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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 officially announced, full specs revealed

After multiple announcements and rumors about Qualcomm’s latest chipset, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3’s full specs are now revealed in the Snapdragon Summit.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3

Qualcomm has created the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset for generative AI specifically. This makes this chipset the most powerful processor in the mobile market.

The Gen 3 is said to be 20% more efficient and 30% faster than the Gen 2 chipset. Built on a 4nm process, it comes with 1 Cortex-X4 prime core running at 3.3 GHz, five performance cores with 3.2 GHz, and 2 efficiency cores with speeds up to 2.3 GHz.

LPDDR5x memory is supported in this chipset with up to 4,800 MHz with up to 24GB. It can also support WiFi-7 that clocks out at 6 GHz.

Here are the full specs of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3:

Artificial IntelligenceQualcomm® AI Engine
• Qualcomm® Adreno™ GPU
• Qualcomm® Kryo™ CPU
• Qualcomm® Hexagon™ NPU
• Fused AI accelerator architecture
• Hexagon scalar, vector, and tensor accelerators
• Hexagon Direct Link
• Upgraded Micro Tile Inferencing
• Upgraded power delivery system
• Support for mix precision (INT8+INT16)
• Support for all precisions (INT4, INT8, INT16, FP16)Qualcomm® Sensing Hub
• Dual micro NPUs for audio and sensors
• Dual Always-Sensing ISPs to support two concurrent Always-Sensing Cameras
• Support for INT4 precision
CPUQualcomm® Kyro™ CPU
• 64-bit Architecture
• 1 Prime core, up to 3.3 GHz
• 5 Performance cores, up to 3.2 GHz
• 2 Efficiency cores, up to 2.3 GHz
Visual SubsystemAdreno GPU
• Real-time Hardware-Accelerated Ray Tracing with Global Illumination
• Support for Unreal Engine 5 Lumen Global Illumination and Reflections System
• Snapdragon Game Super Resolution
• Adreno Frame Motion Engine 2.0
• Snapdragon Game Post Processing Accelerator
• HDR gaming (10-bit color depth, Rec. 2020 color gamut)
• Snapdragon Shadow Denoiser
• API support: OpenGL® ES 3.2, OpenCL™ 2.0 FP, Vulkan® 1.3
• Hardware-accelerated H.265, VP9, AV1 decoder
• HDR Playback Codec support for HDR10+, HDR10, HLG, and Dolby Vision
5G Modem-RF SystemSnapdragon® X75 5G Modem-RF System
Memory• Memory Density: Up to 24 GB
• Support for LP-DDR5x memory, up to 4800 MHz
Wi-Fi & BluetoothQualcomm® FastConnect™ 7800 System
• Wi-Fi Generation: Wi-Fi 7
• Peak Speed: 5.8 Gbps
• 802.11be, 802.11ax, 802.11ac, 802.11a/b/g/n
• Wi-Fi Spectral Bands: 6 Ghz, 5 GHz, 2.4 GHz
• Channel Bandwidth: 320/240/160/80/40/20 MHz
• 8-stream sounding (for 8×8 MU-MIMO)
• MIMO Configuration: 2×2 (2-stream)
• MU-MIMO (Uplink & Downlink)
• 4K QAM
• OFDMA (Uplink & Downlink)
• High Band Simultaneous (HBS) Multi-Link
• Wi-Fi Security: WPA3-Enterprise, WPA3-Enhanced Open, WPA3 Easy Connect, WPA3-Personal Integrated Bluetooth
• Bluetooth Audio: Snapdragon Sound™ Technology with support for Qualcomm XPAN Technology, Qualcomm® aptX™ Voice, aptX Lossless, aptX Adaptive, and LE Audio
• Bluetooth Features: Bluetooth 5.4, LE Audio, Dual Bluetooth antennas
DisplayOn-Device Display Support:
• 4K @ 60 Hz
• QHD+ @ 144 Hz
Maximum External Display Support:
• Up to 8K @ 30 Hz
• Up to 1080 @ 240 Hz
Variable Refresh Rate support for 240 Hz to 1 Hz
• 10-bit color depth, Rec. 2020 color gamut
• HDR10, HDR10+, HDR vivid, and Dolby Vision
Audio• Qualcomm Aqstic™ audio codec
• Qualcomm Aqstic smart speaker amplifier
• Total Harmonic Distortion + Noise (THD+N)
• Playback: -108dB
• Qualcomm® Audio and Voice Communication Suite
• Spatial audio with head-tracking
CameraQualcomm Spectra™ Image Signal Processor
• Cognitive ISP, Triple 18-bit ISPs
• Up to 36 MP triple camera @ 30 FPS with Zero Shutter Lag
Up to 64+36 MP dual camera @ 30 FPS with Zero Shutter Lag
• Up to 108 MP single camera @ 30 FPS with Zero Shutter Lag
• 8K HDR video capture + 64 MP photo capture @ 30 FPS
4K video capture @ 120 FPS
USBVersion 3.1 Gen 2; USB Type-C Support

Rumor has it that Samsung’s next flagship phone, the Galaxy S24, may have the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 powering it.

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