores at 3.32GHz. The test device runs Android 16 and was paired with 16GB of RAM — specs that align with flagship-class hardware.
So what does this mean for buyers and fans?
If these Geekbench figures hold up in retail units, Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 should deliver a noticeable step up in everyday responsiveness and multi-threaded workloads compared with last generation. It won’t dethrone the very fastest Elite chips, but for many users the Gen 5 balances strong CPU performance with likely efficiency improvements from Qualcomm’s Oryon cores.
Motorola hasn’t announced an official release date for the Edge 70/X70 Ultra family yet. The Edge 70 (also called X70 Air) debuted a few weeks earlier as the first device in this generation, so a wider Edge 70 Ultra launch could follow soon — one to watch if you’re tracking flagship Android upgrades.
Quick takeaway
Think of this as a preview, not a final verdict: the XT2603-1 Geekbench leak paints Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 as a meaningful upgrade over Gen 3 but still a notch below Qualcomm’s Elite-tier silicon. For Motorola, pairing that chip with 16GB RAM and modern software suggests a competitive flagship in the works.
Source: gsmarena
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