OPPO's upcoming Find N6 foldable phone, spotted on Geekbench, uses a 7-core Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chip with 16GB RAM and Android 16 for optimized performance.
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OPPO has started gradually revealing details about its next foldable smartphone, the Find N6, without official teasers but with a notable appearance in the Geekbench benchmark. According to the published data, the device features the top-tier Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 processor, though in an unusual configuration.
The test indicates a 7-core version of the chip, while the standard Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 has eight cores. This configuration includes two high-performance cores clocked up to 4.61 GHz and five efficiency cores running at 3.63 GHz, missing one core compared to the typical setup.
Graphics are handled by the Adreno 840 GPU, which scored 24,103 points in the OpenCL test. The processor's performance reached 3,524 points in single-core mode and 9,090 in multi-core mode. The presence of 16 GB of RAM and the device running on Android 16 has also been confirmed.
Interestingly, this isn't the first time OPPO has used a 7-core flagship chip in its foldable smartphones; a similar approach was taken with the Find N5. However, Qualcomm has not officially announced such a modification of the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 yet.
This trimmed-down configuration is likely related to the unique challenges of foldable devices, such as limited space, thermal constraints, and energy efficiency requirements. In practice, this approach could deliver more stable performance without overheating or sacrificing battery life.
While benchmarks don't capture the full picture of real-world performance, the appearance of the Find N6 in Geekbench typically signals that an official announcement is imminent.