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English => News => Topic started by: Redaktion on April 15, 2026, 12:58:39

Title: More details of the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 surface in new leak
Post by: Redaktion on April 15, 2026, 12:58:39
Qualcomm is expected to launch two new Snapdragon 8 Elite processors this year. Now, a popular leaker has provided more details of the less-powerful variant which is expected to launch as the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/More-details-of-the-Snapdragon-8-Elite-Gen-6-surface-in-new-leak.1274392.0.html
Title: Re: More details of the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 surface in new leak
Post by: Somecomm on April 15, 2026, 13:31:49
Also it's going to throttle to 50% of its performance in most phones it's used. So all this short term performance increase is only for benchmarks and marketing.
Title: Re: More details of the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 surface in new leak
Post by: davidm on April 15, 2026, 13:55:56
Memory width?
I hope someone at notebookcheck realizes that 256bit RAM is double the usual speed. Which opens up whole new capabilities. Yet they're hung up on 10% increases.