Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 with Oryon CPU Coming. Qualcomm is gearing up to unveil its next flagship smartphone processor – the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 – this October. The chipmaker confirmed the news in a recent video featuring CMO Don McGuire at Mobile World Congress 2024. Additionally, the executive revealed that Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 will utilize Qualcomm’s new custom Oryon CPU cores.
Every fall, Qualcomm hosts its annual Snapdragon Tech Summit where major hardware announcements take place. If the company follows previous schedules, we can expect to see the launch of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 chip in October 2024.
McGuire also provided the first concrete detail about the new chipset – its Oryon CPU. Though info is limited, this represents Qualcomm’s first internally designed CPU core since the company purchased Nuvia. As per claims, Oryon CPU delivers substantial improvements in performance and power efficiency.
Before the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4, leaks point to another Snapdragon 8 series chip likely launching in mid-2024. Tentatively called Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Lite, it may use TSMC’s 4nm process and feature one Cortex-X4 core and Adreno 735 GPU. It could sit between the current Gen 2 and Gen 3 in Qualcomm’s lineup.
With flagship smartphones typically released in Spring, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 will likely debut in Android devices around March/April 2024. The chip’s Oryon CPU and architecture upgrades promise considerable advancements in CPU performance, AI, gaming, camera, and more. Exciting times lie ahead!
