This upcoming Snapdragon SoC could easily tackle Apple's M series

Qualcomm has introduced the Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 last year, which is the first 5nm architecture for PCs, based on ARM arch. The company stated that new chip offered significant improvements in CPU and GPU performance, with about 85% and 60% faster performance, respectively, compared to the previous generation. Now, Qualcomm's Nuvia team is seemingly in works for a new Soc in this series.

Geekbench listing reveals Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen 4 SoC

Geekbench's online result browser has recently shown a new processor called "Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Next Gen." Gustave Monce, a developer for Windows on Arm (WoA), discovered the listing, and further analysis by Kuba Wojciechowski suggests that this "Next Gen" chip is actually the Snapdragon 8cx Gen 4 (if the result is legitimate). The upcoming processor, codenamed Hamoa, is expected to be the first to feature CPU cores developed by Qualcomm's Nuvia team, which is anticipated to significantly enhance performance.

The listing of the Snapdragon 8cx Gen 4 processor reveals that it is comprised of two CPU clusters, with a total of 12 cores and a cluster arrangement of 8+4. According to the listing, the second cluster is clocked at 2.38 GHz while the first cluster runs at 3.0 GHz. However, it is expected that the final CPU clock speeds will be higher, with the first cluster reaching up to 3.4 GHz and the second cluster reaching up to 2.5 GHz.

According to Gizmochina, a renowned India based tech news website, this recent Geekbench listing of the Snapdragon 8cx Gen 4 processor does not provide a precise indication of its performance, however, there are rumors circulating that suggest this chip is expected to be a strong competitor to Apple's M series SoCs, regarding both power and efficiency.