Qualcomm and ARM appear to have different perspectives on the direction smartphone chipsets will take. According to a report published a few days ago by the well-known Weibo leaker Digital Chat Station, ARM’s new prime CPU core will have a higher IPC, making it faster at lower clock speeds and potentially more efficient. According to DCS, Qualcomm aims for record-breaking clock speeds with the Snapdragon 8 Elite 2.
The leaker claims that frequencies close to 5GHz are being used to test the upcoming flagship chip. 5.3GHz was stated in a previous version of the post for the overclocked version (“for Galaxy”, “Leading Version”, or whatever it is called).
DCS clarified in an update to the post that testing such peak frequencies is merely to confirm the design. Performance and power efficiency will determine the final frequency.
Although its prime cores operate at 4.32GHz in the standard version and 4.47GHz in the overclocked version, it is still anticipated to be more powerful than the original Snapdragon 8 Elite. Before the 2024 iPad Pros with M4 chips, the fastest clock speed in a mobile device was 4.40GHz. Today, the fastest clock speed is 4.47GHz.
Clock speed isn’t the only factor; the Snapdragon 8 Elite 2 will also feature second-generation Oryon cores, which are said to perform 25% better. The Adreno 840 GPU is expected to provide 30% more performance and will have more cache (16MB, up from 12MB).
Early benchmark results revealed a CPU score of over 11,000 for multi-cores and over 4,000 for single-cores. In contrast, the current Snapdragon 8 Elite can perform about 9,800 multi-core and 3,100 single-core tasks. Naturally, we shouldn’t place too much trust in early benchmark leaks.
