Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 comes in an Extreme version too

高通骁龙 8 Elite Gen 6 推出“至尊版” (Extreme)

There are two flagship Snapdragon chips this year, but good luck spotting the difference. 今年有两款旗舰级骁龙芯片，但你可能很难分辨出它们的区别。

Qualcomm has announced the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6, this year joined by the 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 too. The company describes both new phone chips as flagships, and the spec differences are relatively minor, mostly limited to improved AI processing, video capture, and gaming performance on the Extreme model. 高通正式发布了骁龙 8 Elite Gen 6，今年还一同推出了骁龙 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6（至尊版）。高通将这两款新手机芯片均定位为旗舰产品，其规格差异相对较小，主要局限于至尊版在人工智能处理、视频拍摄和游戏性能方面的提升。

Both Gen 6 chips are built on a 2nm process, and share much in common, including their modems, display specs, security features, GPS, and memory and storage support. Qualcomm no longer publishes detailed breakdowns of the cores across its silicon, but the CPU details given are identical, with two big cores at up to 5GHz and six performance cores running at up to 4GHz. Despite that, the Extreme is described as having slightly superior performance across its CPU, GPU, and NPU. 两款 Gen 6 芯片均采用 2nm 工艺制造，并拥有许多共同点，包括调制解调器、显示规格、安全功能、GPS 以及内存和存储支持。高通不再公布其芯片核心的详细拆解，但给出的 CPU 参数完全相同：两颗主频高达 5GHz 的大核和六颗主频高达 4GHz 的性能核心。尽管如此，至尊版在 CPU、GPU 和 NPU 方面的性能表现仍被描述为略胜一筹。

Some differences are more clear-cut. The 8 Elite Extreme is capable of driving superior video capture, including 8K at 60fps, 4K at 240fps, and support for the Advanced Professional Video (APV) codec. A larger shared memory pool for the NPU should drive faster and more efficient AI performance on the Extreme chip too, while AI-dedicated matrix cores in the GPU (plus more memory) should boost gaming performance slightly when using AI features. 一些差异则更为明确。8 Elite Extreme 能够支持更出色的视频拍摄，包括 8K 60fps、4K 240fps，并支持高级专业视频 (APV) 编码。NPU 拥有更大的共享内存池，这也将使至尊版芯片的 AI 性能更快、更高效；同时，GPU 中专用的 AI 矩阵核心（加上更大的内存）在运行 AI 功能时应能略微提升游戏性能。

With core performance seemingly similar, the jump up to the Extreme chip is relatively minor, so it will be interesting to see which chips manufacturers use for which phones. Motorola is the first to jump on board, confirming that its newly announced Signature 27 flagship will use the Extreme chip. Qualcomm has announced that the two chips will also be adopted by Vivo, Xiaomi, Oppo, Honor, iQoo, Nubia, OnePlus, Redmi, Redmagic, and ZTE. 由于核心性能看似相近，升级到至尊版的提升幅度相对较小，因此观察厂商会为哪些手机选择哪款芯片将是一件有趣的事。摩托罗拉率先加入，确认其新发布的 Signature 27 旗舰手机将搭载至尊版芯片。高通还宣布，这两款芯片也将被 Vivo、小米、OPPO、荣耀、iQoo、努比亚、一加、红米、红魔和中兴采用。

The two 8 Elite Gen 6 chips are Qualcomm’s first 2nm silicon, joining Apple’s A20 Pro and MediaTek’s Dimensity 9600 Pro in bringing the new silicon scale to smartphones. 这两款 8 Elite Gen 6 芯片是高通首批 2nm 芯片，它们与苹果的 A20 Pro 和联发科的天玑 9600 Pro 一起，将这种全新的芯片制程带入了智能手机领域。