More details about Qualcomm’s upcoming Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 have surfaced, giving a clearer picture of what to expect from company’s next generation flagship-tier chipset ahead of its rumored September debut alongside the Pro variant.
According to tipster Digital Chat Station, the standard Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 (model number SM8950) will be built on TSMC’s advanced 2nm process. It is also expected to feature a new-generation Oryon CPU architecture configured in a 2+3+3 layout, consisting of two Prime cores, three High Performance cores, and thee Performance cores.
While not explicitly confirmed, the use of new Oryon cores suggests that the non-Pro variant may share the same core architecture as the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro. The chip is said to include 16MB of shared L2 cache across its CPU cores.
On the graphics side, the SoC will reportedly pack an Adreno 845 GPU with six “slices,” along with 12MB of dedicated graphics cache and 6MB of system-level cache, pointing to a strong focus on gaming and graphical workloads.
The Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 is also expected to support LPDDR5X RAM and UFS 5.0 storage, aligning it with next-gen memory and storage standards for faster data access and improved overall performance.
Compared to the Pro model, the standard version is said to feature slight reductions in cache and peripheral specifications. However, the gap between the two variants may not be as significant as previously thought, positioning the Elite Gen 6 as a capable high-end chipset in its own right.
With this setup, the chip is expected to power upper midrange to lower high-end devices, particularly from Chinese smartphone manufacturers, offering flagship-like performance without fully stepping into ultra-premium territory.