Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 is said to have power consumption issues
Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 is said to have power consumption issues
Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 is said to have power consumption issues, but Qualcomm has enough time to solve them.
According to reports, Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 is Qualcomm’s first SoC product that will abandon ARM’s core design and instead use a custom Oryon core code-named Phoenix.
Although this new chipset will carry huge expectations, the latest rumors suggest that the new chip from the San Diego company appears to be experiencing power consumption issues.
Thankfully, Qualcomm has plenty of time to address these issues as the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 is about to be released.
Revegnus did not provide specific performance figures, but he mentioned that the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 has “serious” power consumption issues. Although Qualcomm will switch to TSMC’s N3E process next year, which is said to be more energy efficient than the N4P node of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, the rumored issue of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 remains unresolved.
From the looks of it, Qualcomm may be hoping to match Apple ‘s A-series lineup in terms of performance . Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 is said to be tested with two performance cores and six energy-efficiency cores, but enabling higher clock speeds on the performance cores will quickly skyrocket power consumption.
Even for the A17 Pro, which is exclusive to the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max, despite being mass-produced using TSMC’s 3nm process, Apple still had to increase the power consumption of the latest SoC to make it perform better than its predecessor, the A16 Bionic . Appropriate promotion.
At this stage, we can’t say whether TSMC‘s N3E process or Qualcomm’s desire to increase the performance targets of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 are to blame, but with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 said to be released later this month, this year’s chip will be the focus. On the other hand, even with the Snapdragon 8cx Gen 4, which also uses Oyron cores, Qualcomm has encountered undisclosed problems.
Fortunately, since the Snapdragon 8cx Gen 4 will be available for laptops rather than smartphones , Qualcomm has a little flexibility in improving the power consumption figures, but on the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4, a more subtle approach is required balance.
