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The iQOO 15 is shaping up to be a specs powerhouse, blending cutting-edge internals with robust features. At its core, the phone is expected to run on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 SoC, a next-generation 8-series chipset launching in late September 2025 notebookcheck.net. This chip promises significant performance gains and is likely built on a new architecture that maintains Qualcomm’s performance crown in benchmarks. Notably, iQOO is pairing the main CPU with a custom “Q3” secondary chip – a dedicated processor to enhance gaming and overall performance notebookcheck.net. This co-processor is expected to handle tasks like graphics optimization or frame interpolation for gaming, ensuring the Snapdragon chipset can “extract the most performance” with better thermal management notebookcheck.net notebookcheck.net. In fact, iQOO has boasted that the 15 will carry the industry’s largest vapor chamber cooling system to keep temperatures in check during heavy use notebookcheck.net.