Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 with faster CPU and GPU: Qualcomm had revealed that the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset will be announced on October 24 at Snapdragon Summit later this year. While the release date of the chipset is still months away, there have been various leaks about the chipset.
We have gathered all the leaks we have about the incoming chipset thus far. And in this article, I’ll share these information with you to give you an idea on the expected specs of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset as it’ll be the chipset to power most of the premium phones in 2024.
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One of the main highlights from those is that Qualcomm is testing two different versions of the chipset. Among these, the one that is exceptionally efficient will end up in commercial devices. But the real question is, how much of a performance upgrade will the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 offer? Well, we’ve gathered interesting information on the subject.
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 could be 30% Better Than The Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
The Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset is already a wonderful chipset. However, according to recent leaks, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 is expected to be better. In fact, one report suggested that the SD 8 Gen 3 chipset is 30% better than the SD 8 Gen 2. The difference starts from the process technology used in the new chipset.
According to another report, Qualcomm will not be using the 3nm process of TSMC in the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. However, it’ll be using the N4P process to mass produce the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. The performance of the N4P process technology is about 11% faster than the N5 process and 6% faster than the regular N4 process (N4 process was used in the SD 8 Gen 2 chipset).
This new process technology is responsible for the 30% performance increase of the chipset over the SD 8 Gen 2. A 30% increase in performance means operations on the phone powered by the SD 8 Gen 3 will be smoother and quicker in handling CPU and GPU intensive tasks.
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Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 with faster CPU and GPU Performance
GPU Performance
According to the leak performance report, the GPU inside the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 is the Adreno 750. And based on OpenGL performance, the GPU of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 is expected to be about 30% better than the GPU in the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2.
For context, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 gets 60 FPS in the OpenGL test of the GFXBench. So a 30% increase means the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 could offer around 78 FPS in the same test at 1440p.
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CPU Performance: Multi and Single Core
The new report also said that the multi-core performance of the 8 Gen 3 increased by 20%. For context, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 gets 5137 in Geekbench 5 test. A 20% increase means the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 could score around 6164 in the same multi core test.
For single core performance, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 is said to be about 13% better. So the new chipset could get around 2109 score which is a better score than the 1867 score of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. All these increase hints that the new SD 8 Gen 3 chipset will have more computational power and thus will be a faster chipset than the SD 8 Gen 2.
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Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Expected Specs
According to one report, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 is expected to feature a “1+5+2” configuration with 1x Cortex X4 prime core, 5x Cortex A720 performance core, and 2x Cortex A520 efficiency cores.
The clock speed of the Cortex X4 core is said to be 3.2 GHz, the A720 cores are 3.0 GHz, and the Cortex A520 cores are at 2.0 GHz. All these improvements of are true means that phones powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 will be able to play graphics intensive games with easy and render high graphics smoothly.
It’s important for you to note that Qualcomm is yet to officially announce details of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. So, take every piece of info about the chipset thus far with a grain of salt.
