Qualcomm Denies ‘Overheating’ Rumours About Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6

Jakarta (ANTARA) – Qualcomm has denied rumours that its latest processor, the Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6, suffers from overheating that could trigger performance throttling in Samsung’s Galaxy S27 Ultra.

According to a report by GSM Arena on Saturday (17 October), a South Korean media report had said Samsung was considering using its own Exynos 2700 chip in the Galaxy S27 Ultra line-up, due for release next year.

The move was reportedly being considered after internal tests showed the Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 running at excessively high temperatures, while the Exynos 2700 maintained relatively stable temperatures.

In response to the widely circulated reports, Qualcomm issued an official clarification on X, saying the information was inaccurate.

Qualcomm said there was no significant temperature issue with the chipset. It said manufacturers’ internal test reports could be inaccurate or misleading, as each company makes its own adjustments to balance performance and power consumption according to its intended use.

Meanwhile, smartphone chip performance has advanced rapidly in recent years, to the point that, in theory, these processors can run games on a par with those for computers.

The Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 series features two Prime cores clocked at up to 5.0 GHz and six Performance cores running at 4.0 GHz – high specifications for a device that relies on passive cooling.

While this increase in power does not necessarily mean a phone will overheat during normal everyday use, stress tests on various modern flagship phones often show sustained performance reductions to keep device temperatures stable.