According to Twitter whistleblower Yogesh Brar, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Plus will have a 10% improvement in performance over the previous generation. Judging from the test, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Plus is better than the previous generation in terms of temperature control, chip operation stability and battery life. The blogger also said that the new generation of Snapdragon chips will be launched as early as June.
According to previous news, Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Plus will use TSMC's 4-nanometer semiconductor manufacturing process, compared with Samsung's process, the new chip should have an increase in heat accumulation and energy consumption. There are also rumors that the new generation of Snapdragon processors will debut in China, but it is not clear which model will be launched, and there are rumors that it will be equipped on the OnePlus 10 Ultra.
In addition, a source at The South Korean technology forum Meeco has said that because the design of the Public Version cortex-X2 of the Snapdragon generation is not powerful, the high-frequency power consumption situation is particularly serious. Therefore, Qualcomm will reduce the frequency of the new generation of Snapdragon processors. Although it is downgraded, because of the blessing of TSMC's technology, the performance of snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Plus will still be stronger than that of the previous generation, becoming a new generation of Android flagship machines must be equipped with chips.