Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 4 announced with minor performance gains

Qualcomm’s newest 7-series chipset is here and it brings some minor updates compared to its predecessor. The Snapdragon 7s Gen 4 (SM7635-AC) is a direct successor to last year’s SD 7s Gen 3 and offers a virtually unchanged Kryo CPU with the same 1+3+4 core architecture.

The 1x Prime Cortex-A720 core is now clocked at 2.7 GHz compared to 2.5GHz on the 7s Gen 3. The clock speeds on the 3x Cortex-A720 (2.4GHz) units and 4x Cortex-A520 (1.8GHz) modules remain unchanged. Qualcomm says you can expect a 7% performance gain in CPU tasks.

The new chip does get an updated Adreno GPU, which Qualcomm claims offers a 7% boost compared to its predecessor. It also brings Snapdragon Elite Gaming features like Adaptive Performance Engine 3.0 and Snapdragon Game Super Resolution.

The new bit is the added support for ultra-wide displays (up to 1,300 x 2,900px) at 144Hz refresh rate. Qualcomm is also bringing an updated Spectra ISP, which can take 200MP sensors and 4K video @ 30 fps, including Hybrid Log Gamma (HLG), HDR10, and HDR10+ formats.

The updated Hexagon NPU offers better AI performance with support for Llama 1B and Qwen 1B and real-time translation. The chip features LPDDR5 RAM at 3,200 MHz and UFS 3.1 storage as well as Qualcomm's Quick Charge 4+ charging tech.

On the connectivity side, the new 7s Gen 4 chip supports sub-6 GHz 5G, Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.4. It also brings support for the aptX Lossless and aptX Adaptive audio codecs.

Qualcomm has yet to reveal which phone will debut the brand-new chip.

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