Apple M-seriesto opposeQualcommsystem-on-chip (SoC)Leaker Kuba Wojciechowski (@Za_Raczke) said that he had obtained detailed information about“Product Name” “Operation Frequency” “GPU” “RAM” “I/O”I posted information about it on Twitter.
Apple M series SoC is Snapdragon 8cx Gen 4
Kuba Wojciechowski (@Za_Raczke) is an SoC to compete with the Apple M series.The name is Snapdragon 8cx Gen 4so,Supports external GPUIt says it will.
If his prediction is correct,Snapdragon 8cx Gen 4teethHigh-performance GPUs from NVIDIA and AMD will be availableSince it is thought thatExceeds the performance of the Apple M seriesIt is also possible.
QualcommPresident and CEO Cristiano Amon said the SoC will ship to PC makers at the end of this year, with products launching next year.
If shipped as planned by Qualcomm, this SoC willApple M3 rumored for later this yearIt will be a competitive product.
By Kuba Wojciechowski (@Za_Raczke)QualcommofApple M seriesThe information (expected) of the competing SoC is as follows.
Product name and CPU configuration
operating frequency
- The operating frequency of the CPU is 3.4 GHz for high-performance cores and 2.5 GHz for high-efficiency cores
- 12MB of shared L2 cache and 8MB of L3 cache in each block of high-efficiency cores
- 12MB system level cache
- 4MB cache for graphics
RAM
- Supports 8-channel LPDDR5X with a maximum capacity of 64GB
- Controller supports up to 4.2GHz operation
GPU
- Integrated GPU is Adreno 740, same as Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
- DirectML will be supported in addition to DirectX 12, Vulkan 1.3 and OpenCL
- 12-core CPU version also supports external GPU with 8-lane PCIe 4.0
- Simultaneous output up to 5K+4K+4K (or different configurations with similar bandwidth)
- Capable of decoding up to 4K120p and encoding up to 4K60p, both compatible with AV1
Extended functions, etc.
- PCIe 4.0 with 4 lanes (configurable as 2×2) for NVMe drives
- Multiple PCIe 3.0 lanes for Wi-Fi expansion cards and modems
- Will support Wi-Fi 7
- Snapdragon X65 5G modem recommended as 5G modem
- Features a 2-lane UFS 4.0 controller and supports boot drives up to 1TB
- Supports 2 USB 3.1 10Gbps ports, 3 USB 4 (Thunderbolt 4) ports, DisplayPort 1.4a
Power consumption is expected to be within 100 watts
Kuba Wojciechowski (@Za_Raczke) predicts that the power consumption of Snapdragon 8cx Gen 4 will be around 100 watts, and the performance of Windows desktops currently equipped with 300 watt class CPUs isMac It is said that it will be realized in a housing that is only about the size of a mini.
Leak: update on Qualcomm’s Apple M rival – 8cx Gen 4, codename Hamoa 🧵 pic.twitter.com/1tptCk8ghf
Source:Kuba Wojciechowski（@Za_Raczke）/Twitter
Photo:Apple (United States)
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The 3nm M3 chip with a 40-core CPU will definitely deliver more visible power vs M2 generation. I think with the M3 chips Apple will enter the gaming space, and the newer generation Macs will have much better gaming benchmark scores and the overall FPS rates and performance vs prior gen M2 and M1 chips. M3 Macs will close gaming performance gaps vs Windows OS based platforms and RTX series gaming graphics cards. The current M2 has already made substantial progress in this regard, so M3 with 3nm chip infrastructure will again raise the bar very high.
There will be other performance improvements too that the M3 will offer if you are going to perform GPU-demanding tasks such as 3D graphic rendering or modeling, video and audio production, etc. Here too the next-gen M3 3nm process will offer at least 15% higher performance and 30% lower power draw versus N5. By comparison, N5P is a 7% improvement with 15% less power draw vs prior gen.