“Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Next Gen” processor appears in Geekbench’s online results browser. This list was excavated by Windows on Arm (WoA) developers. Gustave MonsSubsequent raw data mining performed by . Kuba Wojciechowski Revealed that this “Next Gen” part is the Snapdragon 8cx Gen 4 (for genuine results). Codenamed Hamoa, this Qualcomm processor of his is noteworthy as it is expected to be the product that debuts CPU cores from his Nuvia team to boost performance significantly.
An early sample of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen 4 (Hamoa) has appeared on geekbench! This is an early sample that doesn’t say much about performance, but at least we see the core layout (8+4). https://t.co/20kGFf0knh pic.twitter.com/GPw9remvu6March 29, 2023
We have previously discussed the impact Nuvia’s CPU core design is expected to have on the Arm architecture-powered PC world. In summary, the Nuvia team is led by his three senior Apple executives who left Cupertino’s company after the successful completion of his first Apple Silicon (M1) project.
Prior to being acquired by Qualcomm, Nuvia released a series of slides touting the incredible performance of its CPU cores. You can look back at our previous articles for the charts, but in a nutshell, the expected performance per watt of Nuvia CPU cores will have a very long shadow over the current x86 competition (AMD, Intel) and Apple’s. was shown to be dropping. The best Arm architecture SoC at the time.
In a nutshell, the release of Qualcomm’s Nuvia core CPUs for Windows PCs should have a similar disruptive impact as the original Apple Silicon (M1) launch, but with an impact on the wider Windows PC world. give
Let’s go back to today’s Geekbench leak and first look at the CPU info section. According to this data, the Snapdragon 8cx Gen 4 is a 12 core SoC with a hybrid 8+4 core configuration. A previous leak more specifically indicated that there would be 8 performance cores and 4 efficiency cores.
This data shows that the base frequency of the SoC is 2.38 GHz. Previously, we heard that the P-core could boost up to around 3.4 GHz, while the E-core is slightly slower at around 2.5 GHz. An “Adreno” GPU is listed in the system info, but it doesn’t remedy previous reports pointing to the presence of an integrated Adreno 740 GPU.
These Geekbench results (assuming they’re real) are unfortunately not exciting. Monce attributes this in part to the fact that the chips under test are “early engineering samples.” Other reasons for clock/performance deficiencies can be the impact of early firmware and driver software. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 (3.0 GHz octa-core) easily beats this Gen 4 chip in both the 1T and nT Geekbench tests.
It’s nice to see metrics suggesting the Snapdragon 8cx Gen 4 chip is ‘wild’, but it’s hard to believe the hype. Hopefully the leak will be more obvious and impressive). Remember that Qualcomm and partners are not expected to launch the product until late 2023 or early 2024, so there is still plenty of time for optimization.
