Most probably we’ll see the yet-to-be-announced Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 utility processor (AP) powering the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra early subsequent 12 months. The new Qualcomm AP, designed for flagship Android telephones, will likely be unveiled throughout this October’s Snapdragon Summit. It seems that Qualcomm is focusing extra on energy efficiency with the brand new chipset versus performance.
A tweet from a leaker says that inside testing knowledge confirmed that the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 SoC, produced by TSMC utilizing its second-gen 3nm course of node (N3E), is optimized leading to an unimaginable performance by the Adreno 750 graphics processing unit (GPU). The peak performance of the GPU on the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 was just like the performance of the GPU on the highly effective Dimensity 9300 AP made by MediaTek however at half the facility consumption of the MediaTek chipset.
That seems like excellent news for the Galaxy S25 Ultra however there is a matter. While Qualcomm is focusing on the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4’s energy-efficienct GPU, the performance figures delivered by the chip’s customized Oryon CPU cores present solely a single digit performance enhance in contrast with current-generation chipsets such because the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. Interestingly, the tipster provides some recommendation on the finish of his tweet: “If you care about CPU performance, please skip this technology and look forward to 8G5 [Snapdragon 8 Gen 5].”
Leaker reveals attainable strengths and weaknesses of the upcoming Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 AP. | Image credit-@negativeonehero
In different phrases, the leaker recommends skipping the Galaxy S25 Ultra and another flagship that will likely be powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 and wait to see how the 2025 Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 SoC performs in assessments. As for telephones just like the Galaxy S25 Ultra, which ought to be carrying the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 in all markets, Qualcomm’s focus on the GPU’s energy efficiency ought to enable the cellphone to run cool and ship improved battery life.
Going from the 4nm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC constructed by Samsung Foundry to a 3nm Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 manufactured by TSMC ought to ship energy consumption enhancements on its personal even with out the optimizations that make the Adreno 750 GPU so environment friendly on the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 AP.
Since we have already introduced up the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 AP, we are able to level out that the chipset, which may very well be powering the Galaxy S26 in 2026, will use customized Pegasus CPU cores in the identical 2 + 6 configuration because the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 AP. That consists of two performance CPU cores and 6 CPU efficiency cores.
