Just like the Snapdragon 888, the results of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 testing that have started to circulate also mention that Qualcomm's system on a chip (SoC) also produces quite high heat.
In tests conducted by PCMag on the Galaxy S22 Ultra with Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, it showed that the temperature of the phone immediately increased when benchmarked, which then immediately had an impact on a lower benchmark score.
For example, the score on Geekbench 5 which was originally 1,232 immediately became 802 when the temperature of the phone increased. Likewise with GFXBench, which initially got 28fps immediately dropped to 19fps.
Worse, according to PCMag, when tested using the CPU Throttling Test, the Galaxy S22 Ultra's performance dropped (throttling) 75% after being tested for 15 minutes. According to them, this condition is worse than the S21 Ultra which uses Snapdragon 888.
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Qualcomm also spoke about this, they insisted that they only provide sophisticated chips that have high performance. This chip, according to Qualcomm, allows original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to make phones for a variety of different markets.
"If they want to target consumers who want fast phones with amazing graphics performance for games, this (chip) can be ready for that. But the cooling system must also be prepared," said Dominikus Susanto, Senior Manager Business Development at Qualcomm Indonesia, at an event titled Qualcomm SEA Media Briefing - Snapdragon 8 Gen 1.
This is because, according to Dominikus, this high performance must also be paired with a cooling system that is capable of taming the heat, so that its performance can be maintained.
"If OEMs choose to make (phones) with long battery life, they can do that too. It really depends on innovation from OEMs to create the right mix of high performance from the processor and a capable cooling system," he added. .