Qualcomm Launches the 2 nm Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 and 8 Elite Gen 6
CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins86% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 86%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better10 days agoThe release is dated 'Sep 22, 2026 | MAUI' ('unveiled today') and Qualcomm's[1][2][3][4] page stamps it 20:00 UTC, the 10:00 AM HT mobile keynote at Snapdragon Summit.
Qualcomm unveiled two flagship phone chips at Snapdragon Summit 2026 - the Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 and 8 Elite Gen 6 - on a 2 nm process with 5 GHz Oryon cores, the X105 modem and Wi-Fi 8, for phones from Xiaomi, OnePlus, OPPO, vivo, Honor and Motorola.