Considering how efficient and cool the X Elite runs on laptops, I would find it mind boggling if the 8 Elite is a house fire. I saw some chinese video of the Xiaomi 15 hitting 40°C after a gaming session, no info about power usage or throttling though.
Either way, SoC manufacturers need to focus more on efficiency than just power power power....
one phone and you draw conclusions? please watch geekerwan videos before posting crap notebookcheck, can you please review this guy's articles before letting him post?
The Realme GT 7 Pro with Snapdragon 8 Elite is already in the hands of reviewers. While this next-gen flagship phone has what it takes to deliver big performance jumps compared to its predecessor, it overheated in early stress tests.