The Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 to have impressive GPU performance

12 May 2024
The first phones with the said SoC will come out sooner than expected.

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I think gaming isn't just about COD:M or PUBG. Gaming on mobile devices have gained alot of popularity over the years.

For someone like me, I have, like 3 emulators on my mobile phone (which are crazy demanding), and, in some cases, I stream my PC games on my mobile remotely.

So I think mobile phones have evolved.

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    • 12 May 2024

    Have We Passed the Peak of the Smartphone Era?

    https://www.statista.com/chart/12798/global-smartphone-shipments/

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      Anonymous, 12 May 2024I am glad to see the industry pushing the power envelope, b... moreExactly!
      Anyone serious about gaming has got a PC or console, or at the very least a Steam Deck. Only casual gamers and kids play PUBG, CoD mobile and Genshin Impact, and they run just fine on 8gen2, or even 870. We don't need more power. We need endurance.
      I'm so tired of phones weighing like bricks, being large as tablets, but barely lasting a day.

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        YourLocalPhoneCritic, 12 May 2024Winlator has already succeeded in running multiple x86 PC t... moreYou see, Wine is not an emulator, nor simulator, nor translator. It adds support for native execution of PE files, as well as adds massive library to support WinAPI.

        The only way he is executing GTA is because he is doing it in a virtual machine on x86 host.

        But Wine on Aarch64 will only be able to work with ARM64 PE files. I.e. programs compiled for Windows ARM64. And while there is no official Wine for Aarch64, there are many Linux distributions that provide Wine with their Aarch64 ports. Like Debian, for example. And it is working natively under Android with termux/proot. But without root access you wouldn't have access to most hardware. With unlocked bootloader and root access you can install distribution into chroot. That would give you larger scope of abilities, including working Snaps and Flatpaks, but Wine is still not an emulator, nor simulator. You would still need x86 translator, which wouldn't be fast.

          Anonymous, 12 May 2024Here is a example of people who doesn't even know what... moreI do know what I'm talking about. Everything i just mentioned is now possible using Virtual machines, Wine & ProtonGE. In fact many FOSS projects have already got it to work.

          Call me when Google copies the "Game Porting Toolkit" this I/O or next I/O... They've already added Android Dynamic Performance Framework (ADPF) to Android 15. (optimizes games based on the dynamic thermal and CPU management)

          And FYI, I used to be the sort of person who is constantly shy & is always embarrassed about asking rudimentary questions but I'm no longer that. I realized that in order for people to stay ahead of the curve, they need to become shameless. Let go of your self-pride, It's sinful.

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            • 12 May 2024

            GamingBrudda, 12 May 2024Genshin? That game is cpu bottlenecked as of now. Even olde... moreStrongest chipset? You mean more powerful cpu only

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              Anonymous, 12 May 2024Here is a example of people who doesn't even know what... moreEverybody's fool around, but i wouldn't say why.

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                • 12 May 2024

                Do people really care about graphics stuff on phones the way pc gamers do? Gaming handhelds sure, but phones? It'll decrease their lifespan much faster than usual

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                  Anonymous, 12 May 2024Then we must be thankful to teenagers for pressuring compan... moreYeah, let's thank those teens from pushing qualcomm from going from $35 SD855 to $170 8g3. While users still do exactly same stuff on phones they used to do in 2019.

                    Vegetaholic, 12 May 2024Switch is console running basic OS using old SoC on new man... moreIt's very interesting how demanding games can run if the Switch 2 is only 4W.

                      rizki1, 12 May 2024flagship/gaming phone can last more hours in gaming, how ca... moreSwitch is console running basic OS using old SoC on new manufacturing node. It's optimized to run efficiently already on not so demanding chip from 2015. And he is right if you unlock Switch chip like you do on Dock mode, battery would not last 1 hour.

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                        • Anonymous
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                        • 12 May 2024

                        YourLocalPhoneCritic, 12 May 2024None of this would matter if we can't get x86 PC games... moreHere is a example of people who doesn't even know what he talking about or have fully knowledge about operating systems architecture nor software.
                        Please don't become like this person. Seriously. You'll end up embarrassing yourself 🤦🏻‍♂️

                          Anonymous, 12 May 2024I am glad to see the industry pushing the power envelope, b... moreLol, that was possible ages ago. Take 3nm node and build Dimensity 6020 with it. It will Use probably 0.5W on full 100% load and it will never throttle, you can run it all day 100% performance mode until battery dies and battery life would be 1 week if you just scroll internet and do tic tok all day. The problem is your phone will perform like garbage, with all those weak A53 or whatever cores and you will cry then, "oh my phone cannot game" "oh my phone opens tik tik too slow" and what you going to do, you will go buy faster phone and say, much better, f the longer battery life 🤣That's why manufacturers pushing towards more performance, because they know cry babies prefer 60fps and tik tik scrolling faster than 1 week battery life 😜

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                            Anonymous, 12 May 2024No they last longer on mobile devices because the CPU'... morePeople here don’t understand that a SoC and its components can have consume less power and have more (peak) performance at the same time thanks to newer processing nodes

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                              • 12 May 2024

                              And how long this impressive performance take until it throttles performance to half? 5 seconds? 10?

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                                • 12 May 2024

                                Snapdragon 8 gen for is out
                                amazing in compression too a snapdragon 865 870 or 888 how much better is it

                                Am looking forward seeing another red magic gaming smartphone released with this soc with built-in cooling fans ufs 4.0 storage
                                & At least 24gb of ram & 1tb storage

                                Am just wondering is it better water cool the flagship soc for overclocking or air conditioner on mobile??

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                                  No they last longer on mobile devices because the CPU's maybe more powerful but they are more efficient. The CPU in a switch is from 2017. Its a 16 nm CPU, mobile devices are now on 4nm thats a massive difference in efficiency.

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                                    GamingBrudda, 12 May 2024Genshin? That game is cpu bottlenecked as of now. Even olde... moreWar Thunder, Rafael which was the pioneer of arial avionics can't be fitted with other Aircraft products made with/before it, Rafael might have been conceived in French renaissance but first flew in 70s, anything after that time the game doesn't have, Point is for running such games 8gen 4 could be a pioneer.

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                                      • Anonymous
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                                      still waiting for bragging rights about EFFICIENCY , that's what we need, there's enough power

                                        Hemedans, 12 May 2024They last more hours because they throttle and don't r... morephone has more pixels on the screen, running more than 60fps in gaming, 5g etc come on at least you know this.. no way it's under 1 hour. I had someone on youtube try this on Egg NS, he played it for almost 1 hour battery reduced by 30% and you also see that he is using WiFi and active dual SIM.