Qualcomm currently working on the successor to Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC aka the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC. We saw the company recently launched SD 8+ Gen 1 SoC which was overclocked version of the original but made by TSMC 4nm process. Now we have a massive leak that reveals something new is going to happen with the upcoming Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC.

As per the source, the new Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC is all set to debut by end of this year probably in China. Ahead of the launch, the tipster revealed that Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC will arrive with a unique 1+2+2+3 CPU configuration.

Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC:

The new Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 CPU will feature single Cortex-X3 cores, 2x Cortex-A720, 2x Cortex-A710 & 3x Cortex-A510 cores. This might be the first time ever on a smartphone chip to feature such a configuration. The tipster also revealed the codenames which are  1x Makalu-Elp, 2x Makalu, 2x Matterhorn, and 3x Klein-R1.

In case you’ve followed ARM’s announcement, you’ll recognize Makalu and Matterhorn. Those were announced as the successors to the Cortex-X1/A78. Makalu is clearly the next generation after Matterhorn on the chart, which represents X2/A710.

Comparatively to the X1/A78 cores, the Cortex-X3 and A720 cores offer an up to 30% boost in peak CPU performance. However, this increase is smaller than that of the current Snapdragon 8 Gen 1. It is probable that this is due to the same clock speed increase.
DCS reports that the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 (SM8550, code name Kailua ES) will be fabricated on TSMC’s N4 node. We can’t expect significant clock speed increases since it is made on the same 4nm process as the 8+ Gen 1.
It is possible that this will be the first mobile chipset with four different CPU cores (current chipsets use three). That’s fine if it means delivering next-gen performance. However, the Gen 2 flagship chip is said to be powered by an Adreno 740 GPU, which does not tell us much. There will be no performance improvements, but the 730 will be based on the same architecture as the current chips.

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