Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 vs Dimensity 9600 Pro
The two 2nm flagships most phones will ship with
Overview
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6
Process: 2nm
Announced: Sep 2026
Dimensity 9600 Pro
Process: 2nm
Announced: Sep 2026
Benchmarks
No retail phone with either the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 or the Dimensity 9600 Pro has been lab-tested yet, so there are no scores to compare. They will appear here once one has.
At A Glance | ||
| Specification | 8 Elite Gen 6  | D9600 Pro  |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | Qualcomm | MediaTek |
| Announced | Sep 2026 | Sep 2026Sep 15, 2026 |
| Process node | 2nmTSMC N2P | 2nmTSMC N2P |
| Found in | Xiaomi 18 Pro | vivo X500 Provivo X500 Pro Max, OPPO Find X10 Pro Max |
CPU | ||
| Layout | 2 prime + 6 performance | 2 + 3 + 3All big core |
| Cores | Oryon (4th gen)2x Oryon prime, 6x Oryon performance | 2x C2-Ultra6x C2-Pro |
| Peak clock | 5.0GHzPerformance cores up to 4.0GHz | 4.55GHz3x C2-Pro at 4.35GHz, 3x C2-Pro at 3.1GHz |
| L2 cache | 16MBShared Oryon Flex Cache across all 8 cores | 2MB + 1MB + 512KBPer core: C2-Ultra, C2-Pro, C2-Pro |
| L3 cache | NoneThe shared 16MB L2 is the last CPU cache level | 16MB |
GPU and gaming | ||
| GPU | Adreno | Mali-G2 Ultra NX |
| Ray tracing | HardwareLumen global illumination | HardwareOMM and ray tracing pipeline |
| Graphics APIs | Vulkan 1.4, OpenGL ES 3.2OpenCL 3.0 FP | VulkanWith machine learning extensions |
AI and NPU | ||
| NPU | Hexagon NPU12 scalar, 8 vector, 1 tensor, 1 element | NPU 1090Plus Super Efficient NPU 2.0 |
Memory and storage | ||
| Memory | LPDDR6Also LPDDR5X | LPDDR6LPDDR5X also supported |
| Memory speed | 10600MT/s | 10667MT/sLPDDR6 and LPDDR5X |
| Storage | UFS 5.0 | UFS 5.0 |
Camera and ISP | ||
| ISP | Spectra triple 20-bit AI ISP | Imagiq 1290AI Imaging Fusion Architecture |
| Max sensor | 320MP108MP single or 64MP triple with zero shutter lag | 200MP |
| Video capture | 8K at 30fps4K at 120fps | 8K at 60fps4K at 120fps with EIS |
| Slow motion | 4K at 120fps1080p at 960fps | 4K at 240fps |
Display and video | ||
| On-device display | 4K+ at 120HzQHD+ at 240Hz | WQHD+ at 180HzTri-port MIPI for tri-fold displays |
| Video decode | AV1, H.265, VP9 | H.266, AV1, H.265, VP9H.264; 8K at 60fps, 10-bit |
Cellular | ||
| Modem | Qualcomm X105Integrated | Integrated 5GSub-6GHz, 5CC carrier aggregation |
| Peak download | 14.8Gbps6xCA, 500MHz | Over 7.4Gbps5CC, 350MHz |
| mmWave | Supported8 carriers, 2x2 MIMO | Not supportedSub-6GHz (FR1) only |
| 3GPP release | Release 19 | Release 17 |
| SIM | Turbo DSDAGlobal 5G multi-SIM, 3CC + 1CC | Triple SIM triple active5G/4G |
Wi-Fi and connectivity | ||
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi 8FastConnect 8800, 4x4 | Wi-Fi 7Triple band triple concurrency |
| Wi-Fi peak | 11.6Gbps | 7.3Gbps |
| Bluetooth | 6.3LE Audio, Channel Sounding, HDT | 6.2Dual Bluetooth engine |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS, NavICTriple frequency L1, L2C, L5 | GPS, BeiDou, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, NavICMulti-band, L1 and L5 |
Security | ||
| Security | Trust Management Engine, TEE, Type-1 Hypervisor, SPU3D Sonic Max fingerprint, C2PA provenance | Hardware root of trustPost-quantum cryptography, pKVM AI isolation |
Specifications from the manufacturers’ official spec sheets · Updated 2026-10-20