Qualcomm Snapdragon 8Gen4 exposed, ushering in all-round upgrades, will surpass Apple A17 Pro

Qualcomm has always been a giant in the mobile phone chip industry. Although MediaTek and Apple can compare with it, they are actually still slightly inferior.However, after the iPhone 15 Pro launched the Apple A17 Pro chip, it still surpassed Qualcomm Snapdragon 8Gen3 with its 3nm process technology.However, news recently broke about Qualcomm Snapdragon 8Gen4, which will use the 3nm process technology for the first time, surpassing Apple's A17 Pro chip in all aspects.

On January 24, sources broke the news that Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 mobile platform will be better than Apple A17 Pro in all aspects.

Qualcomm will launch Snapdragon 8 Gen4 in October this year. Compared with the previous generation platform, Snapdragon 8 Gen4 has been significantly upgraded.One of the most important upgrade points is the process. The Snapdragon 8 Gen4 mobile platform uses TSMC’s 3nm process for the first time, which means that the Android camp will also fully usher in the 3nm era.

Unlike Apple's A17 Pro, which uses the N3B process, Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen4 uses the TSMC N3E process. It is understood that TSMC N3E not only has a higher yield, but also has a relatively low cost (sources say that the Dimensity 9400 also uses the N3E process).In comparison, Apple's A17 Pro and M3 chips use the N3B process, which has higher costs and worrying yields.

It is worth noting that the CPU core of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen4 will no longer use the Arm public version architecture, but will use the independently developed Nuvia architecture. And thanks to TSMC’s 3nm process, its CPU and GPU performance is expected to be significantly improved.

Based on the current news, it is basically a certainty that Qualcomm Snapdragon 8Gen4 will surpass Apple A17 Pro.Not only is the performance lower, but the performance has also been significantly improved. After all, the process technology has improved from 4nm to 3nm.