Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 vs Dimensity 9600 Pro: first 2nm chips

Qualcomm and MediaTek unveiled their first 2nm smartphone chipsets. Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 scored 3,163 single-core in Geekbench 7 versus 2,600 for Dimensity 9600 Pro, but trailed in multi-core (10,172 vs 10,634). Both support 8K/60fps and 4K/240fps recording.

• Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6: up to 5 GHz, 2+6 cores, 37% better power efficiency
• Dimensity 9600 Pro: 2+3+3 layout, prime cores up to 4.55 GHz, 61% multi-core efficiency gain
• AnTuTu: 4.6M for Snapdragon vs 4.32M for Dimensity, a 6% gap
• Both chips: 8K/60fps, 4K/240fps and new ISPs