Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro Leak Points To Massive Clock Speed Jump

Later this year, Qualcomm is expected to unveil its next-gen chipset. According to the rumors, Qualcomm could approach this differently than before, by launching two different variants of the chipset. One will be the regular Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6, and the other could be a “Pro” version. Now thanks to a post on Weibo by tipster Fixed Focus Digital , the speed of the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro might have been revealed.

Here’s the speed of the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro

According to the post, they claim that the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro will be a speed beast. They claim that the minimum clock speed of the chipset’s performance cores could be 5.0GHz, and could even hit speeds of 5.5-6.0GHz at the extreme ends. This is pretty amazing if you think about it.

For context, the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 features performance cores which hit speeds of around 3.62GHz. Even its prime cores clock in around 4.6GHz, which is still below that of the rumored performance cores of the Gen 6. That being said, we shouldn’t be surprised to see the clock speeds jump by so much.

It is expected that Qualcomm will take advantage of TSMC’s 2nm process for the Gen 6. For those unfamiliar, these smaller processes usually mean improved performance and energy efficiency. While going from 3nm to 2nm doesn’t seem huge, it is, and these rumored performance gains prove that.

But what about thermals?

When the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 was benchmarked, it showed amazing performance. However, it also resulted in the device running extremely hot. Devices that came with more advanced cooling were able to mitigate that, but that cannot be said for other more “regular” devices.

So much so that other mainstream devices were forced to throttle performance . Thankfully, the Gen 6 might have fixed that problem. In their post, Fixed Focus Digital also claims that the chipset could take advantage of Samsung’s Heat Pass Block. This is allegedly the same system used in the upcoming Exynos 2600. This in turn allows the Gen 6 to hit its minimum clock speeds of 5.0GHz.

It will be a while before we see phones use the new chipset . The majority of flagship phones this year will use the newly-launched Gen 5. With the Gen 6 expected to be announced in Q3, we’ll have to wait until then to see phones that can actually make use of it.