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CPU performance increased by 36%
File sharing between Android and Apple gadgets will be easier than ever
The utility is available only for Windows devices with Snapdragon chips
The chip is budget-friendly but shows excellent performance
The performance of gadgets will reach unprecedented levels
Qualcomm announced a new system-on-chip, the Snapdragon 6s Gen 4, successor to last year’s Snapdragon 6s Gen 3. This is a major update for the 6s series, as it uses a 4nm process for the first time, resulting in a 36% increase in CPU performance and 59% faster graphics compared to its predecessor.
According to insider @Jukanlosreve, the new Exynos 2600 will be more powerful than the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 and Apple A19 Pro. In particular, its NPU (neural processor) will be 6 times faster than the one used in the iPhone 17 Pro and will outperform Snapdragon in artificial intelligence tasks by 30%. But even outside AI scenarios, the Exynos 2600 shows impressive results: multi-core CPU performance is 14% higher, and the GPU is 75% faster than the Apple A19 Pro and up to 29% faster than the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5. Perhaps this will happen in no small part because the Exynos 2600 is manufactured (as insiders claim) using a 2-nm process, while competitors from Qualcomm and Apple are made using a 3-nm process.
Together with the agreement, Qualcomm and Arduino introduced a new board for Arduino UNO automation enthusiasts, the Arduino UNO Q. The board has two processors: Qualcomm Dragonwing QRB2210, capable of running Linux and oriented towards complex calculations (for example, computer vision processing) and a microcontroller for real-time calculations (for controlling movement or other devices). The board is designed for calculations of computer vision tasks, sound processing, and automation in smart homes, industry, and robotics. With the new board, Arduino is set to compete with Raspberry Pi.
The third rooster hasn't yet croaked and most manufacturers haven't even had time to present their flagships on Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, and Xiaomi is already thinking about how its HyperOS will work with Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 (SM8950). Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 has already been mentioned in the code of the latest HyperOS builds.
Snapdragon X2 Elite will appear in laptops from Lenovo, ASUS, HP and Microsoft Surface as early as October 2025
The first Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 powered smartphones include the Xiaomi 17, Xiaomi 17 Pro, Samsung Galaxy S26 and the realme GT 8 Pro among others
All details of the mobile processor will be announced at Snapdragon Summit
The new chipset will be unveiled on 23 September
Qualcomm is developing a new processor for the Snapdragon Wear smartwatch, which is similar in architecture to the Exynos W1000, the chip that debuted with the first Galaxy Watch Ultra.
The chipset will get powerful Adreno 840 integrated graphics
