Next year, another Qualcomm flagship chip will undoubtedly support most Android phones. But this time, the company has decided to take a different approach by renaming Snapdragon 8 (Gen1) to Snapdragon 8 (Gen1) and discussing the improvement in processor performance. At least from some early benchmark tests, Qualcomm still lags far behind Apple in terms of raw CPU performance. However, the results of GPU are still encouraging and serve as a reason for people to remain optimistic about the future. PCMag's benchmark tests, including Geekbench5.PCMarkWork3.0.GFXBench5 and BasemarkWeb, seem to have improved CPU performance by about 15% compared to Snapdragon 888, only 20%. The benchmark test results of Notebookcheck are lower, 6-11% higher than the previous version. But GPU also has good news, especially for applications that use the Vulkan API. From the results of PCMag, it can be seen that Qualcomm's newly launched Adreno730 GPU surpasses the iPhone 13 ProMax more easily, with an off screen benchmark score of approximately 28%.

Although the iPhone 13 does not represent the perfect performance of the iPhone as it performs better in benchmark tests using Apple's own MetalAPI (approximately 10% faster than Snapdragon 8Gen1), its performance is even more encouraging. More importantly, Qualcomm has nearly doubled the GPU performance of Snapdragon 888, which will undoubtedly satisfy serious mobile game players.

Another obvious point is that they were early developed devices; PCMag stated that the products it tested had defects and were not optimized. In the retail industry, there is a high possibility of better CPU performance, although it currently does not seem to be comparable to the iPhone 13 and Apple's A15 chips. However, the GPU update still left a deep impression on people.

This result is not surprising. Although we have undergone brand renovations, we know that Qualcomm is likely to launch its new Nuvia processor before 2023, until 2023.

For unconscious individuals, Nuvia helped design the Apple A series of chips in the iPhone and ultimately made them into M1 chips. Earlier this year, Qualcomm acquired Nuvia, and Nuvia's team was Qualcomm's best choice to catch up with Apple.

One more thing to keep in mind; These benchmark tests have little significance for the performance of most people in daily use. We have exceeded our limits in terms of typical smartphone processor performance. However, faster performance is a good omen for longevity, and for Qualcomm, which pursues higher numbers, it is more important in the field of personal computers, where there is still much room for practical improvement. However, one thing is clear: as Google designs its own chips, Intel enters GPUs, NVIDIA attempts to acquire ARM, and the CPU and GPU markets will only heat up in the coming years.