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Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 appears in a video running AnTuTu

Qualcomm has kept a tight lid on the specifics of their next flagship mobile processor, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4. However, leaks and rumors have been surfacing continually, gradually revealing more details about it. 

Just today, a leak revealed that the first phones equipped with this SoC may launch in October. Now in the second leak of the day, we have a video that surfaced on Bilibili (via @negativeonehero on Twitter) showing an engineering sample of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 undergoing benchmark testing.

During the benchmark test on AnTuTu, the SoC managed to score 1,769,083 points. It is even lower than the current-generation Snapdragon 8 Gen 4. 

However, it’s likely because its an engineering sample of the SOC, and it’s also facing heavy CPU throttling which is another reason for lower-than-expected performance. 

The biggest takeaway is that the video shows the core architecture of the CPU. The Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 is expected to feature a 2+6 core configuration, consisting of two high-performance cores and six efficiency cores. 

The leaked video corroborates this, showing that the chip has two “Phoenix M” cores with a maximum clock speed of 2.4 GHz and “Phoenix L” cores capped at 1.939 GHz. Additionally, we can see the chip’s codename as “Sun for Arm x64.”

These clock speeds fall short of the previously rumored 4.2 GHz for the performance cores. However, it’s likely that these figures are specific to the engineering sample. It’s probable that Qualcomm will adjust these clock speeds in the final version of the chip.

We’ll have to wait for Qualcomm to reveal the final product and for independent reviews to get a clearer picture of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4’s true capabilities.

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