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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rizki1, 12 May 2024flagship/gaming phone can last more hours in gaming, how ca... moreThey last more hours because they throttle and don't run heavy games like Switch.

Switch has 4300mah battery and 3.7V thats around 16WH battery, with soc like 8 gen 3 or D9300 run full speed it will take less than 1 hour to deplete that battery. With 4W soc switch get around 3 hours playing heavy game like witcher 3.




    Hemedans, 12 May 2024Switch is budget device they will never ever use flagship s... moreflagship/gaming phone can last more hours in gaming, how can the Switch last 1 hour?

      rizki1, 12 May 2024Very suitable for Nintendo Switch 2, Switch is compact, low... moreSwitch is budget device they will never ever use flagship soc. Also flagship soc use way much power, anything over 10W will have 1 hour battery life in switch. Current soc use around 4W only.

        YourLocalPhoneCritic, 12 May 2024Winlator has already succeeded in running multiple x86 PC t... moreEven Qualcomm themselves are working on X86 to Arm translator.

        https://www.androidauthority.com/qualcomm-steam-deck-rival-gaming-handheld-3358030

        Its probably going to debut with 8 gen 4 or some variety of X elite.

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          • 12 May 2024

          Its sad this garbage gacha game is still the benchmark for new socs

            Very suitable for Nintendo Switch 2, Switch is compact, low power consumption and having a small fan will help.

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              • 12 May 2024

              Hopefully heat easier to tame

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                PetrovBG, 12 May 2024Only teenagers are impressed by gpu performance in a smartp... moreThen we must be thankful to teenagers for pressuring companies to take GPU's into new heights in the same way we thank mature people for doing the same with SoC efficiency. Both are a win for consumers.

                  Only teenagers are impressed by gpu performance in a smartphone.
                  Mature users care about efficiency, as long as SoC is fast enough for everyday usage.

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                    • 12 May 2024

                    CamoGeko-XDA, 12 May 2024They literally say that for every new CPU, who cares lol ... moreBenchmarks literally reflect the maximum performance you can expect from the SoC, not browsing TikTok. If that's your usage, then you'd literally be fine with a 7+ Gen 1, which shows that you don't even know what you actually need. You just spend money on stuff you don't even understand because it has the "latest and greatest" slapped on it.

                    So, again. Just another one who chose to opt-out of having a brain apparently.

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                      potato4k, 12 May 2024Nice. Too bad the SoC won’t be that common since Samsung wi... moreNot common because it's not used in a single lineup of phones from a single manufacturer while every single OEM in the world will use it? I guess brains became optional and you chose to save the costs of owning and operating one.

                        No one doubts the GPU will be a beast

                        Just a matter of efficiency

                          Anonymous, 12 May 2024The amount of work involved by 100s of programmers over the... moreWinlator has already succeeded in running multiple x86 PC titles on Android. You'll find somebody on YouTube who actually succeeded in running GTA V & Fallout games on his Android phone.

                          If the legal complexity is real, then why didn't Microsoft go after Valve, Apple & Codeweavers?

                          You need to understand that Wine doesn't replicate Windows system-level APIs, it rather emulates/enumerates/translates them in real time. This is why whenever you try to launch a modern windows program using Wine, it defaults to a Windows 95-esque UI.

                            Nice. Too bad the SoC won’t be that common since Samsung will use Exynos 2500 for all Galaxy S25 lineup.

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                              GamingBrudda, 12 May 2024Genshin? That game is cpu bottlenecked as of now. Even olde... moreOh and one thing I forgot to mention:

                              Genshin will have improved graphics soon so maybe that has something to do with this test but is just speculation. We don’t know what they’re improving as of now but this change might actually let newer chipsets to actually use their gpu to their full potential, at the cost of higher power consumption and potential thermal throttling due to such increase in power.

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                                • 12 May 2024

                                Qualcomm makes the best smartphone gpu anyway... Now bring God of war Ragnarok and mount and blade to your socs... Collaborate with Samsung, iqoo and Xiaomi, force them if possible so we can stop hearing s*** about "console grade games on a smartphone" you know what I mean.

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                                  • THy
                                  • 12 May 2024

                                  I am glad to see the industry pushing the power envelope, but these are mobile devices. I would love to see a decent chip with one-week battery life using only 5000mAh.

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                                    YourLocalPhoneCritic, 12 May 2024None of this would matter if we can't get x86 PC games... moreThe amount of work involved by 100s of programmers over the course of years not to mention the litigious nature if MS decides they are copying too much means this idea is likely never to happen. It's easier to convince developers to code for Android than it is for Google to copy Windows code.

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                                      • 12 May 2024

                                      Genshin? That game is cpu bottlenecked as of now. Even older snapdragons couldn’t utilize their gpu above 400-450mhz because the game simply didn’t need it with its current graphics settings. 8gen3 can also run the game 60fps at 1440p or 30fps in 4k with thermal throttling turned off (done by external apps and root) but it consumes around 13 watts, impossible for a phone to cool such power so that’s why the game runs at 720p. The strongest mobile device tested, m2 ipad pro, runs the game at 1440p thanks to faster chipset and more area for cooling but it still can’t cool enough to let the game run at 120fps as it throttles back to 80fps average.

                                      The game already consumes around 6 watts average on 720p (4w for iphone) so 8gen4/the phone tested must have impressive efficiency/cooling to run it fine at 1080p60fps, which seems to be great news provided this rumor is true.

                                        They literally say that for every new CPU, who cares lol

                                        Benchmarks have almost no real impact on real world usage. I know because I've tested this.

                                        My OnePlus 12 has only slightly better fluidity doing normal daily tasks as my old S23U.

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