Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 May Not Be Enough to Beat Apple's Mobile SoC
Although the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 SoC is expected to be officially unveiled later this fall, developments surrounding the chip continues to pick up momentum. A fresh leak has now shed more light on the flagship silicon's performance and launch window.
When will the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 SoC be ready?
According to gathered information shared by notable leaker Digital Chat Station, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 SoC will be announced in the middle of October. The timing aligns with the earlier report that the American chipmaker plans to hold its next Snapdragon summit in October where it will make its next flagship mobile chip official.
It was also detailed in previous posts that the Xiaomi 15 series is among the first wave of devices to run on the new platform. Apart from Xiaomi's upcoming handsets, Samsung should equip the Galaxy S25 with the unannounced chipset, too. However, the lineup is only expected to be ready in 2025.
Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 benchmark scores
Along with the timetable, the source also revealed the alleged benchmark scores of the chipset which is said to generate 2,700 and 10,000 points in Geekbench 6's single core and multicore benchmarks, respectively. However it was noted the chip is an underclocked engineering unit, so we could still see better scores in the final version. How do these scores stack up?
Based on those initial scores, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 chip features a modest improvement in single-core performance while the bigger gain was seen in the multicore front.
As a reference, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip fitted in the Galaxy S24 Ultra (review) averaged 2,250/7,100 points while the A17 Pro in the iPhone 15 Pro Max (review) tips the scale at 2,900/7,450 points. Hence, it appears the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 will not fully trounce Apple's existing mobile chip.
What are your thoughts in these early benchmark Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 scores? Do you think it will deliver major upgrades aside from the processor and graphics performance?
Via: NotebookCheck Source: Digital Chat Station on Weibo
