Qualcomm is set to launch its new flagship chip, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4, at its Snapdragon Summit in October.
As the event approaches, leaks and rumors about the features and capabilities of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 chip are becoming more frequent. According to a new report from Korean news outlet Ajunews, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 could be one of the earliest mobile chips to support LPDDR6 memory. In contrast, the A18 Pro chip is said to use LPDDR5T memory.
The Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 is the chip that will power many Android smartphones later this year and early next year.
The Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 is the chip that will power many Android smartphones later this year and early next year.
However, the report also says that there may be challenges in mass producing LPDDR6 modules this year, which could delay it to 2025. Despite this uncertainty, Ajunews believes that it is likely that LPDDR6 will be integrated into Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 AP to meet the growing demand for on-device AI capabilities.
LPDDR6 is expected to bring improved speed and power efficiency over the current LPDDR5 standard, which should lead to improvements in handling AI tasks on upcoming smartphones.
LPDDR6 support will give the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 an edge over the A18 Pro.
As for Apple, although the A18 Pro only supports LPDDR5T, Apple is said to be looking into storing LLM on NAND flash memory to allow the iPhone to perform AI tasks on the device even with limited RAM. It is also worth noting that LPDRR5T is the fastest RAM currently available in a smartphone SoC with a theoretical speed of up to 9.6 Gbps.
As for Qualcomm, it remains to be seen whether the company will opt for the LPDDR6 RAM standard or stick with LPDDR5T for the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4. This is the company's top-end mobile chip for 2024, competing with the Dimensity 9400 and A18 Pro .
Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 and A18 chip benchmark performance scores show that the iPhone's dominance is over.
Today’s high-end phones are already faster than the average consumer needs. But users still crave higher-performance smartphones, and with an increased focus on AI capabilities and longer software support for Android smartphones, the need for speed has never been greater.
Qualcomm's Snapdragon chips are closing the performance gap with Apple's A-series chips. A rumor from Korea says that the next-generation Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 chip will be faster than the A18 chip - expected to power the iPhone 16 series. This has been shown in benchmark tests.
effective, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 chip achieved a single-core score of 3,500 points while the A18 is unlikely to exceed 3,300 points. Rumors also say that the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 will do better in the multi-core test and the GPU will also be faster.
Snapdragon 8 Gen 4's new Oryon core could bring a big advantage Qualcomm has confirmed that the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 chip will be launched in October this year. This super chip has Oryon cores, which has an advantage over the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. That's because the recent chips use cores licensed from Arm. In contrast, the Oryon core is a custom Arm core and designed by Qualcomm.
Nuvia was acquired by Qualcomm in 2021, and the company is starting to work on cores to better compete with Apple. The Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 is also likely to be Qualcomm's first 3nm chip. Rumors also suggest that the chip will only include Phoenix's performance cores.
