Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 engineering sample tested on Genshin Impact،
Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC debuted a few months ago and is already powering a ton of flagship devices. With this, Qualcomm is already working on the next generation chip dubbed “Snapdragon 8 Gen 4”, and it seems that it is already tested and with amazing results.
A Twitter user (now X) @faridofanani96, tweeted that a technical sample of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 is being tested for its gaming prowess. Genshin Impact (the game) for 45 minutes at 1080p resolution and 60fps without breaking a sweat.
For the uninformed, Genshin Impact is a performance-intensive game, so running it on an early engineering sample without faltering is an impressive feat. Once the chip is fully developed, it could reach the highest resolution offered by Genshin with the capped 60 frames per second.
Additionally, reports suggest that the Adreno 830 GPU in the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 would be 10% higher in performance in the 3DMark WildLife extreme stress test than Apple's M2 chip that powers Macs. If this is the comparison today, it remains to be seen how the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 SoC will be able to destroy most of its rivals once it arrives later this year.
Qualcomm is all set to use its custom-made Oryon cores with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 SoC, which could be the reason for such a massive performance boost. However, this would make the chips expensive, meaning the MediaTek 9400 SoC could take a larger market share due to its lower price and better performance compared to its predecessors.
The MediaTek 9400 SoC will eventually use Arm's Cortex cores in a configuration of 3 Prime Cortex-X5 cores and 5 Cortex-Performance cores without any power-efficient cores similar to the MediaTek 9300 SoC. These chips will be made on the TSMC N3 platform. On the other hand, Qualcomm was previously believed to be using TSMC, however, the latest information suggests that the chipmaking giant could use a dual sourcing strategy deploying both TSMC and Samsung foundry to manufacture the chipsets using the 3nm process.
The Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 SoC will be released to the public later this year. It will power the 2025 flagship lineup including Xiaomi, Samsung and OnePlus.
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