Yesterday, a Korean media outlet shared some worrying news about the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S27 Ultra. According to the report, Samsung is planning to exclusively use Exynos next year as internal tests have shown that the recently launched Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 chipset is getting too hot, causing thermal throttling. On the contrary, the Exynos 2700 does well. But after the rumor circulated on the Internet, Qualcomm’s CMO responded to a thread on X saying that these rumors were inaccurate. Here’s what he said: Recent reports about thermal issues related to the Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 are inaccurate. We are proud of the innovation and strong momentum behind our next-generation flagship platform and continue to work closely with global OEMs to deliver premium user experiences. Furthermore, it clarifies that there are no systemic thermal issues with the SoC, and that rumors about Samsung’s internal test results are likely inaccurate because OEM partners adjust their platforms to strike a balance between performance and power depending on different use cases. Therefore, information from Samsung laboratories could be inaccurate or misleading. We haven’t tested any devices running Qualcomm’s latest and greatest yet, so we can’t contribute to the conversation, but if history is any indication, it’s not hard to believe that the SD 8 EE Gen 6 chip is getting too hot. Mobile chips have become so powerful lately that they are theoretically capable of running PC-level games. The current Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 series chipsets have two Prime cores clocked at 5.0 GHz, while the six Performance cores run at 4.0 GHz. That’s quite a lot for a system with a passive cooling solution. Since the launch of the first Snapdragon 8 Elite, we have noticed a significant drop in sustained performance when stress testing modern flagships. That doesn’t mean they overheat during normal use, but it is an indication that mobile chipsets are becoming too powerful for their own good.
