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TL;DR Leaked material for Qualcomm’s unannounced SM8475 chipset has appeared online.
This is believed to be the Snapdragon 4 Gen 6 processor.
It looks like the chip could gain a dedicated DSP and AI processor for the first time in the Snapdragon 4 series.
Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 4 series of chips usually powers very cheap Android phones. Now, it looks like the company’s upcoming Snapdragon 4 Gen 6 has leaked online ahead of its formal release.
NotebookCheck apparently obtained a confidential diagram sheet for the unannounced SM8475 chipset, claiming it’s likely the Snapdragon 4 Gen 6 processor. The outlet claims that the chip is built on TSMC’s 4nm process, much like the previous processor. Furthermore, it’s powered by two Kryo Gold CPU cores (apparently Cortex-A78) and six Kryo Silver cores (said to be Cortex-A55). This would be a very pedestrian CPU setup in 2026, although it should deliver smooth everyday performance on budget phones.
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The purported Snapdragon 4 Gen 6 is said to offer an Adreno 600-series GPU. There’s no word on specific performance improvements, although the Snapdragon 4 Gen 5’s apparent Adreno 600-series GPU delivered a 77% boost over its predecessor.
The new chip is also listed with a dedicated Hexagon DSP and AI processor, which isn’t available on previous SoCs. This suggests that the Snapdragon 4 Gen 6 could bring significant AI and machine learning upgrades to sub-$300 phones.
Other notable features include newfound support for LPDDR5 RAM, UFS 3.1 storage compatibility, a Release 17 5G modem with sub-6GHz support, and USB 2.0 speeds.
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