In April, Qualcomm reportedly finalized the design of its upcoming Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 utility processor (AP) which must be launched in October. Nonetheless, after seeing Apple’s upcoming M4 chip ship record-setting single-core benchmark scores, the rumor mill says that Qualcomm has determined to revamp the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 chipset by June, elevating its focused clock velocity from 4GHz to 4.26GHz.
Nonetheless, the design of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 AP will likely be primarily based on the Snapdragon X Elite laptop computer processor which doesn’t work with the ARMv9 directions set. That implies that Qualcomm’s new flagship smartphone chip will not characteristic Scalable Matrix Extension (SME) which permits chips like Apple’s M4 to deal with complicated duties extra effectively and is among the explanation why the M4 scored wonderful Geekbench 6 single-core and multi-core scores of three,767 and 14,677 respectively.
Geekbench check for M4 powered iPad Professional exhibits record-breaking efficiency that caught Qualcomm’s eyes
It is attainable that Qualcomm, understanding that the shortage of SME implies that the efficiency of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 might be diminished, is climbing the clock velocity of the chip to a focused velocity of 4.26GHz to try to make up for the efficiency discount anticipated due to the shortage of SME. The Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 additionally will not be utilizing ARM’s Cortex CPU cores and can flip to Qualcomm’s customized Phoenix cores as a substitute.
Qualcomm plans to have a redesign of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 completed by June
Whereas the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 SoC is a smartphone chip and is competing with the A18 and A18 Professional relatively than the M4, it’s anticipated that Apple’s newest A-series smartphone chipsets, additionally being produced utilizing TSMC’s second-gen N3E 3nm node, will ship excellent efficiency. The Snapdragon 8 Gen 4’s configuration consists of 2 Massive Phoenix CPU cores and 6 medium Phoenix CPU cores. Be aware the shortage of any small, low-powered Phoenix CPU cores.
The chip’s construct not solely makes the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 AP doubtlessly a top-performer on smartphones, nevertheless it additionally might be a possible battery hog. It additionally implies that cellphone producers using the chip might want to take precautions in relation to warmth dissipation. Bigger vapor chambers might be used to attract warmth away from the processor.
We will definitely be taught extra this October when the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 is unveiled throughout October’s Snapdragon Summit. The AP is anticipated for use on U.S. variations of the Samsung Galaxy S25 and Galaxy S25+. It additionally ought to energy the Galaxy S25 Extremely in all markets.
