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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6
Qualcomm's 2nm flagship mobile platform pairs two 5.0 GHz Oryon Prime cores with six 4.0 GHz Performance cores, a new Adreno GPU, and a reengineered Hexagon NPU. It sits just below the Elite Extreme Gen 6 and adds an X105 modem with 14.8 Gbps downlink plus Wi-Fi 8 and Bluetooth 6.0.
Pros
- 2nm Oryon CPU reaches 5.0 GHz on its Prime cores, Qualcomm's highest mobile CPU clock to date
- 37% better CPU power efficiency and 35% higher GPU performance versus the 8 Elite Gen 5
- Integrated Qualcomm X105 5G modem peaks at 14.8 Gbps downlink with satellite messaging support
- FastConnect 8800 adds Wi-Fi 8 and Bluetooth 6.0 connectivity
- Reengineered Hexagon NPU improves AI performance-per-watt by 20% over Gen 5
Cons
- Sits below the Elite Extreme Gen 6, which adds a dedicated 18MB Adreno high-performance memory cache and bigger generational GPU/NPU gains; both chips share the same LPDDR5x/6 memory support
- 8K video capture tops out at 30fps versus the Extreme variant's 60fps
- No independent AnTuTu or Geekbench 6 scores for retail devices had been published as of launch
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 Gen 6
General
- Announced
- 2026
- Process
- 2 nm
- Architecture
- 64-bit Qualcomm Oryon CPU
CPU
- Cores
- 8
- Core configuration
- 2x5.0 GHz Oryon Prime + 6x4.0 GHz Oryon Performance
- Max clock
- 5 GHz
GPU
- GPU
- Adreno GPU
AI
- NPU
- Hexagon NPU
Memory
- Memory type
- LPDDR5X/LPDDR6-5300
Connectivity
- Modem
- Qualcomm X105 5G Modem-RF
- Max download
- 14.8 Gbps
- Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi 8
- Bluetooth
- 6.0
Media
- Max display
- 4K+ @ 120Hz / QHD+ @ 240Hz
- Video capture
- 8K@30fps
Quick answers
Is the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 good in 2026?
We haven't scored the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 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 2nm flagship mobile platform pairs two 5.0 GHz Oryon Prime cores with six 4.0 GHz Performance cores, a new Adreno GPU, and a reengineered Hexagon NPU. It sits just below the Elite Extreme Gen 6 and adds an X105 modem with 14.8 Gbps downlink plus Wi-Fi 8 and Bluetooth 6.0.
What are the key specs of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6?
Cores: 8 · Process: 2 nm · GPU: Adreno GPU
What are the closest alternatives to the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are MediaTek Dimensity 9600 Pro, MediaTek Dimensity 9500M, MediaTek Dimensity 9600M — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
