It is reported that Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 chip code "SUN" has greatly improved the design performance of CPU.

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At the Qualcomm Summit in October this year, Qualcomm unveiled the latest flagship chip Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, which uses the CPU core of the ARM architecture. Qualcomm also revealed that its 2024 chip, Snapdragon 8 Gen 4, will use the Oryon CPU core independently developed by Qualcomm.

Chris Patrick, senior vice president of Qualcomm, said customizing the CPU core "does not necessarily mean more expensive", but allows Qualcomm to find a different balance between pricing, power consumption and performance. However, he also admitted that the cost of Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 may rise as Qualcomm pursues an "amazing level of performance".

The source @ Revegnus said that Snapdragon 8 Gen 4, which Qualcomm will launch next year, will also use the new Adreno 830 GPU.

Although he did not provide detailed specification information, early 3DMark Wild Life Extreme running scores showed that Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 had a graphics score of about 7200, 10% higher than Apple M2 (CTOnews.com note: the Mac Mini 2023 with M2 chip ran around 6800-6925).

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