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Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6

System on a chip

Process node: 2 nm
Graphics: Qualcomm Adreno 845

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Processing & platform

Processor: Oryon (2× 5.01 GHz Prime cores + 3× 4.03 GHz Performance cores + 3× 3.74 GHz Performance cores)
Graphics: Qualcomm Adreno 845
Architecture: 64-bit
Manufacturing process: 2 nm (TSMC N2P)
Process node: 2 nm

Memory & storage

Storage technologies

Supported UFS 4.1

Supported memory

Supported LPDDR5X
Technology
LPDDR5X

Connectivity & software

Software interfaces

OpenCL 3.0 FP
OpenGL ES 3.2

System configuration

Detailed specifications

Specifications · 73 fields

NFC — Near Field Communications

Supported^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Audio — Qualcomm® aptX™ audio technology support

Qualcomm® aptX™ Adaptive^*
Qualcomm® aptX™ Lossless^*
Qualcomm® aptX™ Voice^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Product Tier — Tier

Premium^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Location — Frequency Support

Triple^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Security — Fingerprint Sensor

Qualcomm® 3D Sonic Sensor Max^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Cellular Modem-RF — Cellular Modem-RF Specs

8 carriers (mmWave)^*
2x2 MIMO (mmWave)^*
4x4 MIMO (Sub-6)^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Process Node and Technology — Process Node

2.0^* nm

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Camera — Image Signal Processor (ISP) Bit Depth

20-bit^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Cellular Modem-RF — Peak Download Speed

14.8^* Gbps

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Storage — UFS

UFS 4.1^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Display — Color Gamut

Rec. 2020^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Security — Features

Qualcomm® Trusted Execution Environment (TEE)^*
Qualcomm® Type-1 Hypervisor^*
Qualcomm® Wireless Edge Services (WES)^*
Secure Processing Unit (SPU)^*
Trust Management Engine^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Universal Serial Bus (USB) — Interface Type

USB-C with DisplayPort^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Display — Color Depth

10-bit^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Universal Serial Bus (USB) — Specification Version

USB 3.1 Gen 2^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Qualcomm® Artificial Intelligence (AI) Engine — Qualcomm® Sensing Hub Features

Dual-core AI processor
Dual always-sensing cameras
Dual Micro NPUs
Qualcomm® Personal Scribe

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

UWB — Standards

Fine Ranging (FiRa)^*
IEEE 802.15.4z^*
Car Connectivity Consortium (CCC)^*
CSA Aliro 1.0^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Cellular Modem-RF — Cellular Technology

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Memory — Type

LPDDR5x^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Location — Satellite Systems

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

GPU — Features

Real-time Hardware-Accelerated Ray Tracing with Lumen Global Illumination^*
Nanite Virtualized Geometry^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Display — Maximum On-Device Display Resolution

QHD+ @ 240 Hz^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Location — Features

Concurrent satellite systems^*
Sensor-assisted Navigation^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Camera — Features

AI-based auto-exposure^*
AI-based auto-focus^*
AI-based face detection^*
Locally Motion Compensated Temporal Filtering (MCTF)^*
Multi-frame Noise Reduction (MFNR)^*
Real-time Semantic Segmentation^*
Zero Shutter Lag (ZSL)^*
Elite Color Engine^*
Snapdragon® Audio Sense^*
Triple Camera ZSL 64MP^*
Single Camera ZSL 108MP^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Wi-Fi — Spectral Bands

6.0^* GHz
5.0^* GHz
2.4^* GHz

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Security — Secure Processing Unit (SPU)

Biometric Authentication (Face)^*
Biometric Authentication (Fingerprint)^*
Biometric Authentication (Iris)^*
Biometric Authentication (Voice)^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Video Playback — Codecs

AV1^*
Dolby Vision®^*
H.264 (Advanced Video Coding (AVC))^*
H.265 (High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC))^*
HDR10^*
HDR10+^*
Hybrid Log Gamma (HLG)^*
VP8^*
VP9^*
APV^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

CPU — Name

Qualcomm® Oryon™^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Camera — Image Signal Processor (ISP) Number

Triple ISP^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Wi-Fi — Channels

320.0^* MHz

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Wi-Fi — Generation

Wi-Fi 8^*
Wi-Fi 7^*
Wi-Fi 6^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Camera — Slow Motion Video Capture

