- Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite 2 is expected to outpower Dimensity 9500 thanks to a higher clock speed.
- It is expected to propel at a max 4.6GHz giving an edge over its successor while Dimensity 9500 SoC is expected to reach 4GHz mark for the first time.
- Many flagship smartphones are in-line to get the Snapdragon 8 Elite 2 launching this September.
Next-gen Snapdragon 8 Elite 2 is expected to reach a whopping 4.6GHz as it prepares for its launch this September. This is apparently much more than the 4GHz+ mark that the Dimensity 9500 SoC is expected to reach for the very first time. Here’s the tee.
Snapdragon 8 Elite 2 could outpace the Dimensity 9500
According to tipster Ice Universe, the Snapdragon 8 Elite 2 is expected to reach 4.6GHz on its regular model while the ‘Galaxy AP’, an overclocked version, is expected to reach a whopping 4.74GHz. For context, this puts the upcoming SoC far beyond its successor, let alone its competitors.
For context, the current flagship, aka the Snapdragon 8 Elite SoC, reached a whopping 4.32GHz on its regular model while the Galaxy AP skyrocketed at 4.47GHz. This makes the upcoming Snapdragon 8 Elite 2 ~0.28GHz and ~0.14GHz faster, respectively. This will soon translate into better performance once the chipset arrives in late September at the Snapdragon Summit 2025.
Snapdragon 8 Elite 2 AnTuTu scores suggest a massive lead
Turns out it’s not just the clock speed, but the Snapdragon 8 Elite 2 will lead the segment on AnTuTu benchmark as well. Unfortunately, we don’t have the official numbers just yet, but for some context, the 2024 flagship Snapdragon 8 Elite reached the 2.9 millionth mark on AnTuTu on-board Nubia RedMagic 10S Pro+.
It is estimated that the RedMagic 11 Ultra, coming to the market with the Snapdragon 8 Elite 2, will reach the 4 millionth mark, a phenomenal 1.1-1.2 million points more than its predecessor, and that’s a huge margin.
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Snapdragon 8 Elite 2 is set to arrive at the Snapdragon Summit in late September. We will see it holding the baton with ARM’s latest Scalable Vector Extension 2 (SVE2) and Scalable Matrix extension (SME), and will have an octa-core Oryon CPU in a 2x prime and 6x performance core architecture.
We have a few devices in the pipeline (the usual suspects) to get their hands on the chipset. There’s Xiaomi 16, OnePlus 15, Honor Magic8 Pro, and Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra, to name a few. AS mentioned above, Nubia RedMagic 11 Ultra will feature the latest chipset as well, although we need to wait just a few more weeks before getting our hands on it.
