Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Details Leak Revealing New Features

It has been over six months since Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, it’s current top processor for smartphones and tablets. Since the launch, the SoC has been seen in various gadgets from a bunch of brands like Honor, OnePlus, Oppo, Xiaomi, and Samsung. Now, some new info about its successor which likely will be called Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 is starting to come out.

The Leak from Digital Chat Station

The source of this juicy info is from the trustworthy leaker Digital Chat Station, and this follows an early leak from late March. In that earlier leak he revealed some specs like the model number being SM8950 and the chipset being made on TSMC’s 2nm process. He also said it’ll have a 2+3+3 CPU setup and an Adreno 845 GPU.

Additional Details and Improvements

In his recent post, Digital Chat Station confirms some of those details but also add that this new chip will use a fresh generation of Qualcomm’s Oryon CPU architecture. Also, the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 is said to include a 16MB L2 cache, an Adreno 845 GPU configured with 6 slices, a 12MB GMEM, a 6MB SLC, and support for LPDDR5X RAM and UFS 5.0 storage. Plus, its cache has been somewhat reduced compared to the more powerful Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro, which might be launched at the same time.

Final Notes on the Processor

According to Digital Chat Station on Weibo, these tidbits give us a peek into what’s coming, but some features are different in the standard model versus the Pro. The Pro version is expected to be more advanced in terms of cache and overall performance, hinting at a high-end flagship future device line.