Leaked Video Reveals Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 Benchmarks and Core Details

Qualcomm has been tight-lipped about the details of their next flagship mobile processor, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4. However, leaks are offering a glimpse into what we can expect.

A recent leak revealed that smartphones with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 might launch around October. Now, another leak sheds light on the processor's performance. A video posted on Bilibili (shared by @negativeonehero on Twitter) shows an engineering sample of the chip undergoing an AnTuTu benchmark test. The score? 1,769,083 points, which falls short of the current Snapdragon 8 Gen 3.

There are two reasons why the benchmark score might be lower than expected. First, it's important to remember this is an early engineering sample, not the final product. Performance is often tweaked during development. Second, the video suggests the chip was throttling, which limits its performance to avoid overheating.

The most interesting takeaway from the video is the confirmation of the CPU core architecture. The Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 is expected to have a 2+6 core design, with two high-performance cores and six efficiency cores. The leaked video backs this up, showing the chip has two "Phoenix M" cores clocked at up to 2.4 GHz and six "Phoenix L" cores capped at 1.939 GHz. The video also reveals the chip's codename: "Sun for Arm x64."

While the clock speeds are lower than the rumored 4.2 GHz for the performance cores, it's likely these are specific to the engineering sample. Qualcomm will probably adjust them before the final release.

The leaks give us a preliminary look at the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4, but it's still early days. We'll need to wait for Qualcomm's official announcement and independent reviews to get a clearer picture of the chip's true potential.