Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 was released earlier than usual last year, in October, and it seems the company is also maintaining this trend for the 8 Gen 4. According to Qualcomm CMO Don McGuire, this year’s Snapdragon Summit will also occur in October in Hawaii.
During the ongoing Mobile World Congress (MWC) event in Barcelona, the CMO shared a video on X announcing that the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 will feature Oryon CPUs.
However, Qualcomm is poised to unveil a new addition to its Snapdragon 8 Gen series just before the highly anticipated launch of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4. Known as model SM8635, this upcoming chip is rumored to feature a single Cortex-X4 core clocked at 2.9GHz, paired with the Adreno 735 GPU for handling graphically demanding tasks.
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Reports suggest that this chip will be manufactured using TSMC’s advanced 4nm node technology and is expected to achieve an impressive AnTuTu benchmark score of approximately 1.7 million. Positioned between the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and Gen 3, industry insiders speculate it may be named Snapdragon 8s Gen 2 or Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Lite.
Although there’s no information on its exact launch date, it is anticipated to debut by mid-year, a few months before the expected launch of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4. As for the Gen 4, Xiaomi, Motorola, and Samsung are expected to be among the first adopters of Qualcomm’s new flagship chip.
