Qualcomm has quietly listed an underpowered variant of its flagship Snapdragon 8 Elite chip with one fewer Performance core.

It's designed for upcoming "Slim" and foldable phones Last week, Qualcomm listed a version of its flagship Snapdragon 8 Elite with one less CPU

The lower-tier offering comes as Qualcomm is rumored to be working on midrange and overclocked Snapdragon 8 Elite variants.

Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite chip will power most of the flagship Android smartphones and foldables this year. The foldable version of the chip features a 7-core CPU cluster that reduces power consumption and heat generation.

Qualcomm has unveiled the Snapdragon 8 Elite 7-core version, aimed at foldable smartphones to reduce heat in sustained workloads.