What you need to know
- Qualcomm has announced that the Snapdragon Summit will be held in Maui, Hawaii from September 22-24.
- The company’s teaser was light, only saying “the future starts here,” but we expect the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 to debut here.
- Recent rumors claim that this chip may not be the only one we’ve been waiting for, as the “8 Elite Gen 6 Pro” could join the fray.
We all expected it. Qualcomm is finally setting a date for when its next flagship chip will go on sale, despite it happening a bit late this year.
Qualcomm this week began to mock the next annual event for the next generation Snapdragon. The company is making the claim ahead of the Snapdragon Summit in Maui, Hawaii, that “the future starts here.” Qualcomm says the event will take place September 22-24, the three-day set we’re used to.
The teaser is minimal (as usual), but what it does do is put us in line with what’s coming from Qualcomm. The company’s next-generation flagship SoC is likely to develop the same power, energy efficiency and AI solutions that it introduced. Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5. This chip currently powers many flagship phones and its early benchmark tests It underscored Qualcomm’s continued dominance.
Qualcomm highlighted the 20% increase in CPU performance of its chip, as well as a 35% increase in efficiency. Several multi-core tests from Geekbench scored the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 ~15% higher than other chips on the market. It’s no secret that Qualcomm wants to continue this trend, but how it will do so (and which chips we’ll see) is another talking point.
Sew a flag
While we wait for the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6, Qualcomm claims the rumors “Pro” wants to add into the mix. Given what we know about the 8 Elite Gen 5’s performance, the claimed “8 Elite Gen Pro” might be aggressive with its performance. Qualcomm can increase the overall performance even more than we are used to; however, only phones labeled as “Ultra” can see it.
That’s a claim that tipsters made early on, and it leads us to the Galaxy S27 Ultra and more. makes you think about. It is also suspected that Qualcomm will build it on TSMC’s next 2nm process. Another round of pro rumors spoke of his potential basic architecture. 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro can accommodate 2+3+3 CPU structure. Moreover, the Adreno 850 GPU has been thrown into the discussion with claims that the “normal” 8 Elite Gen 6 can reach the Adreno 845.
