Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 Mobile Platform
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The Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 Mobile Platform is intelligence that moves the world, purpose-built for the next era of agentic AI.

Meet a truly personalized AI assistant—one that understands context, learns your habits, and acts on your behalf. Fueled by our most advanced Qualcomm® AI Engine yet, agentic AI powers features across CPU, GPU, and NPU for zero-prompt operation and improved data security.

Behind the camera, AI powers a cinema-grade video pipeline that enhances everything from first frame to final export—all with efficiency fit for devoted creators. When it comes to gaming, AI-dedicated processing offloads heavy tasks from the GPU, producing console-q...

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Benefits

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Shattering performance expectations
The world’s first mobile CPU to hit 5 GHz, Qualcomm Oryon™ ushers in an 13% CPU performance improvement, while our Adreno GPU offers 44% performance increase with 40% boost in power efficiency.
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Your intelligent collaborator
Our Qualcomm® Hexagon NPU is 35% faster at up to 33% better performance-per-watt, for blazing generative and agentic AI. Plus, our enhanced Qualcomm Sensing Hub delivers on-device AI learning with up to 85% improved performance.
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Cinema-grade video
The smartphone becomes a complete production studio. Capture, ingest, edit, grade, master, and share professional-quality video entirely on device. The Elite Color Engine produces cinematic looks and powerful colors while Intelligent Pixel Control ensures each subject looks their best. With video capture in 8k60 and 4k240, plus the world's first support for triple 64MP cameras, you can capture the world sharper than ever before
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Intelligent Graphics, Longer Play Time
Our all-new Qualcomm® Adreno™ Neural Fusion, supercharged by our new Adreno™ matrix cores, AI-dedicated GPU cores, unlocks console-quality visuals at low power with AI-powered super resolution, frame generation, and advanced image reconstruction. With industry-first game engine support, and plug-in integrations for the engines where developers build, Qualcomm® Adreno Neural Fusion is the next generation of mobile game rendering.
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Superior sound
AI Voice Bubble technology distinguishes voices from ambient noise, with AI audio separation fueling real-time mixing and editing. Qualcomm® Spatial Audio Renderer enhances audio immersion with improved head tracking, now with ultra-low latency and better power efficiency.
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AI-enhanced connectivity
Our newly-architected Qualcomm® X105 5G Modem-RF paves the way to 6G with up to 14.8 Gbps downlink and 4.2 Gbps uplink speeds, while 5G NR-NTN satellite readiness keeps you connected in more locations than ever. The 2x faster Qualcomm® FastConnect™ 8800 Mobile Connectivity System offers the first 4x4 Wi-Fi system and over 10 Gbps speeds, with 3x longer range and support for next generation Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Ultra Wideband and Thread.

All comparisons made to previous generation. 

Features

Artificial Intelligence 

  • Reengineered Qualcomm Hexagon NPU 
  • Low-power personal context on Qualcomm Sensing Hub 

CPU 

  • Custom-built Qualcomm® Oryon™ CPU 
  • 2 prime cores up to 5Ghz 

GPU 

  • Qualcomm® Adreno™ GPU with matrix cores 
  • Adreno Neural Fusion 

Camera 

  • Elite Color Engine 
  • APV 

5G 

  • Qualcomm X105 5G Modem RF-System 
  • Peak download speeds up to 14.8Gbps 

Wi-Fi 

  • Qualcomm FastConnect 8800 Mobile Connectivity System 
  • Peak download speeds up to 11.6Gbps 
Specifications
Qualcomm® Artificial Intelligence (AI) Engine
GPU Name
Qualcomm® Adreno™
CPU Name
Qualcomm® Oryon™
Qualcomm® Hexagon™ Processor Features
Dedicated power delivery system, Fused AI Accelerator architecture, Hexagon Direct Link, Micro Tile Inferencing, New Element Accelerator
Qualcomm® Sensing Hub Features
Dual-core AI processor, Dual always-sensing cameras, Dual Micro NPUs, Qualcomm® Personal Scribe
CPU
Name
Qualcomm® Oryon™
Architecture
64-bit
Clock Speed
5 GHz
GPU
Name
Qualcomm® Adreno™
APIs
OpenCL™ 3.0 FP, OpenGL® ES 3.2, Vulkan® 1.41
Features
Adreno matrix cores, Adreno Neural Fusion, MegaLights, Nanite Virtualized Geometry, Real-time Hardware-Accelerated Ray Tracing with Lumen Global Illumination
Cellular Modem-RF
Modem Name
Qualcomm® X105 5G Modem-RF System
Peak Download Speed
14.8 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed
4.2 Gbps
Cellular Modem-RF Specs
8 carriers (mmWave), 2x2 MIMO (mmWave), 4x6 MIMO (Sub-6)
Performance Enhancement Technologies
NTN Satellite Communication, 5th Gen Qualcomm® 5G AI Processor, Qualcomm® 5G PowerSave, Qualcomm® Advanced Modem-RF Software Suite, Qualcomm® RF Downlink Boost, Qualcomm® RF Uplink Optimization, Qualcomm® Smart Transmit™ Plus
Cellular Technology
5G NR TDD, sub-6 GHz, LTE, 5G mmWave, SA (standalone) mmWave, 5G FDD, 5G SA (standalone), 5G NSA (non-standalone), FDD UL MIMO, TDD UL MIMO, NR-DC (mmWave-sub6 dual connectivity), 5G Advanced
Multi SIM
Global 5G Multi-SIM, Qualcomm® Turbo DSDA
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi/Bluetooth System
Qualcomm® FastConnect™ 8800
Peak Speed
11.6 Gbps
Generation
Wi-Fi 8, Wi-Fi 7, Wi-Fi 6
Standards
802.11a, 802.11ac, 802.11ax, 802.11b, 802.11be, 802.11g, 802.11n, 802.11bn
Spectral Bands
6 GHz, 5 GHz, 2.4 GHz
Channels
320 MHz
Peak QAM
4K QAM
Features
Miracast, MU-MIMO (UL/DL), OFDMA (UL/DL), Passpoint, Target Wake Time (TWT), TDLS, Voice-Enterprise, Wi-Fi Aware R3, Wi-Fi Location, Wi-Fi Optimized Connectivity, Wi-Fi QoS Management, XPAN Technology, High Band Simultaneous (HBS) Multi-Link
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