Qualcomm is covertly developing a chip that will compete with Apple’s future M-series. Qualcomm is reportedly developing a new processor under the codename “Hamoa,” according to prior reports. A new piece of information that has recently surfaced online states that the forthcoming chipset would be marketed as “Snapdragon 8cx Gen4”. The most recent specifications of Qualcomm’s upcoming Snapdragon 8cx Gen 4 are very intriguing, and if the SoC functions as a true rival to Apple’s M-series SoCs, we will have some real competition in the market.

The 12-core SoC was earlier mentioned by well-known Twitter tipper Kuba Wojciechowski, who now claims that the silicon’s moniker will be Snapdragon 8cx Gen 4. Qualcomm is reportedly working on a number of chipsets, but the one that is said to offer the best performance is thought to have eight performance cores and four power-efficient ones. He does not mention, though, whether Qualcomm’s Oryon cores, which are specialised solutions made possible by the company’s acquisition of Nuvia, will be present in the Snapdragon 8cx Gen 4.

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He further claims that each block of four cores has a shared L2 cache of 12MB and an L3 cache of 8 MB. Since the Snapdragon 8cx Gen 4 is rumoured to have the same Adreno 740 graphics processor as the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, Qualcomm is reportedly not creating a new GPU for it. It is still a strong GPU, but when used in Windows notebooks as opposed to smartphones, the limitations may start to show. Even yet, the data he provides is interesting on paper, with the performance cores of the Snapdragon 8cx Gen 4 being tested at a frequency of 3.40GHz and the energy-efficient ones operating at 2.50GHz.

That concludes the overview of the upcoming Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen4 chipset. What do you think about this? Consider whether it can compete with Apple’s future M-series. Please let us know by leaving a comment below in your own words. I appreciate you taking the time to read the entire post.

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