Rumors claim that the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 chipset will be based on TSMC’s 3nm process and may include new performance cores.The chip major is expected to launch the upcoming flagship chipset later this year.
In a video posted on micro-blogging platform X (earlier Twitter), Qualcomm’s chief marketing officer, Don McGuire, has revealed that the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 is set to arrive in October during the Snapdragon Summit.
To compare, the company launched the Snapdragon Gen 2 and Gen 3 chipsets in October 2022 and 2023, respectively.
Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 chipset: What to expect
Apart from the launch window, McGuire also disclosed some other details about the upcoming chipset in the video. He confirmed that the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 chipset will include Qualcomm’s Oryon CPU cores. These cores also power the Snapdragon X Elite PC chipset which the company introduced in October 2023. Laptops powered by Snapdragon X Elite chipsets are expected to arrive in mid-2024.
Earlier, rumors claimed that the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 chipset will include six of these cores in the. Additionally, McGuire also hinted that the chipsets neural engine may get a major update. He dubbed this upgrade as the “evolution of our NPU story.”
According to another X post shared by tipster Revegnus claimed that the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 will clock in at 4GHz. If this is to be true, this will also be an upgrade from its predecessor, which clocked in at 3.30GHz.
This suggests that the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 chipset will arrive with boosts in performance and efficiency. The chipset may also offer more advanced on-device generative AI capabilities than what’s offered by its predecessor. However, these potential upgrades may make premium Android phones even more expensive.