Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 phones: benchmarks, gaming & which to buy
What the Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 delivers in real phones: benchmark scores, gaming performance, battery efficiency and the phones that ship with it.
What the Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 is
Qualcomm's 2025 upper-midrange flagship — the tier where the company now spends its efficiency gains, and the chip that made "flagship performance for half the price" a credible pitch again. It ranks #29 of 79 in our catalog (AnTuTu about 1.33 million, Geekbench 6 near 1,270 single-core and 4,110 multi-core), rubbing shoulders with 2022's top silicon. Full scores on the Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 page.
Performance and gaming
About 28/100 on our gaming scale — comparable to the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 in throughput, but built on a newer, far more efficient process, so it sustains those clocks instead of throttling. Everyday performance is flawless, and on-device AI features run natively. For a midrange phone, the ceiling here is unusually high.
Phones that ship with it
| Phone | Year | Used / Launch |
|---|---|---|
| Nothing Phone (4a) Pro | 2026 | $449 / $499 |
| Oppo Reno 15 | 2026 | — / $549 |
| Motorola Edge 70 | 2025 | — / $799 |
Buying advice
The Nothing Phone (4a) Pro at $449 used against a $499 launch price tells the story: near-new money for this year's silicon — our Phone (4a) Pro review covers the package. The Oppo Reno 15 review is the design-led alternative at $549. If you would rather have a true flagship, the 8 Gen 2 guide shows what last-generation top-tier buys used; if midrange value is the goal, the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 sits one rung up in the same family.
Benchmarks
| Geekbench 6 single-core | 1,270 #37 of 80 SoCs |
|---|---|
| Geekbench 6 multi-core | 4,106 #32 of 80 SoCs |
| AnTuTu benchmark | 1,329,936 #29 of 80 SoCs |