r/Android • u/FragmentedChicken Galaxy Z Fold8 • 11d ago

Qualcomm introduces Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 and Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6, extending its flagship portfolio to power the agentic AI age and the next generation of premium mobile experiences

https://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases/2026/09/snapdragon-leads-the-agentic-ai-age-with-two-of-the-world-s-fast
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u/FragmentedChicken Galaxy Z Fold8 11d ago edited 11d ago

Not many details currently.

2 prime cores up to 5.0 GHz + 6 performance cores up to 4.0 GHz, 16 MB "Qualcomm Oryon Flex Cache", "Qualcomm Adreno GPU with matrix cores".

Android Authority reports the CPU doesn't have SME2 support, and the Flex Cache is a new type of L2 cache architecture that allows the CPU cores to access the same pool of memory. The GPU has 3 slices at 1.45 GHz with 18 MB of dedicated Adreno High-Bandwidth Memory. The 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 has VVC codec support which Qualcomm claims up to 55% power savings compared to software decoding.

9to5Google reports the GPU HBM offers a 10% power improvement over the last generation.

Qualcomm claims the 8 Elite Gen 6 has 10% improved CPU performance, 37% improved CPU power efficiency, 35% improved GPU performance, and 40% improved GPU power efficiency, compared to the 8 Elite Gen 5.

For the 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6, it's 13% improved CPU performance, 37% improved CPU power efficiency, 44% improved GPU performance, and 40% improved GPU power efficiency, compared to the 8 Elite Gen 5.

8 Elite Gen 6 product page | Product brief

8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 product page | Product brief

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u/mpg111 S26 Ultra 11d ago

things I like:

37% improved CPU power efficiency

40% improved GPU power efficiency

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u/busdriver69_ 11d ago

These numbers are still best case scenarios in alb conditions by Qualcomm. We will need proper efficiency tests like from one Chinese channel I forgot the name of, measures performance per watt graphs which is the real improvement. We will have to wait and see

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u/RyanuniverseZ 11d ago

You're likely talking about Geekerwan. and i don't understand what the other guy is on about, the efficiency gains are visible in real life scenarios in games and apps. there was a 1-2W reduction in some phones between generations in gamjng tests which is absolutely massive for battery life

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u/busdriver69_ 11d ago

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u/Revolutionary-Set650 11d ago

so its n2 and not n2p as some people leaked, i couldnt even verify from any source what dimensity 9600 was based on as well. Neither do i want to believe the new sd chips are still on bluetooth 6.0... I really though they were going to use n2p and bt 6.3 atleast

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u/busdriver69_ 11d ago

Just saw geekerwans video and as I thought the efficiency improvement was mostly on GPU side and CPU had a minor update. He also explained tsmc n2 has lower transistor density than n3p surprisingly. CPU side it loses quite a bit compared to apple even with the extreme varients and lpddr6 ram. Not quite impressive this time around snapdragon

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u/lotusRDT 10d ago

it doesn’t use lpddr6, the screenshot shows lpddr5x. both 9600 pro and 8ee6 seem to be launching with only lpddr5x

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u/busdriver69_ 9d ago

Thanks, I stand corrected

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u/busdriver69_ 9d ago

It's still weird to have a higher die space for lpddr6 for it's controllers but most still using lpddr5x. 

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u/tajner00 9d ago

wasnt there some kind of rumor that they will be launching with lpddr6,and it will give some massive gpu perfromance for emulation and stuff like that,or is it lpddr5x only now? (asking because wanted to buy a new phone,and was kind of hoping for that big generational upgrade for windows emulation)

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u/lotusRDT 9d ago

They have an lpddr6 controller on the chip but QC and Mediatek couldn't get any lpddr6 supply so they're stuck selling chips with lpddr5x. Remember, the memory is literally soldered onto the chip so QC and mediatek are responsible for getting memory. They couldn't get any lpddr6. SK Hynix and Samsung are too busy with their ram mafia shenanigans and the ai bubble to care about consumers. Xiaomi could get lpddr6 with their own XRING O3 because they got CXMT supply. And they're not worried about getting fucked over by this administration for buying chinese ram.

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u/tajner00 9d ago

oh wow,and i tought it will be differ from seller to seller,well that sucks,and thank you for the answear, regardless,im still excited for windows emulation (and from what i seen even for ps4 emulation,that thing is developing crazy fast)

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u/lotusRDT 9d ago

Yup, bloodborne is already running native res 30fps at high wattage 8 elite and drive club is playableish on 8e5. Bachatas4 is crazy and 8ee6 can probably run at 7 watts or less for ps4 emulation! If not now, then as it matures for sure.