1080p @ 960 fps^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Wi-Fi — Features

Miracast^*
MU-MIMO (UL/DL)^*
OFDMA (UL/DL)^*
Passpoint^*
Target Wake Time (TWT)^*
TDLS^*
Voice-Enterprise^*
Wi-Fi Aware R3^*
Wi-Fi Location^*
Wi-Fi Optimized Connectivity^*
Wi-Fi QoS Management^*
XPAN Technology^*
High Band Simultaneous (HBS) Multi-Link^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Location — Location Support

Qualcomm® Location Suite^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Cellular Modem-RF — Modem Name

Qualcomm® X105 5G Modem-RF System^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Wi-Fi — Wi-Fi/Bluetooth System

Qualcomm® FastConnect™ 8800^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Product Function — Application Processors

Smartphones^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Display — High Dynamic Range (HDR)

Dolby Vision®^*
HDR10^*
HDR10+^*
HDR Vivid^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Video Playback — Resolution

8K @ 30 fps^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

CPU — Architecture

64-bit^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Display — Maximum External Display Resolution

8K @ 30 Hz^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Video Playback — Features

HDR Vivid^*
Engine for Visual Analytics 5.0^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Applications — Product Applications

Mobile Computing^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Cellular Modem-RF — Peak Upload Speed

4.2^* Gbps

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Memory — Speed

5,300.0^* MHz

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Mobile Computing — Form Factor

Smartphones^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Bluetooth — Connection Technology

Bluetooth® Low Energy^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Camera — Image Signal Processor (ISP) Type

Artificial Intelligence ISP (AI ISP)^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Wi-Fi — Peak Speed

11.65^* Gbps

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Camera — Video Capture Features

Computational HDR with staggered imaged sensors^*
Real-time Semantic Segmentation^*
Video super resolution^*
Bayer Massive Multi-Frame Noise Reduction with AI^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

architecture

64-bit^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Location — Accuracy

Sidewalk-level^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Charging — Qualcomm® Quick Charge™ technology support

Qualcomm® Quick Charge™ 5 technology^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Audio — Qualcomm Aqstic™ technology support

Qualcomm Aqstic™ audio codec^*
Qualcomm Aqstic™ smart speaker amplifier^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Camera — Single Camera

320 MP^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Audio — Audio Processing Technologies

Snapdragon Sound™ technology^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Wi-Fi — Standards

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Wi-Fi — Peak QAM

4K QAM^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Camera — Video Capture

4K @ 120 fps^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

GPU — Name

Qualcomm® Adreno™^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Qualcomm® Artificial Intelligence (AI) Engine — GPU Name

Qualcomm® Adreno™

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Cellular Modem-RF — Multi SIM

Global 5G Multi-SIM^*
Qualcomm® Turbo DSDA^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Cellular Modem-RF — Performance Enhancement Technologies

NTN Satellite Communication
5th Gen Qualcomm® 5G AI Processor
Qualcomm® 5G PowerSave
Qualcomm® Advanced Modem-RF Software Suite
Qualcomm® RF Downlink Boost
Qualcomm® RF Uplink Optimization
Qualcomm® Smart Transmit™ Plus

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

CPU — Clock Speed

5.0^* GHz

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Part — Part Number(s)

SM8950^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Qualcomm® Artificial Intelligence (AI) Engine — CPU Name

Qualcomm® Oryon™

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

GPU — APIs

OpenCL™ 3.0 FP^*
OpenGL® ES 3.2^*
Vulkan® 1.4^* (Khronos 2026, Android 17 profiles)

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Bluetooth — Specification Version

Bluetooth® 6.3^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Camera — Video Capture Formats

Dolby Vision®^*
Google Ultra HDR^*
HDR10^*
HDR10+^*
Hybrid Log Gamma (HLG)^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Qualcomm® Artificial Intelligence (AI) Engine — Qualcomm® Hexagon™ Processor Features

Dedicated power delivery system
Fused AI Accelerator architecture
Hexagon Direct Link
Micro Tile Inferencing
New Element Accelerator

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Camera — Image Signal Processor (ISP) Name

Qualcomm® Spectra™^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

platform cpu

Oryon^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

process node nm

2.0^* nm

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

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Processing & platform

Memory & storage

Storage technologies

Supported memory

Connectivity & software

Software interfaces

System configuration

Detailed specifications

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