A new series of gaming tests pitting the new Redmi K50 Gaming Edition against the Nubia RedMagic 7 Pro has now shown what Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 performs like in proper gaming-focused implementations.
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Snapdragon-8-Gen-1-Redmi-K50-Gaming-versus-Nubia-RedMagic-7-Pro-tests-reveal-first-gaming-implementation-performance-numbers-of-Qualcomm-s-chipset.601807.0.html
I'll be interested to see how much faster and/or more efficient the tsmc version will be. I am hoping the difference is substantial unlike the marginal difference in previous plus versions.