Qualcomm launched the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 last year as a more affordable alternative to its flagship Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. Now, the company is gearing up for its successor, and thanks to a major leak, we might already have all the key details.
The leak comes from the reliable Digital Chat Station who revealed an interesting detail about the upcoming chip. According to their latest post, Qualcomm might not call it the Snapdragon 8s Elite as we are expecting it to. Instead, it could be named Snapdragon 8s Gen 4.
The reason? Unlike the Snapdragon 8 Elite, which features Qualcomm’s custom Oryon cores, the 8s Gen 4 will stick to standard ARM cores.
What’s inside the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4?
According to the leak, Qualcomm is keeping the TSMC 4nm process from last year’s model but tweaking the core layout. The CPU stack will feature:
- 1x Cortex-X4 prime core at 3.21GHz
- 3x Cortex-A720 cores at 3.01GHz
- 2x Cortex-A720 cores at 2.80GHz
- 2x efficiency-focused A720 cores at 2.02GHz
For graphics, the chipset is said to include the Adreno 825 GPU, which sits in the same generation as the Adreno 830 found in the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. However, the leak suggests it will have a reduced core size, which could mean slightly lower graphical performance compared to its flagship counterpart.
On the memory side, the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 will have 6MB of system-level cache (SLC) and 8MB of L3 cache. Combined with the new core setup, these changes have reportedly pushed the AnTuTu benchmark score past 2 million.
Phones with the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 are already in the works
In another post, the tipster confirmed that the Snapdragon 8s Elite will share the same ISP as the Snapdragon 8 Elite. And several phones are already being developed with the chip. According to the leak, at least four devices are in the pipeline. The list includes Redmi Turbo 4 Pro, iQOO Z10 Turbo Pro, Xiaomi Civi 5 Pro, and Oppo K13 Pro.
Qualcomm is rumored to unveil the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 in April while the first batch of phones powered by the chip could launch by mid-April.
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