Qualcomm launches Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 mobile platform for mid-tier smartphones
Qualcomm on Thursday (May 15, 2025) launched the Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 mobile platform capable of handling gen AI tasks as well. It succeeds the Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 mobile processor and is likely to power the mid-tier smartphones.
The Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 mobile platform claims a 27% increase in CPU performance, 30% faster GPU renderings, and a 65% improvement to AI performance over its predecessor mobile platform.
Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 is able to support Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6.0.
Built upon the 4nm process, the Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 mobile platform can offer UFS storage from 2 to UFS 4.0. It is also capable of holding up to LPDDR5x RAM.
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The Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 has 1 Prime core of up to 2.8 GHz, 4 Performance cores of up to 2.4 GHz and 3 Efficiency cores of up to 1.8 GHz.
The new mobile platform comes with the first-ever support for Qualcomm Expanded Personal Area Network (XPAN) technology.
Smartphones running Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 are expected to launch this month.
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