A new rumor claims that a Qualcomm chipset model number SM7475 is being tested in a triple-cluster CPU architecture. A tweet shared by Roland Quandt talks about the different clock speeds belonging to the SM7475 or Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen1, given that the SM8475 was eventually called “Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen1” and that number alone suggests that the upcoming chip will be called “Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen1”.
He claims that the main and gold cores will run at 2.40GHz, while the silver core will run at 1.80GHz. Those who follow Qualcomm’s chipset releases will note that the specs discussed in the tweet below are no different than when the company released Snapdragon 7 Gen 1, which featured the following configuration.
One ARM Cortex-A710 main core running at 2.40GHz
Three ARM Cortex-A710 performance cores running at 2.36GHz
Four ARM Cortex-A510 efficiency cores running at 1.80GHz
The answer to how Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen1 can improve performance over its predecessor is to mass produce it on a better manufacturing process, which in this case would be TSMC’s 4nm node, which could also be used to make Snapdragon 8 Gen2 TSMC’s 4nm process has proven to be superior to Samsung’s 4nm process, which would ultimately allow the new SoC to run at a higher sustained clock speed, which would allow the new SoC to run at a higher sustained clock speed. resulting in better performance while generating less heat.
In addition, this tri-cluster CPU configuration could be completely different from the one running on Snapdragon 7. For example, the main core may be Cortex-X3, which has a completely different architecture compared to Cortex-A710. In addition, we may see Cortex-A710 as the gold core instead of having the Cortex-A715 core running on the Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 1, so there will be a big difference between the two SoCs.
Qualcomm is expected to unveil Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 1 during the annual Snapdragon Summit, where Snapdragon 8 will also be announced. In terms of performance, this new addition is expected to beat the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and bring more value to non-flagship smartphones launching in 2023.
