New Snapdragon chip leak suggests on-device AI could be coming to phones people actually buy

Credit: C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL;DR Leaked material for Qualcomm’s unannounced SM8475 chipset has appeared online. This is believed to be the Snapdragon 4 Gen 6 processor.

It looks like the chip could gain a dedicated DSP and AI processor for the first time in the Snapdragon 4 series. Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 4 series of chips usually powers very cheap Android phones . Now, it looks like the company’s upcoming Snapdragon 4 Gen 6 has leaked online ahead of its formal release.

NotebookCheck apparently obtained a confidential diagram sheet for the unannounced SM8475 chipset, claiming it’s likely the Snapdragon 4 Gen 6 processor. The outlet claims that the chip is built on TSMC’s 4nm process, much like the previous processor. Furthermore, it’s powered by two Kryo Gold CPU cores (apparently Cortex-A78) and six Kryo Silver cores (said to be Cortex-A55).

This would be a very pedestrian CPU setup in 2026, although it should deliver smooth everyday performance on budget phones.