Qualcomm's Snapdragon processors will power almost all major Android phones in 2023, and the semiconductor giant is expected to unveil its latest and greatest chipset, likely the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, at its annual Snapdragon Summit later this year. .
Qualcomm typically uses this summit to talk about its role in shaping the future of mobile, automotive, audio, and mixed reality experiences, which means we probably have a better idea of how future flagship phones from Samsung, OnePlus might perform. and Xiaomi. .
Below, we've rounded up the latest news and rumors about the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, including details on its specs, release date, and devices where the chipset could soon appear.
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- What is it? Expected to be Qualcomm's new flagship mobile chipset
- When did it come out? It is rumored for the fourth quarter of 2023 (that is, between October and December)
- How much will it cost? As with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, Qualcomm will likely sell the 8 Gen 3 directly to OEMs (original equipment manufacturers). However, flagship phones configured to use it will cost upwards of $800 / £700 / AU$1,200.
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3: Release date
Qualcomm typically introduces its new and improved Snapdragon processors at its annual Snapdragon Summit, which takes place in November, and we expect the manufacturer to continue that trend in 2023 with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3.
That said, while Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 was unveiled in November and started hitting phones in early December, Digital Chat Station (via NotebookCheck - opens in a new tab)) suggested that Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 could happen a shortly before. . this year. They don't mention specific dates though, so we're still expecting to see the chipset launch sometime between October and December.
As such, while the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 may end up being announced before November 2023, that announcement likely won't have many (if any) implications for phones configured to use the new chipset. We could potentially see a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 powered device starting in October of this year, which wouldn't have been possible if the chipset hadn't landed until November, but there aren't many obvious candidates for this month.
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3: News and Leaks
As we are still a long way from the expected launch of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 in Q2023 XNUMX, news and leaks about the processor in development are scant.
Many phones using Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, such as those in the Samsung Galaxy S23 and OnePlus 11 ranges, have also been released recently, so it's hard to speculate on the capabilities of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 since we're just getting started. with those of its predecessor.
That said, we've already heard some Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 rumors. Specifically, two Twitter leakers, RGcloudS (Opens in a new tab) and Revegnus (Opens in a new tab), claim to have seen the performance details of the specs for the next chipset, though the pair disagree on the numbers.
The two tipsters suggest that Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 will be manufactured by TSMC using the latter's 4nm process node, but while RGcloudS expects the next chipset to feature a high-performance Cortex-X4 core, four performance cores, and three Efficiency Cores: A configuration similar to Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 – Revegnus offers a 1-5-2 configuration.
Snapdragon gen 3 is really strong The biggest leap from the last gen Apparently the main contributor was put together especially X4 and 1,4,3 configurations I think it's almost confirmed that gen3 for galaxy will surpass the bionic 17 frequency "on paper" until 3.7 + ghz for mobile March 3, 2023
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To be more specific, RGcloudS claims that this high-performance core will be clocked at 3,7GHz, which would mark a 15% increase in speed over the Snapdragon 3,2's 8GHz clock speed. Gen 2. Revegnus, however, expects the 8 Gen 3 core to feature the same 3,2GHz clock speed as its predecessor, but with the addition of an Adreno 750 GPU and Snapdragon X75 5G modem (which , they claim, will bring a 20% improvement in energy efficiency).
Rumors Snapdragon 8gen3TSMC N4P 1+5+2 architecture, a mega-core Cortex-X4 3.75GHzfive Cortex-A720 large-core 3.0GHz two small-core Cortex-A520 2.0GHz than Snapdragon 8gen2 more than one core of performance, less than the energy efficiency core. The GPU is Adreno750. pic.twitter.com/MTGOtnL46EMarch 9, 2023
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For obvious reasons, it's difficult for us to comment on the accuracy of any of the claims at this point, but it's clear that the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 will bring some sort of significant performance improvement over the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2.
When it comes to phones we expect to use Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, the Samsung Galaxy S24 and its premium siblings will surely top the list.
In their aforementioned tweet, RGcloudS claims that upcoming Samsung flagship devices will again feature a Galaxy-specific version of Qualcomm's latest chipset, which they claim will actually outperform Apple's upcoming A17 Bionic "on paper."
In other words, the phones in the Samsung Galaxy S24 line, which we expect to launch early next year, could be faster than the iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Pro, and iPhone 15 Ultra, which we talk about a lot. Of course, these speed gains will likely be negligible, but the leak nonetheless bodes well for the performance of future Android devices.
We also expect Samsung to offer Qualcomm chipsets across the board with the Samsung Galaxy S24 lineup. In the years leading up to the launch of the S23 line, the company used either Snapdragon or Samsung Exynos processors in its flagship phones, depending on the regions customers bought them in. The lack of a cross-region processor gap is a key part of why we rate Samsung's latest phones so highly, which is why we think it would be foolish for the company to undo all that good work with its next line of series devices. Galaxy S.
Beyond the above, we haven't heard much about the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, but we'll update this page whenever we hear new leaks, news, and rumors.