Qualcomm is preparing two flagship chips for 2026, and a new leak suggests their marketing names.
Tipster Digital Chat Station reports that the SM8950 will be called Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6, while the SM8975 will be Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6.
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Qualcomm has confirmed it will release two flagship chips this year, but official names remain unannounced.
Expected Specifications
Both chips are expected to use TSMC's 2nm process, a first for Qualcomm's flagship mobile chips.
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The standard model may feature 2+3+3 Oryon cores, a shared 16MB L2 cache, and an Adreno 845 GPU.
The higher-tier variant could pack an Adreno 850 GPU with 18MB of dedicated GMEM, a 50% jump over the Gen 5.
It may also support LPDDR6 memory and reach peak clock speeds near 5GHz, a first for a smartphone chip.
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Qualcomm's Snapdragon Summit is scheduled for September 22-24 in Hawaii, earlier than usual.
Releasing two flagship chips is a shift for Qualcomm, which typically launches one main SoC per year.
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More details on camera, GPU, and CPU configurations could surface before the official unveiling.
