Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 Rumored To Be Made Using TSMC’s N3E Process; Custom Nuvia Cores’ Multi-Threaded Performance Higher Than Apple M2

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Only recently, we stumbled on some fresh specifications information surrounding the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, and already, news regarding the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 has started flowing. For 2024, Qualcomm’s flagship SoC should be the first to adopt custom Nuvia cores. Not only is the silicon said to be power-efficient thanks to being mass produced on TSMC’s N3E process, but its rumored multi-threaded numbers reveal an impressive jump, delivering faster performance than Apple’s M2.

With Apple seemingly securing the majority of TSMC’s 3nm chip supply for its products, Revegnus states in his tweet that the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 will be based on the manufacturer N3E process, or second-generation 3nm node. This version is expected to deliver improved performance and power-efficiency numbers over the first iteration, and according to the tipster, the proof is seemingly in the multi-core figures.

Compared to the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, not only is the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 said to ditch ARM’s CPU designs for its custom Oryon cores, but that switch is said to deliver up to a 40 percent multi-core performance boost. In the tweet, Revegnus notes that the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 can reach 6,500 points in Geekbench 5’s multi-threaded benchmark, but in the same test, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 can break the 9,000 points barrier, surpassing the M2 in the process. For reference, the M2 can achieve between 8,800 and 9,000 points in Geekbench 5.

According to the specifications listed in the tweet, Qualcomm will adopt two ‘Nuvia Phoenix’ performance cores and six ‘Nuvia Phoenix M’ efficiency cores. However, we feel that the official name could be based on Oryon as Nuvia was the name of the company Qualcomm acquired to develop those custom CPU designs. The single-core