Qualcomm was reportedly planning to launch the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 with a target frequency of 4.0GHz, but with the recent release of the Apple M4, which has a high clock speed and impressive single-core performance, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 is being redesigned.
This design change for the flagship Android chip is expected to be completed in June and will target a 4.26 GHz frequency.
A18 and A18 Pro Processors
This change will allow Qualcomm to compete with Apple’s A18 and A18 Pro processors on iPhones, which have faster clock speeds. Apple’s A-series chips are essentially downscaled versions of the M-series SoC.
Qualcomm’s Nuvia is making a comeback, and there might be a redesign finalized in June, with a target frequency of 4.26GHz, aiming at the Apple A18 Chip.#qualcomm
Qualcomm is expected to unveil the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 in October, giving the company several months to finalise the design before distributing it to smartphone partners.
The Snapdragon 8 Generation 4, with a target frequency of 4.26GHz, is expected to significantly improve single-core performance.
Its rumoured ‘2 + 6’ CPU cluster configuration is also expected to improve multi-core performance significantly.
Apple M4 Chip
The Apple M4 chip is based on TSMC’s 3nm process, and Qualcomm is said to use the same process for the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4, resulting in some close competition between the two, at least in terms of benchmark performance.
Just as Apple’s A-series chips are based on downscaled M-series versions, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 will be based on the Snapdragon X Elite designed for laptops, which does not support the ARMv9 instruction set.
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