Leak Reveals Official Name Of Upcoming Qualcomm Chipset

We discovered Qualcomm'southward plans to rename its upcoming flagship SoC earlier this month. Now, with just a twenty-four hours left for the official unveiling of this new flake, we're learning that the chip will be known as the "Snapdragon 8Gx Gen 1."

The revelation came from a Qualcomm staging site and was first spotted past @Za_Raczke on Twitter. The proper name of the new bit is accompanied past a label that reads "Test 123."

This is likely a placeholder for the chipset until it is officially revealed on November 30. Meanwhile, the folio is titled "Testing icon."

Going by this leak, it's safe to assume that all chips in the lineup volition bear the Snapdragon 8Gx naming scheme. Information technology's unclear what the "K" stands for, but we expect more than info during the official unveiling.

Based on the existing crop of Snapdragon chipsets, the "G" could refer to the upgraded clock speed of the born GPU. This is the instance with chipsets like the Snapdragon 765G, as GSMArena points out. Until now, Qualcomm has been tight-lipped almost the new chipset, only calling it the "Snapdragon eight-serial platform."

The upcoming Snapdragon chipset scored 1,035,020 points on AnTuTu recently

Apart from the new naming scheme, the upcoming Qualcomm flagship scrap would introduce a slew of new features. The chipset has appeared on benchmark databases a number of times. Concluding week, the Snapdragon 8Gx Gen ane made its way to AnTuTu, scoring a whopping i,035,020 points.

By comparing, the MediaTek Dimensity 9000 could only manage 1,007,396. While these figures are undoubtedly better than near 2020/21 chipsets, it tells us that Qualcomm's authorization in the mobile chip manufacture is second to none.

Qualcomm's current flagship SoC, the Snapdragon 888, could only score around 850,000. So it'due south articulate that the upcoming 4nm Snapdragon 8Gx Gen one would exist a meaning upgrade for the chipmaker. This SoC would feature on a long list of devices in 2022, starting with the Xiaomi 12 in December.

Samsung's Galaxy S22 lineup will also feature the new chipset, while some variants volition utilise the Korean manufacturer'due south in-firm Exynos 2200 SoC with an AMD GPU under the hood.

Qualcomm's Snapdragon Tech Summit 2021 takes place tomorrow (November 30). So we don't have to wait besides long to acquire what's new with the company's flagship SoC.