First tests are out and as suspected, it performs better with signficiantly better battery life.
Genshin 3hours on Qualcomm, while on dimensity it has 6 hours and superior performance to boot. The Rog6D is a massive slap to anyones face who purchased the Rog6 QC version.
The Rog6D passive cooling capabilities far surpass the regular models thanks to the finned heatsink.
We will still have to see about the reliability issues, but so far performance and thermal wise the Rog6D is a massive upgrade.