A sneak peek at the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4’s performance was revealed through the OnePlus 13, showcasing impressive benchmarks. As a result, the chipset secures one of its highest single-core scores while also besting the A18 pro by 18% in multi-core applications.
However, the important aspect of a smartphone chipset that was missed when these results were leaked was power consumption. A OnePlus executive indicated in a statement that the forthcoming Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 will be a “customized” variant exclusive to an upcoming flagship phone from its parent company, which should result in stronger power efficiency than Apple’s most recent silicon.
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A bold statement has been made by a OnePlus executive named Cai Zuxuan on Weibo, saying that the company will use an optimized Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 which is more power efficient than A18 Pro. For reference, Apple’s top-performing SoC which is the one found in the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max peaked at up to 12 watts during Geekbench 6 testing with single-core and multi-core scores of around 3,701 and 9,615, respectively.
The OnePlus 13 made an appearance on Geekbench 6 a while ago reaching scores of about 3,236 in single-core and some preliminary results for multi-score showing 10,049, with performance cores clocked at 4.32GHz and efficiency cores at 3.53GHz. Qualcomm might have allowed phone-makers to tune the frequencies of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 even further for more performance — so long as they can handle better thermals.
Even though the clock speeds are impressively high, no details have been given about how hot and power-hungry this chipset is going to be. Meanwhile, sentiment on Weibo is mixed with many commenting about OnePlus’s history of overpromising after their comments years ago that they could outdo Apple. If any OnePlus finally can do the trick we’re not going to know for a while.
