Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen4 more details exposed: the large core frequency is 4.09GHz, and the performance is better than that of the A17 Pro

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2024-08-06 09:24Posted on the official account of Guangdong Xinzhixun

On August 6, it was reported that Qualcomm was testing its upcoming Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 platform at various clock speeds, and early leak data showed that the SoC's multi-core performance in the Geekbench 6 test exceeded 10,000 points. Now, the latest Geekbench 6 test results based on the chipset's reference design have also been revealed, giving us a clearer picture of the single-core and multi-core performance of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4, and while the score is lower than the previous score, it is still faster than current-generation chips like the Apple A17 Pro.

The configuration information detected on Geekbench 6 shows that the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 has an octa-core configuration with two 4.09GHz ultra-large cores + six 2.78GHz performance cores or efficiency cores, with a single-core score of 2884, a multi-core score of 8840, and a reference design equipped with 12GB of RAM. Compared to the competition, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 is slightly faster than the A17 Pro in multi-core performance and slightly slower in the single-core category.

The Apple A17 Pro has been leading the way in Geekbench 6's single-core benchmark runs, and the new generation A18 is likely to overtake the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 when it officially launches later this year. It appears that the previous higher score was due to Qualcomm testing the upcoming flagship SoC at higher clock speeds, and at one point it was rumored that Qualcomm was achieving unmatched single- and multi-core performance at 4.26GHz.

Unfortunately, the uncontrollable heat seems to have forced Qualcomm to lower its expectations and the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 performance core frequency, but even by limiting the clock speed, the results are pretty good. Now, what needs to be seen is how efficient the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 is when running at these specs.

Qualcomm's new Adreno 830 GPU is also very efficient, reaching the peak performance of the Dimensity 9300's GPU (12-core Immortalis-G720), while consuming only half the power, according to one tipster.

Assuming this claim is true, Android flagships in 2025 will benefit significantly from this advantage, but more performance metrics like this will only be available closer to the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 release, so we'll keep an eye on it.

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