The overclocked Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 is coming to more phones

The Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 is essentially the most highly effective Android cellphone processor of 2023 in some ways, bringing a beefy CPU setup and top-notch GPU. However, Samsung scored a giant win when it gained an overclocked Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 (dubbed Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy) for its Galaxy S23 collection.

It’s taken some time, however it seems like this overclocked SoC is lastly accessible to different smartphone producers. Gaming model REDMAGIC confirmed on Weibo that the so-called Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Leading Version can be accessible on the upcoming REDMAGIC 8S Pro.

The smartphone model revealed that it has the identical 3.36GHz CPU clock pace because the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy. By comparability, the usual Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processor tops out at 3.2GHz. We’re guessing that the overclocked variant discovered within the REDMAGIC 8S Pro will even see the identical GPU increase (from 680MHz to 719MHz) because the Samsung chip.

It’s value noting that the overclocked processor isn’t a game-changing improve over the usual chipset. Our personal testing confirmed that you may count on minor single-core CPU and GPU boosts, however you’re nonetheless getting a ton of horsepower regardless of which processor you select.

In saying so, we thought the Galaxy S23 Ultra delivered poor sustained efficiency in contrast to the REDMAGIC 8 Pro and its superior cooling answer. So we’re curious to see what the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Leading Version can do when paired with REDMAGIC’s cooling tech.