Late final month Qualcomm unveiled the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, the chip designer’s new flagship software processor (AP) which might be powering many top-shelf Android fashions over the coming 12 months. Just prefer it did final 12 months, Qualcomm is anticipated to provide a particular model of the chip for Samsung’s Galaxy handsets. The Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy featured a quicker Prime CPU core that was clocked at 3.36GHz in comparison with 3.19GHz for the non-Galaxy model.
While Qualcomm has but to introduce the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 for Galaxy, tipster Yogesh Brar (through AndroidAuthority) revealed what he says are the specs for the AP together with the specs for the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 so we will simply see what the distinction between the two chipsets is likely to be. Brar says that the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 for Galaxy (SM8650-AC) may have an octa-core configuration consisting of 1 Prime Cortex-X4 CPU core working at 3.4GHz, 5 Performance Cortex-A720 CPU cores with a clock velocity of 3.15GHz/2.96GHz, and two Efficiency Cortex-A520 CPU cores working at 2.27GHz.
The non-Galaxy model of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 (SM8650-AB) options one Prime Cortex-X4 CPU core working at 3.3GHz (in comparison with 3.4GHz on the “for Galaxy” chip), 5 Performance Cortex-A720 CPU cores clocked at 3.2GHz/3GHz (in comparison with 3.15GHz/2.96GHz on the “for Galaxy” variant), and two Efficiency Cortex-A520 CPU cores with a clock velocity of two.3GHz (in comparison with 2.27GHz on the “for Galaxy” chipset). The tipster provides that the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 for Galaxy will embody an overclocked GPU “for higher AI.”
Tipster Yogesh Brar compares the two Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 variants
So if Brar’s data is legit, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 for Galaxy may have an overclocked Prime core and underclocked Performance and Efficiency cores. It is not clear why Qualcomm would do that contemplating that final 12 months the solely distinction between the non-Galaxy and the “for Galaxy” chipset was the overclocked Prime core.
The most up-to-date widespread sense rumor has Samsung equipping the Galaxy S24 and Galaxy S24+ with the Exynos 2400 in all places however in the U.S. and China. In these markets, the telephones will sport the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 for Galaxy. And the Galaxy S24 Ultra might be powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 for Galaxy in all places.