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# Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 Leak Reveals 2nm Power

September 23, 2026 at 04:41 PM

> A leaked prototype of Qualcomm's first 2nm chip shows record-breaking multi-core performance ahead of the official Snapdragon Summit.

A Chinese content creator has leaked an engineering prototype video of the **Qualcomm Snapdragon** 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 just one day before the Snapdragon Summit. This upcoming chip marks **Qualcomm**'s first 2nm SoC, utilizing TSMC's advanced N2P process node.

The prototype features a 2 + 3 + 3 CPU cluster, with two cores hitting 5.10GHz, three at 4.00GHz, and three at 3.74GHz. It includes a Heat Pass Block heatsink and Samsung DRAM. Geekbench 6 scores reached 4,327 for single-core and 12,873 for multi-core tasks.

These benchmarks show the Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 leading the Apple A20 Pro in multi-core performance, which scored 12,575. However, Apple's A20 Pro maintains a single-core lead at 4,725 points, highlighting the competition in the 2nm mobile space.



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