Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 with 31% faster CPU, 49% faster GPU official

Qualcomm just announced the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4, the company’s latest top-end SoC and the successor to last year’s 8s Gen 3, as expected.

Unlike the 8 Elite that uses custom Oryon cores, this still uses the same architecture as the 8 Gen 3 and the 8s Gen 3 and TSMC’s 4nm process tech, but with different combination.

This promises 31% better CPU performance, 49% faster GPU performance and 44% improvements in AI performance compared to the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3.  Energy efficiency increased by 39% compared to the predecessor, said the company.

This uses new sliced GPU architecture and the full suite of Snapdragon Elite
Gaming features offering Hardware-Accelerated Ray Tracing with Global Illumination, Qualcomm Adaptive Performance Engine and Snapdragon Game Super Resolution 2.0.

It still has 18-bit Triple AI ISP and gets 4K Limitless Segmentation, recognizing and enhancing over 250 objects in real-time. Night Vision 2.0 captures detailed videos in low light in 4K at 30 FPS. NPU supports on-device multimodal and multilingual generative AI, and a variety of leading LLMs and LVMs.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 (SM8735) specifications

• 1 x Kryo Prime CPU (Arm Cortex-X4 based) at up to 3.2GHz, 3 x Kryo Performance CPUs (Arm Cortex-A720 based) at up to 3.01GHz, 2 x Kryo Performance CPUs (Arm Cortex-A720 based) at up to 2.80GHz, 2x Kryo Performance CPUs (Arm Cortex-A720 based) at up to 2.02GHz, ARMv9 architecture
• 4nm TSMC Process Technology
• Built-in Qualcomm Snapdragon 5G modem-RF system
• 5G speeds of up to 4.2Gpbs down, Sub-6 GHz, standalone (SA) and non-standalone (NSA) modes, FDD, TDD, Sub-6 GHz: 4×4 MIMO, 230 MHz, 256 QAM, Qualcomm 5G AI Suite, Qualcomm AI-Enhanced Signal Boost, Qualcomm 5G PowerSave Gen 3, Qualcomm Smart Transmit 5.0 technology, Qualcomm Wideband Envelope Tracking, Qualcomm 5G Ultra-Low Latency Suite, Global 5G multi-SIM, including 5G+ 5G/4G SA Dual-SIM, Dual-Active (DSDA)
• Qualcomm Adreno 825 GPU, Real-time Hardware-Accelerated Ray Tracing with Global Illumination, Snapdragon Adaptive Game Configuration, Qualcomm Adaptive Performance Engine, Snapdragon Game Super Resolution 2.0, Adreno Frame Motion Engine 2.0, Snapdragon Game Post Processing Accelerator, HDR gaming (10-bit color depth, Rec. 2020 color gamut), Snapdragon Shadow Denoiser, API support: OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 2.0 FP, Vulkan 1.3
•  Hardware-accelerated H.265, VP9, AV1 decoder, HDR Playback Codec support for HDR10+, HDR10, HLG, and Dolby Vision
• Qualcomm Aqstic audio codec, Qualcomm Aqstic smart speaker amplifier
  Total Harmonic Distortion + Noise (THD+N) Playback: -108 dB, Qualcomm Audio and Voice Communication Suite, Spatial audio with head tracking
• Up to 36 MP triple camera, Up to 108 MP single camera with ZSL, Up to 320MP single camera, Qualcomm Spectra Image Sensor Processor (AI ISP, 18-bit triple-ISP)
• AI-based face detection, AI for 3A (auto-focus, autoexposure, and auto-white balance), Rec. 2020 color gamut photo and video capture, Up to 10-bit, color depth photo and video capture
• Video capture HDR formats: HDR10+, HDR10, HLG, Dolby Vision 8K HDR video playback @ 60 FPS 4K HDR video capture @ 60 FPS Slow-mo video capture at 1080p @ 480 FPS Hardware Bokeh Engine 2 for video capture Pro Sight video capture Ultra-low light video capture with AI Noise Reduction in 4K30 FPS, Computational HDR video capture: Up to 4 exposures (with
  QDOL image sensors)
• On-Device Display Support: WQHD+ @ 144 Hz , Maximum External Display Support: up to 4K @ 60 Hz, Variable Refresh Rate support for 240 Hz to 1 Hz, 10-bit color depth, Rec. 2020 color gamut, HDR10, HDR10+, HDR vivid, and Dolby Vision
• Qualcomm Hexagon NPU, Fused AI accelerator architecture, Hexagon scalar, vector, and tensor accelerators, Hexagon Direct Link, Support for precisions (INT4, INT8)
• Support for LP-DDR5x memory up to 4800 MHz, Memory Density: Up to 24 GB
• Wi-Fi 7 Peak speed: 5.8 Gbps, Wi-Fi 6E 802.11be, 802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6) Multi-gigabit, Integrated 802.11ac 2×2 (2-stream) MU-MIMO, 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz and 6GHz, Bluetooth Core Specification 6.0, LE Audio, Dual Bluetooth antenna, Bluetooth Channel Sounding
• Bluetooth Audio: Snapdragon Sound Technology Suite, Qualcomm aptX Voice, aptX Lossless, aptX Adaptive, and LE Audio
• Concurrent GPS, Glonass, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS, NavIC Triple frequency GNSS (L1/L2C/L5), Sensor-Assisted Positioning 6.0, With global map aiding, Urban pedestrian navigation with sidewalk accuracy, Global freeway lane-level vehicle navigation
• USB Version 3.1 Gen 2; USB Type-C Support, UFS 4.0
• Qualcomm Quick Charge 5 technology

Availability

Qualcomm has announced that many leading OEM manufacturers and brands such as REDMI, iQOO, Xiaomi, OPPO and Meizu will be the first to adopt the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 SoC, and the first batch of devices are expected to be available in the next few months.

iQOO has confirmed that iQOO Z10 Turbo Pro will be one of the first to be powered by the chip and will arrive later this April in China.