Next year's flagship mobile chipsets, the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2 and Dimensity 9500, are expected to support ARM's Scalable Matrix Extension (SME). This addition promises a substantial 20% performance improvement in both single-core and multi-core workloads, putting them on par with Apple's M4.
While this year's Snapdragon 8 Elite and Dimensity 9400 leveraged TSMC's advanced 3nm process, their lack of SME support left some performance untapped. Apple's M4, with ARMv9 and SME support, achieved impressive Geekbench scores. The upcoming Snapdragon and Dimensity chips aim to replicate this success.
The tipster Jukanlosreve suggests that the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2 might utilize Samsung's 2nm GAA ("SF2") process and TSMC's 3nm N3P node, although Qualcomm's reliance on Samsung hinges on yield improvements. MediaTek, traditionally a TSMC partner, might stick with their existing supplier.
Early rumors hint at a potential 5.00GHz clock speed for the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2's performance cores, with the CPU cluster remaining unchanged from the current generation. More details about both chipsets are expected to emerge soon.
