New and intriguing details about the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 leak Comments
- Anonymous
- D02
"Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro"
At this point they should ditch the name and just refer to the processors by model number which would be more easy to remember and refer.
- RetroGamingOffline
- H8H
Anonymous, 05 Nov 2025I just hope that for high end use cases like emulators(switch, ps3) and pc gaming(Game Hub lit... moreThere are two of us who have the incredible SD8Gen3.
And I was in the same situation as you regarding the purchase of a new device (in this case, between a new gaming smartphone and a SteamDeck-style portable gaming device) for portable gaming.
Then, between the crazy prices of a Legion Go 2, an Asus Ally “Xbox,” and those Chinese brands with their criminal prices,
and between the increasingly closed and expensive ARM SoCs (Mediatek is on par with Qualcomm in terms of flagship SoC prices),
I finally decided to stick with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 until the device dies for good.
Come to think of it, those lucky enough to own a device with SD8 Gen 3 (but also 8-Gen 2 and 8-Gen 1) are unlikely to make the generational leap.
The computing power is sufficient to run many titles that we already have on PC and equally satisfactory for retro emulation (all machines, from 8-bit, through 16-bit, 32-bit, and so on).
In essence, a wide range of games.
And all STRICTLY offline! (locally, on the machine, on the device)
Today I ordered a new wireless pad.
- Anonymous
- gXJ
potato4k, 05 Nov 2025And Qualcomm themselves are still selling Snapdragon 685, and keep rebranding the 6gen1 4 time... moreIf you're talking about the 6s Gen 1, that's a rebranded 662 - from 2020, no changes. I don't know what SoCs they rebranded using the 6 Gen 1 (the 7s Gen 2 is an overclocked version of the chip I think). As for the 685, it's an overclocked 680.
- Anonymous
- 0p}
Anonymous, 06 Nov 2025I heard the next xiaomi phone will be able to run Steam gameYou can play some Steam games on your Android phone now using Gamehub.
- Anonymous
- PxE
Anonymous, 06 Nov 2025Anyone gaming on their phones should just pick up an Android handheld. The experience is so m... moreI heard the next xiaomi phone will be able to run Steam game
- Anonymous
- 0p}
Anonymous, 05 Nov 2025I just hope that for high end use cases like emulators(switch, ps3) and pc gaming(Game Hub lit... moreAnyone gaming on their phones should just pick up an Android handheld. The experience is so much better with proper physical controllers. And also frees up your phone for other tasks.
- potato4k
- XZ8
OSasmatteroffact, 05 Nov 2025I dont know why they make this like a big deal, when the majority is still stuck at the Cortex... moreAnd Qualcomm themselves are still selling Snapdragon 685, and keep rebranding the 6gen1 4 times over.
- potato4k
- XZ8
$70 more expensive? Which OEM would buy it? Now we know why Samsung is working hard on Exynos.
- Anonymous
- iAZ
I just hope that for high end use cases like emulators(switch, ps3) and pc gaming(Game Hub lite, Winlator etc) on Android devices the driver issue would get better for non Snapdragon chipsets(well still there are no turnip drivers for Snapdragon elite or elite gen 5 which makes Snapdragon 8 gen 3 the best soc for high end emulating and pc gaming on Android).
Honestly i am debating should i buy next year new phone and what soc it should have, i would like to buy under dog Mediatek flagship based phone but i just fear that my Oneplus 12 with Snapdragon 8 gen 3 with Turnip drivers will still be better for my use cases than even latest Snapdragon 8 elite gen 5/6.
- Anonymous
- YUU
Yeah right. The it will be bundle with WiFi 6 and Bluetooth 5.?? For whatever flagship out there 🙄
Meanwhile, iPhone 17 come with WiFi 7 and Bluetooth 6 on all model 🤣🤣🤣
- samsung fanaticx
- swp
Anonymous, 05 Nov 2025The next Gen 7 will include small nuclear battery embedded into the chipXD
- Anonymous
- Fvc
The next Gen 7 will include small nuclear battery embedded into the chip
- Anonymous
- pkp
Hummus, 05 Nov 2025I guess that's also one of the reasons why S26 is (rumored to) use Exynos 2600Not really. Its just Samsung doing Samsung things
- OSasmatteroffact
- raQ
I dont know why they make this like a big deal, when the majority is still stuck at the Cortex A76 Helio G99/D6300, the A73 SD680/685 and at most the A78 D7300/SD6G3/SD6sG3
- eliter
- M$q
the elite in the name was already too much and now they are also adding pro into the mix.
- Anonymous
- nCx
alcatraz, 05 Nov 2025They're taking inspiration from Apple with 2+3+3, dual big cores. They probably found a w... more8 Elite and 8 Elite Gen 5 already use two big cores.
- Hummus
- txG
TheLastOracle, 05 Nov 2025"The Pro version will allegedly be around $70 more expensive than this year's Snapdr... moreI guess that's also one of the reasons why S26 is (rumored to) use Exynos 2600
- jinxthesloth
- 7tN
JakoDel, 05 Nov 2025qualcomm isnt the problem at all, TSMC making 2nm 50% more expensive is
and mediatek uses tsm... moreTSMC's N2 (2nm) is a big change for TSMC since they dipped in toes of transitioning to GAA transistor from FinFet, and use Inverse Lithography Technology (ILT) and curved masks for it in one node. I don't know if it's worth 50% more expensive but it should show an actual improvement over TSMC's 3nm nodes. Prices should go down as they move onto the next big thing after 2 years or so, maybe? Regarding Samsung, they should just keep getting better in both semiconductor manufacturing and their own custom silicon chips. Their brand image for Exynos still sucks, their foundries is pretty mixed.
Pretty informative video regarding TSMC's 2nm node, by the way.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkx2zIanSpc
- Anonymous
- dW6
xfrqnx, 05 Nov 2025is the "Elite" name not sound Pro enough?You see, ordinary 8 Elite sits on his bottom, while 8 Elite Pro works his buttocks. Therefore one is an Elite and one is a Professional Elite (Elite Pro).
Tip us
2.0m 150k
RSS
EV
Merch
Log in I forgot my password Sign up