Qualcomm To Drop ARM CPU Designs With Its ‘SM8750’ Launch, Tipster Hints It Is The Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 With An 8-Core Cluster

The Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 is rumored to be the last smartphone chipset from Qualcomm to feature ARM CPUs, as the San Diego firm is expected to switch to its custom designs, also called Oryon, starting with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4. One tipster mentions this update, along with the CPU configuration, so let us discuss those.

Qualcomm’s custom Oryon cores are expected to be adopted in the ‘2 + 6’ configuration for the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4

The Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 should see a similar CPU configuration as Apple’s A-series chips designed for the iPhone lineup. The only difference here is that according to the details shared by ‘Digital chatter’ on Weibo, Qualcomm’s upcoming SoC will have six energy-efficient cores paired with two performance cores. Aside from that, no other information was shared.

Ditching the Cortex-X5 and other ARM CPU designs for the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 means Qualcomm may only require two performance cores to deliver unrivaled single-core performance and bring itself in the same conversation as Apple’s A-series. For the longest time, the inclusion of multiple high-performance CPU cores did little to dent the domination that Apple has in the smartphone industry, so it is only likely that a custom solution from Qualcomm would do the trick.

Tipster hints that the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 will arrive with its own custom CPU cluster

Combine the two performance cores with the six efficiency ones, and you are looking at potentially improved multi-core scores. In fact, one tipster also stated that the earlier performance results of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 reveals the latter is actually faster than the M2. Since Qualcomm will also take advantage of TSMC’s N3E process, an improved variant of the Taiwanese manufacturer’s 3nm node, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4’s performance cores might be able to clock higher without sacrificing thermals.

On top of that, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 is said to get LPDDR6 support, resulting in higher memory bandwidth at lower power consumption, which contributes to those impressive multi-core numbers. Sadly, before its arrival, we still have to wait for the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 announcement and be patient for an entire year after, so we will keep our readers updated on Qualcomm’s plans throughout this journey.

Written by Omar Sohail