Qualcomm
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6
Qualcomm's most powerful 2026 flagship chip reaches 5GHz, pairing a 2nm Oryon CPU and matrix-core Adreno GPU with an X105 modem rated for 14.8Gbps and Wi-Fi 8 FastConnect 8800 connectivity.
Pros
- Prime cores reach a 5.0 GHz peak clock
- 2nm Oryon CPU and matrix-core Adreno GPU with real-time hardware ray tracing
- X105 5G modem reaches 14.8 Gbps peak download, with NR-NTN satellite support
- FastConnect 8800 4x4 Wi-Fi, rated over 10 Gbps peak
- 8K60 and 4K240 video capture, plus triple 64MP zero-shutter-lag cameras
Cons
- Announced without a published AI TOPS figure or GPU clock speed
- No independently verifiable Geekbench, AnTuTu, or 3DMark result is available yet — early pre-release single-core Geekbench sightings reportedly range from roughly 1,900 to over 4,200
- No AnTuTu or 3DMark result appears in AnTuTu's official ranking yet
Awaiting benchmarks
No Inno Score yet: CPU and GPU still need a published benchmark result.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6
General
- Announced
- 2026
- Process
- 2 nm
CPU
- Cores
- 8
- Core configuration
- 2x5.0 GHz Oryon Prime + 6x4.0 GHz Oryon Performance
- Max clock
- 5 GHz
GPU
- GPU
- Qualcomm Adreno
AI
- NPU
- Hexagon NPU
Memory
- Memory type
- LPDDR5X/LPDDR6
Connectivity
- Modem
- Qualcomm X105 5G Modem-RF System
- Max download
- 14.8 Gbps
- Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi 8
- Bluetooth
- 6.0
Media
- Max display
- 8K @ 30Hz / QHD+ @ 240Hz
- Video capture
- 8K@60fps
Quick answers
Is the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 good in 2026?
We haven't scored the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 yet: there are no published CPU and GPU benchmark results for it in our database, and we don't score chips on their spec sheet alone. Qualcomm's most powerful 2026 flagship chip reaches 5GHz, pairing a 2nm Oryon CPU and matrix-core Adreno GPU with an X105 modem rated for 14.8Gbps and Wi-Fi 8 FastConnect 8800 connectivity.
What are the key specs of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6?
Cores: 8 · Process: 2 nm · GPU: Qualcomm Adreno
What are the closest alternatives to the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6, MediaTek Dimensity 9600 Pro, MediaTek Dimensity 9500M — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
