Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 comes in an Extreme version too
Image: QualcommDominic PrestonCloseDominic PrestonPosts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed.FollowFollowSee All by Dominic Preston is a news editor with over a decade’s experience in journalism. He previously worked at Android Police and Tech Advisor.Qualcomm has announced the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6, this year joined by the 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 too. Qualcomm no longer publishes detailed breakdowns of the cores across its silicon, but the CPU details given are identical, with two big cores at up to 5GHz and six performance cores running at up to 4GHz.
- ▪Image: QualcommDominic PrestonCloseDominic PrestonPosts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed.FollowFollowSee All by Dominic Preston is a news editor with over a decade’s experience in journalism.
- ▪He previously worked at Android Police and Tech Advisor.Qualcomm has announced the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6, this year joined by the 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 too.
- ▪Qualcomm no longer publishes detailed breakdowns of the cores across its silicon, but the CPU details given are identical, with two big cores at up to 5GHz and six performance cores running at up to 4GHz.
5 outlets in our directory ran this story, first to last over 1 hour. All of the coverage we found sits in one bucket: centre. That one-sidedness is itself worth noticing.
- ▪ Qualcomm unveils the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6, both on TSMC's 2nm process, with two 5GHz prime cores and six 4GHz performance cores (Axel Metz/TechRadar) — Techmeme
- ▪ Qualcomm is making not one but two versions of its flagship Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 chip — Engadget
- ▪ Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 vs 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6: Qualcomm explains how (and why) its two newest flagship mobile chipsets differ — TechRadar
- ▪ Qualcomm announces the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 — 9to5Google
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