Insider: Qualcomm is working on the Snapdragon 8cx Gen 4 chip, it will have 12 cores and will compete with Apple's M-series processors
According to insider and dataminer @Za_Raczke, Qualcomm is developing a new ARM processor for laptops.
Here's What We Know
The new product will be called Snapdragon 8cx Gen 4 and will compete with Apple's M-series processors. The chip will get several versions and 12 cores Oryon based on Nuvia Phoenix: 8 performance cores with a maximum clock speed of 3.4 GHz and 4 energy efficient at 2.5 GHz. According to the source, the SoC will have 36 MB of L2 cache divided into three clusters, as well as 8 MB of L3, 12 MB of system level cache and 4 MB of GPU cache.
First of all the CPU.
- Kuba Wojciechowski⚡ (@Za_Raczke) January 20, 2023
As I previously leaked, the highest model of Hamoa has 8 performance cores and 4 power efficient ones. Qualcomm is testing the chip at ~3.4GHz (performance cores) and ~2.5GHz (efficient cores).
Snapdragon 8cx Gen 4 should ship with Adreno 740 graphics, the same GPU module found in Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. Devices based on the new processor will be able to display a picture on three monitors: two with a resolution of 4K and one - 5K. The chip will support 4K/120 FPS decoding, 4K/60 FPS encoding with AV1 codec like the Apple M2 chip, and LPDDR5X RAM up to 64GB.
When We Can Expect It
Unfortunately, we should not wait for the Snapdragon 8cx Gen 4 anytime soon. The novelty should be shown in 2024. By the way, by that time Apple plans to release a series of M3 chip.
Source: @Za_Raczke
