From PC Mag: Affordable phones are about to get a big boost in power. Qualcomm has announced the Snapdragon 6 Gen 4, an update to its lineup of midrange mobile chips.
At its most basic level, the company claims the 6 Gen 4's CPU performs 11% faster, the GPU performs 29% faster, and the power savings totals 12% when compared with the Snapdragon 6 Gen 3. Those moderate power bumps mean your average everyday phone will be able to run some generative AI on-device, rather than having to rely on the cloud.
The Snapdragon 6 Gen 4's specs are similar to other chips in Qualcomm’s arsenal. Based on a 4nm architecture, the new Kyro CPU features one prime core at up to 2.3GHz, three performance cores at up to 2.2GHz, and four efficiency cores at up to 1.8GHz. It’s packaged with an Adreno GPU, as well as Qualcomm’s Hexagon NPU for improved AI performance. The NPU includes support for Qualcomm's Sensing Hub and has dedicated cores for audio and other sensors.
The embedded modem supports both ultra-fast mmWave 5G technology, as well as the sub-6GHz 5G (including C-band). Like the Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 before it, the new model supports Wi-Fi 6E, but will now come with improved Bluetooth 5.4 LE connectivity, up from Bluetooth 5.2 found on last year’s chip.
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