Snapdragon 6s Gen 4 announced with updated CPU and GPU, 144Hz display support
Qualcomm took the wraps off its latest midrange chipset – the Snapdragon 6s Gen 4. It brings a few upgrades over the 6s Gen 3, like improved CPU and GPU performance alongside support for FHD+ 144Hz displays, mmWave and sub-6GHz 5G and Wi-Fi 6E connectivity.
Snapdragon 6s Gen 4 (SM6435-AA) is fabbed on Samsung's 4nm process with claims of 36% improved CPU and 59% faster GPU performance. The Kryo CPU features 4x performance cores at up to 2.4 GHz and 4x efficiency cores at 1.8GHz.
The GPU comes with HDR gaming support and OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 2.0 FP, and Vulkan 1.1 support. It also integrates some Snapdragon Elite Gaming features like Variable Rate Shading (VRS) and Game Quick Touch.
SD 6s Gen 4 also supports up to 12 GB LPDDR5X RAM @ 3200MHz and UFS 3.1 storage. On the camera side, the new chip is equipped with a Qualcomm Spectra ISP, which supports up to 200MP sensors and 2K video recording at 30fps. You also get Snapdragon Sound and Bluetooth 5.4 as well as Qualcomm Quick Charge 4+ support.
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- Anonymous
- 10 Apr 2026
- t7s
Still capped at 1080p playback even it was rated at 2k? It's a HARD PASS! 😂
- Anonymous
- 17 Nov 2025
- CaE
definitely ragebait the 8 elite supports wifi 7
- Lovelandmark
- 29 Oct 2025
- XZ3
More like a rework of Snapdragon 6 Gen 1, since both shares the same lithography (4nm Samsung) and mostly the same components, the only real difference is the clock speeds of CPU and GPU, and perhaps slightly higher memory bandwidth.









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