Rumors regarding the forthcoming Qualcomm chipset, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4, are circulating with anticipation. Expected to debut later this year, likely around October, the SoC has garnered attention, especially with recent benchmark leaks and insights from tipster DigitalChatStation.According to DigitalChatStation, leaked benchmarks of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 were based on low-frequency engineering samples of the chipset.
Such practices are commonplace during the early stages of development to assess stability. It's important to note that the Geekbench numbers seen thus far might not fully represent the chipset's final performance.DigitalChatStation provided additional details on the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 architecture.
It will adopt a "2+6" core setup, indicating a combination of high-performance and efficiency cores. The "2" likely represents high-performance cores, speculated to operate at clock speeds ranging between 3.6 GHz to 4.0 GHz.
However, specifics regarding the clock speeds of the remaining "6" efficiency cores remain undisclosed.For context, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 SoC purportedly achieved scores around 2,700 points in single-core and 10,000 points in multi-core tests on Geekbench 6.In terms of the launch timeline, DigitalChatStation suggests that the first smartphone featuring the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 chip will hit the market in October.
Earlier speculations pointed towards Xiaomi 15 being the pioneer model, followed by the iQOO 13 and the OnePlus 13 shortly after.