Qualcomm is expected to introduce the Snapdragon 8s Gen4 (not the Snapdragon 8s Elite as rumored earlier) in the coming week ...
The sacrifices for the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 as compared to its more expensive version include a smaller 1MB L2 Cache for the prime Cortex-X4 core, as opposed to the 2MB one on the more expensive chip.