Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 is here — 4 ways the first 5GHz phone chip could crush Apple’s A20 Pro
Computing Hardware CPUs Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 is here — 4 ways the first 5GHz phone chip could crush Apple’s A20 Pro News By Jason England Published 22 September 2026 The smartphone silicon wars just escalated When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. However, this time, there’s two: Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and the new Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6!One thing is clear, the company are keen to tell you these chips will “power the agentic AI age,” which is all fair and good (and a real advantage for this over the A20 Pro in Apple’s iPhone 18 Pro). But there are a few other places where Snapdragon-armed phones will get the advantage.Let me explain.Latest Videos FromTom's GuideWatch full video here: Clock speeds off the charts (Image credit: Qualcomm)So it all starts with re-engineered Oryon CPU cores — the brains of the operation.
- ▪Computing Hardware CPUs Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 is here — 4 ways the first 5GHz phone chip could crush Apple’s A20 Pro News By Jason England Published 22 September 2026 The smartphone silicon wars just escalated When you purchase through l
- ▪However, this time, there’s two: Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and the new Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6!One thing is clear, the company are keen to tell you these chips will “power the agentic AI age,” which is all fair and good (and a real
- ▪But there are a few other places where Snapdragon-armed phones will get the advantage.Let me explain.Latest Videos FromTom's GuideWatch full video here: Clock speeds off the charts (Image credit: Qualcomm)So it all starts with re-engineered
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Computing Hardware CPUs Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 is here — 4 ways the first 5GHz phone chip could crush Apple’s A20 Pro News By Jason England Published 22 September 2026 The smartphone silicon wars just escalated When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. (Image credit: Qualcomm) Copy link Facebook X Reddit Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter It's September, so of course Qualcomm is back with an even more powerful mobile phone chip.
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