- Qualcomm has launched the Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 processor, aimed at budget Android phones.
- The new chip brings a more modern CPU, a major graphical boost, and generative AI capabilities.
- HONOR, OPPO, and realme will launch phones with these chips in the “coming months.”
Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 6 series of chipsets power budget Android phones, but these chips are usually well behind the curve when it comes to hardware features. Now, Qualcomm has announced the Snapdragon 6 Gen 4, and it looks like an impressive upgrade for cheap phones.
Starting with the CPU, the Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 delivers an 11% performance boost over the Snapdragon 6 Gen 3. That’s nothing big on paper, but the new chip is powered by the most modern CPU we’ve seen in the Snapdragon 6 series to date. Expect an octa-core setup consisting of one Cortex-A720 clocked at 2.3GHz, three Cortex-A720 cores clocked at 2.2GHz, and four power-sipping Cortex-A520 cores at 1.8GHz. Either way, it beats the aging Cortex-A78 and Cortex-A55 used in recent Snapdragon 6 chips.