Nubia Z50 Ultra with Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC spotted on Geekbench ahead of March 7 launch

The Nubia Z50 Ultra will be unveiled in China on March 7 by the ZTE-owned smartphone brand. Ahead of the official debut, the handset was reportedly spotted on benchmarking website Geekbench, hinting at its key specs. The upcoming Nubia Z50 Ultra has appeared with the Nubia NX712J model number. It could run on Android 13 and could be powered by a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC. The Geekbench listing also suggests up to 12GB of RAM on the Nubia Z50 Ultra.

A Nubia smartphone has been spotted on the Geekbench website with the Nubia model number NX712J. This is supposed to be paired with the Nubia Z50 Ultra. The Geekbench listing suggests it would run on Android 13 and include 11.01 GB of RAM. That might translate to 12GB of RAM on paper. The listing shows an octa-core processor with one main processor core with a maximum clock speed of 3.19 GHz, three cores capped at 2.02 GHz, and four cores with a maximum speed of 2.80 GHz. All these details point to the presence of a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC on the upcoming Nubia Z50 Ultra.

The Nubia Z50 Ultra scored 1,494 points in single-core tests and 5,121 points in multi-core tests. The list is dated March 2.

The Nubia Z50 Ultra is set to go official in China on March 7. The launch event will begin at 2:00 p.m. local time (11:30 a.m. IST). In preparation for the launch, the ZTE-owned brand is teasing the handset’s design and specs via Weibo.

It is confirmed to come with a 6.8-inch AMOLED display with a pulse-width modulation (PWM) frequency of 1440Hz. It is teased to carry a 16-megapixel under-display selfie sensor with f/2.0 aperture. The gaming-focused device will feature a bionic cooling system with a 41442mm square cooling area for thermal management. Nubia has used a new NeoVision computational photography technology on the new device.