‘s next flagship mobile processor, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4, is expected to launch later this year, and rumors regarding its features are picking up steam. A new leak by Weibo tipsterhas shed light on upgrades for the upcoming SoC’s graphics processing unit .
The tipster suggests that the 8 Gen 4 will utilize an upgraded GPU architecture with improved cache and memory compression technology. The architecture in question is called “Slice GPU architecture” according to a source on X which goes by the handle nameThe source explains that in Slice architecture, the GPU is divided into multiple independent physical units called “slices.” Each slice has its own pipeline, cache, and memory.
Qualcomm’s custom Oryon CPU cores are also expected to bring significant performance gains. A report earlier this month revealed that 8 Gen 4’s high-performance core reaches aAll the leaked details so far suggest that the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 will be a powerful SoC that will give tough competition to MediaTek’s Dimensity 9400 and Samsung’s Exynos 2500.