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TL;DR
- A trusted leaker reports that the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and Gen 6 Pro will have a GPU with six slices.
- Qualcomm’s previous Elite chips have GPUs with three slices, while the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 GPU has just two slices.
- This leak therefore suggests that the new chips could bring major graphical gains.
Qualcomm will hold its annual Snapdragon Summit next month, and it’s expected to unveil the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro. The Pro chip in particular is rumored to be very expensive, but a new leak suggests we could be in for a major gaming upgrade.
Leaker Digital Chat Station has claimed on Weibo that the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 series GPUs have six slices. This suggests a massive GPU upgrade for next-generation Snapdragon chips. Check out the machine-translated screenshot below.
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