Qualcomm’s motivation to develop its in-house Oryon cores for the Snapdragon 8 Elite was due to the fact that ARM’s CPU designs were falling behind the competition. This revelation was made public when the chipset maker’s CEO testified in front of the jury, and comparing the paper specifications of the Dimensity 9400, we can see why Qualcomm wanted to carve out its own path. Its latest and greatest silicon’s performance cores operate at 4.32GHz as the default frequency, and what is surprising about these details is that MediaTek’s Dimensity 9500, launching next year, will have its performance cores clocked at slower speeds.
ARM’s unreleased Cortex-X930 is said to be tested on the Dimensity 9500 running at 4.00GHz
Our last report mentioned details from a Reddit post that had been deleted, likely because it contained too much information surrounding the Dimensity 9500 and popped up too early. Thankfully, @curunnil got a hold of the elusive details, stating that the two Cortex-X930 cores will run at 4.00GHz, while the remaining six Cortex-A730 are said to operate at 3.50GHz. While this is a significant improvement over the Dimensity 9400, whose Cortex-X925 tops out at 3.62GHz, the Snapdragon 8 Elite’s performance Oryon cores at their default speeds outperform the Cortex-X925.
With sufficient cooling, the Snapdragon 8 Elite’s performance cores can also reach 4.57GHz, resulting in nearly a 1GHz difference between the Dimensity 9400. Assuming that the Dimensity 9500’s Cortex-X930 did not boast an architectural improvement, the 4.00GHz clock speed meant that it would be slower than the Snapdragon 8 Elite, though we do not believe this will be the case. However, it should be noted that the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2, which is said to launch next year, is rumored to be tested with its performance cores running at 5.00GHz.
This advantage likely comes from adopting an in-house design, an approach that Apple has relied on for years, which is why its A18 and A18 Pro’s performance cores can run at 4.04GHz. MediaTek may not have pursued the development of custom CPU cores because it did not want to deal with ARM’s lawsuit hammer, but seeing as how Qualcomm came out on top in the latest trial against the British chip design firm, we could see the company taking a similar route. Unfortunately, it is too early to jump to a conclusion, which is why we will wait for further updates in the coming weeks.
News Source: Reddit
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