Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 vs A18 benchmark scores suggest days of iPhone supremacy are over

Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 vs A18 benchmark scores suggest days of iPhone supremacy are over،

Qualcomm's Snapdragon chips are gradually closing the performance gap with Apple's A-series chipsets. A new rumor claims that the next-generation Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 chip will be faster than the A18 that will power the iPhone 16.

Today's flagship phones are already faster than the average consumer needs. However, no one likes the extra performance headroom and with the increased focus on AI capabilities and longer software support for Android handsets, the need for speed has never been greater.

A new rumor from South Korea (via Checking the notebook) claims that the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 will beat the Apple A18 in benchmark tests.

According to the leak, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 is expected to achieve a score of 3,500, while the A18 is unlikely to exceed 3,300. The rumor also says that the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 will do better in the multi-core test and that its GPU will also be faster.

The Snapdragon 8 Gen 4's new Oryon cores could give it a huge advantage

Qualcomm has already confirmed that the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 will be revealed in October. The supercharged chip will feature Oryon cores, giving it an advantage over the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. This is because recent chips used Arm-licensed cores. In contrast, the Oryon cores are custom Arm cores and were designed by Qualcomm.

Nuvia, the company acquired by Qualcomm in 2021, initially began working on cores to better compete with Apple.

The Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 is also likely Qualcomm's first 3nm chip. Rumors also say that the chip will only consist of Phoenix performance cores.

Qualcomm appears to be doing everything in its power to give the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 a huge speed boost and the latest rumor suggests it could succeed. The leak also claims that the main core will be clocked at 4.3 GHz, which is much higher than the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3's Cortex-X4 maximum frequency of 3.30 GHz. The higher clock speed will also increase power consumption, with the report saying it can reach 1.3V.

This could cause phones with Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 to overheat and Qualcomm wouldn't want that. Additionally, a single core score of 3,500 is too big a jump from 2,187, which the Galaxy S24 Ultra managed.

So while the use of new cores and an improved manufacturing process may help the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 beat the A18, the winning margin might not be as high as the leak suggests.