Qualcomm will leverage TSMC’s second-generation 3nm process for the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4, which only means that we should bear witness to the chipset’s incredible power-efficiency attributes. Then again, it is also possible that the San Diego has optimized the SoC to the extent that the Adreno 850 GPU delivers incredible ‘performance per watt’ compared to MediaTek’s Dimensity 9300. According to new internal testing data, the graphics side of the silicon could exhibit jaw-dropping power consumption and the same can be said about the CPU.
While operating at just 8W, information posted by @negativeonehero reveals that the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 delivers a multi-core score of 10,000+ If you were to compare scores, this is around the same performance level as the Apple’s A18 Pro found in the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max scoring slightly lower. The post’s caption also reads that the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 GPU can run at the Dimensity 9300’s peak performance while only consuming half the power.