Qualcomm’s own Oryon CPU cores are set to make their debut on the smartphone market soon. A leaked page from a datasheet reveals that two models are on the way: SM8750 and SM8750P. The “P” presumably stands for “Performance” and could be similar to the “AC” variants we’ve seen on previous Snapdragon chips.
The Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 is built on a 3nm node (instead of 4nm, a TSMC node (again). The CPU will be in a 2+6 configuration as seen in this Geekbench testbut it is not clear whether that is eight Oryon nuclei or just two Oryon nuclei plus six Cortex nuclei.
Unlike the Snapdragon X chips, which are aimed at laptops, the 8 Gen 4 should fit within the thermal and power limits of a pocket device. Regardless of configuration, the Gen 4 chip beats the Gen 3 by 35% in single-core and 30% in multi-core tests (and that’s just in an early Geekbench run; there may be room for improvement).
Anyway, the slide also promises a new Qualcomm Adreno 8-series GPU with improvements in performance and efficiency compared to the 7-series. In addition, the chip supports quad-channel LPDDR5X RAM.
The “Low-Power AI” (LPAI) subsystem is interesting: it’s intended for always-on use, including audio, camera and sensor tracking. Of course, there’s a beefy NPU for when the device is active.
The Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 supports mmWave and sub-6GHz 5G (Rel. 17), Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be), Bluetooth 5.4, and UWB (FastConnect 7900).
Several brands are building flagships with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4, but Xiaomi is said to have the rights to be the first to launch a phone with the new chip. This would be the Xiaomi 15 Serieswhat could be unveiled in Octobershortly after the 8 Gen 4 chipset itself (which is officially scheduled for a Launch in October).