The Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 is now official
He adds, “Each year, we set out to design leading features and technologies that will power our latest Snapdragon 8-series mobile platform and the next generation of flagship Android devices. The Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 delivers.” Based on ARM’s architecture, Qualcomm uses its Kyro CPU cores although there is one prime CPU core that features the Cortex-X4, running at 3.3GHz. The rest of the configuration includes five performance cores running at a speed as fast as 3.2GHz, and two efficiency cores with a clock speed that peaks at 2.3GHz.
The Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip is produced by TSMC using its 4nm process node
There is an Adreno GPU integrated with the chipset along with the Snapdragon X75 5G Modem-RF System which supports mmWave and sub-6GHz 5G and delivers 5G downlink speeds as fast as 10Gbps and uplink speeds of up to 3.5Gbps. The Qualcomm FastConnect 7800 System features Wi-Fi 7 with a peak speed of 5.8Gbps. And the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, which is produced by TSMC using its 4nm process node, supports LP-DDR5x memory, up to 4800 MHz.
Qualcomm says that the chip will be available “in the coming weeks.” Qualcomm says that the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 is provides a 30% boost in performance and a 20% hike in efficiency compared with its predecessor.
