guns has leveraged its Total Compute Solutions 2023 (TCS23) to offer its new set of product intellectual properties, which include processor (CPU), graphics (GPU) and system. The company aims to provide a wide range of computing capabilities and for use cases such as next-generation mobile devices.

On the TCS23 release list is the ARMv9.2 compute cluster, which consists of new Cortex-X4, Cortex-A720 and Cortex-A520 coresplus a new DynamicIQ DSU-120 shared unit that delivers double-digit performance, efficiency and performance improvements. On the GPU front, there have also been improvements in performance and efficiency thanks to the new fifth-generation architecture, from which Graphics processors Immortalis-G720, Mali-G720 and Mali-G620. Arm mentions a 21% improvement in graphics performance with the Manhattan 3.0 benchmark.

The new CPU cores only support 64-bit tasks and can be used in a cluster of up to 14 cores thanks to the new design of the aforementioned DSU-120. Arm says he saw a 27% performance increase for 1 + 5 + 2 (X4 + A720 + A520) core configuration over the previous 1 + 4 + 3 build, which was a great brand reference and is implemented in processors like Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and MediaTek Dimensity 9200/9200+. In specific tasks like web browsing, the company reported a 33% performance improvement.

Going a little deeper into the cores, the Cortex-X4 takes up 10% less space and increases efficiency by 40% compared to the Cortex-X3 core. The Cortex-A720 improves efficiency by around 20% compared to the Cortex-A715, and the Cortex-A520 becomes the first efficient core upgrade in two years to improve the efficiency provided by the Cortex-A510 by 8%.

The new core configuration exposed by Armo is exactly the same one that has been leaked on several occasions about what Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC is supposed to use., which reinforces the information we have seen in recent months. It is expected that the 1 + 5 + 2 core configuration will also be present in the future MediaTek Dimensity 9300. The Cortex-X4 core will probably be reserved only for high-end models of the device, which could also be the case with the Immortalis- G720 GPU.

Other interesting figures revealed by Arm are an average reduction in bandwidth usage of 30% and an average energy saving of 20% when running video games. It is important to keep in mind that performance and efficiency gains are not things that will flow to all users in a homogeneous way, as it depends on each user’s usage flow.

Arm appears to be all set to license what would become the next generation of high-end SoCs, although the Cortex-A720 and Cortex-A520 cores and Mali-G720 and Mali-G620 GPUs suggest they will be in the lower SoC range.