We’ve been seeing some impressive benchmark results from the upcoming Snapdragon 8 Gen 4, but most of them have focused on the CPU side of things. However, the new GPU, Adreno 830, might be an even bigger upgrade with one Weibo user reporting a 43% to 56% improvement.
The GPU will allegedly run at 1.15GHz. Previously, Ice Universe reported that clock speeds as high as 1.25GHz were being tested. Note that the 1.15GHz figure and the benchmark results below are from a QRD, i.e. a Qualcomm Reference Device, which normally uses early runs of new chips that can’t hit the same clock speeds as the retail version, so 1.25GHz is still possible.
Results from GFX Bench’s Aztec Ruins High show a 125fps result for the 8 Gen 4 chip, while the Adreno 750 inside the 8 Gen 3 achieves 96fps. Other results for the new GPU include 166fps on 3DMark’s Wild Life offscreen test and 44fps on Wild Life Extreme Unlimited.
The first phones with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 should be the Xiaomi 15 and 15 Pro, followed by the OnePlus 13 and iQOO 13. We’ve also seen benchmarks from the Galaxy S25 Ultra, but it’s not clear whether this generation there will be higher clocked “for Galaxy” chips or not.
Speaking of, the Galaxy S25 Ultra had its two prime cores clocked at 4.2GHz. We’ve also seen them lower (4.1GHz) and higher (4.32GHz), so we’re not sure what the final clock speed for the CPU will be. Last year there was talk that Qualcomm could dual-source the 8 Gen 4 chips, but more recently we’ve only heard of 3nm chips from TSMC’s foundry.
The Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 is expected next month and the first phones to use it should be out almost immediately after (the OnePlus 13 has been confirmed for an October launch, the Xiaomis will come out even sooner).
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