The new midcomm mid -range processor, the Snapdragon 7 Gen 4it has been officially announced. Among the novelties it brings is the sound broadcast per wifi, for the first time in this range, and performance improvements, especially with regard to artificial intelligence performance.
This is a long -awaited advertisement, because it is very likely that many of the next mid -range smartphones that occur in the coming months Use this processor; In fact, it is likely that its influence will be noticed more than a year after its launch, as has happened with its predecessors.
For example, the previous model, the Snapdragon 7 Gen 3, was announced in November 2023, but last month a new device that used it was launched, the Power honor. It is a good choice, with a balance between power, consumption and price, which the new model wants to improve.
The new Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 also has eight cores, but with an important difference: has more cores dedicated to performancewhich immediately translates into a power higher 27% compared to last generation, even without having the rest of the changes, according to Qualcomm data. Specifically, it now has a Cortex-A720 nucleus that reaches 2.8 GHz, four Cortex-A720 nuclei that stay at 2.4 GHz, and three Cortex-A520 nuclei to 1.8 GHz for light tasks and energy saving.
In video games, the power difference is even more noticeable, with a 30% performance improvement Regarding the last generation thanks to a new adreno model of GPU, with characteristics still to be confirmed. But we live in the AI era, and even the mid -range mobiles will soon have to run it locally; To do this, the Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 has a new NPU (neuronal processing unit) Hexagon which is 65% faster thanks to the improvement of speed in shared memory and int4 precision support. It also has Stable Diffusion 1.5 support to generate images without the need for connection with a server.
Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 Characteristics of Qualcomm
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But AI is not the only part that receives improvements, fortunately. One of the most striking elements is compatibility with audio through wifiusing Qualcomm Xpan technology. The great advantage of using the Wi -Fi network to transmit the sound with respect to Bluetooth is in a much higher bandwidth, which allows to obtain high definition sound and extended reach compared to normal bluetooth headphones.
Photography also gains prominence in Snapdragon 7 Gen 4, with important improvements such as the New image signal processor (ISP) Qualcomm Spectrawhich is able to take photos without delay thanks to its greatest power, capturing images with a resolution of 200 MPX.
The first smartphones based on the new Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 should not take long to be announced. Although there are still no specific models, Qualcomm has confirmed that manufacturers like honor and alive They are already preparing future releases that will arrive in the coming months.
