Since the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset was announced, rumors have circulated about a mythical “+” version that would be manufactured on TSMC’s 4nm node rather than Samsung’s – which fueled a lot of speculation about this Snapdragon 8 Gen 1+ being less prone to overheating and throttling performance than its non-Plus sibling, given that TSMC’s 4nm process is widely regarded as more efficient.
