Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 unveiled: faster, more efficient, with ray tracing and Wi-Fi 7

15 November 2022
There are performance improvements on all fronts, but Qualcomm stayed focused on efficiency. There are also AI and modem improvements. 

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  • 19 Nov 2022

joonius, 18 Nov 2022XD I'm still with WIFI called WIFI with no number atta... morethat would be probably wifi 4 or 5 ... in past they didn't titled wifi with numbers but now they upgraded titles even for older wifis
wfi 6 = ax
wifi 5 = ac
wifi 4 = n
wifi 3 = g
wifi 2 = b
wifi 2 =a

    Wait..... 8 Gen 2 only supports 4K 60hz on-device display?

    Does anyone know if that's a downgrade from the 8 Gen 1?

    In other words did the Xperia 1 IV run 4K at 60hz? If that phone ran 4K in 120hz then it's totally a downgrade.

      Anonymous, 17 Nov 2022Why are the comments in GSM Arena posts are toxic in genera... morePeople have nothing better to say so they say something negative to start a conversation, is what I always think to myself.

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        • 18 Nov 2022

        AnonD-1058210, 18 Nov 2022Jeeesuus WiFi 7... 🤦‍♂️ I just started using WiFi 6 3 mo... moreXD I'm still with WIFI called WIFI with no number attached to it...

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          • 39y
          • 18 Nov 2022

          Jeeesuus WiFi 7... 🤦‍♂️
          I just started using WiFi 6 3 months back

            Fulljack, 18 Nov 2022I'm not saying A710 are bad, all I'm saying is Qu... moreWhat market to be specific? The reason 32bit is still here its because market isnt ready, there is huge demand for people who still use 32bit app.

              Hemedans, 17 Nov 2022You cant blame any chipmaker for A710 issues, how would the... moreI'm not saying A710 are bad, all I'm saying is Qualcomm shouldn't use A710 core in their Gen 2 just for that 32-bit app support. I'm blaming Qualcomm for their lack of respect to engineering design as the market has been keep pushing to drop legacy 32-bit libraries, as their decision has been clear that it was made by MBAs and not hardware engineer.

              you should reread my comment. Qualcomm has the choice to drop A510 and A710 cores, and instead using Cortex-X3 and A715 cores but they didn't. they don't want to tweak it accordingly. I'm blaming Qualcomm incompetence in their lack of engineering to their products.

                Fulljack, 17 Nov 2022Krait are old news. why would I care about Krait cores whic... moreYou cant blame any chipmaker for A710 issues, how would they know Arm would mess up? Its not like they had any choice when they realise A710 is bad. Developing Cpu architecture take years.

                BTW Yesterday Qualcomm teased new Custom Oryon core (they rename Nuvia to Oryon) its on track to be shipped late 2023, it means early 2023 we will get preliminary benchmarks.

                And their target is 2200 geekbench single core score, by 2023 thats will be top tier perfomance,

                  Hemedans, 16 Nov 2022dont feed me words i didnt say, no where in my comment i me... moreKrait are old news. why would I care about Krait cores which last used in 2016 with Snapdragon 820? sure, it's innovative back then but Qualcomm doesn't use it anymore so what's the point?

                  I also don't care about speculation to upcoming Nuvia products. until it's released, I am 100% sceptic with its performance claim.

                  my point is Qualcomm are hindering their own innovation, as of currently, with still using older A710 cores just for that terribly old, absolutely obsolete 32-bit app, which mind you, are available in 64-bit if it's on Play Store in the past 3 years, which are 99% of app there. meanwhile, Arm small cores, which is A510 or A55 are also only efficient in terms of space. who still needs OoO cores in their flagship 2023 smartphone? it's not actually power efficient, nor it has the performance for daily tasks, which at this point only needed for idle task. should've been thrown away and just fully embrace A715 core with efficiency in mind and not pushing it past it's efficiency curve.

                  so AV1 are useful, though? because more and more videos are released on 4K, so people who watch it on their phones, tablets, or even TVs will need hardware decoding. good thing we're in agreement in this regard, then.

                  Wi-Fi and mmWave 5G are Qualcomm bread and butter, so I guess it's fine if they wanted to make it as fast as possible on their flagship even though real world performance would be much more spotty.

                    Every launch newest chipset talk about more efficient, but if you bought flagship smartphone, never gotnnormal use of such smartphones for more than 1 week. For normal use 2 days is already quite good, even most flagship smartphones charge in the morning, lasting until the evening of the same day is charged again.

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                      • 17 Nov 2022

                      chris1998, 16 Nov 2022It's that time of the year where all the ' gaming... moreI believe Xiaomi used it first last year and maybe the year before too

                        8% more efficient cpu and 12% more efficent gpu compared to 8+g1, So amazing!

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                          • 17 Nov 2022

                          Anonymous, 16 Nov 2022Always go for Snapdragon for phones and Intel for laptops t... moreActually they're not. I've used snapdragon a lot along with another proc, and they're just samely great

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                            • 17 Nov 2022

                            Samsung user, 17 Nov 2022You are definitely smoking. Samsung never put "Snapdra... moreActually no, here in indonesia they use it in their promotion page

                              Samsung user, 17 Nov 2022I dont care..poster or posting, no difference. I dont see a... moreYou do care, otherwise you wouldn't say it.! xD

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                                • 17 Nov 2022

                                Olympus Oms, 17 Nov 2022Said the K1dd0 who calls an internet picture for a poster. ... moreI dont care..poster or posting, no difference. I dont see any reason to hear opinion from kid like you.

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                                  • 17 Nov 2022

                                  All we need now is a flagship phone that offers both Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and Dimensity 9200 option. I'm really waiting for Vivo's upcoming X90 series.

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                                    • 17 Nov 2022

                                    Apple chip engineers: Let the peasants eat our scraps

                                      Samsung user, 17 Nov 2022You are definitely smoking. Samsung never put "Snapdra... moreSaid the K1dd0 who calls an internet picture for a poster. Good job. But since I'm smoking, you must have a lot of experience in that area? Sounds so. Hmm

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                                        • 17 Nov 2022

                                        Why are the comments in GSM Arena posts are toxic in general? I can't see much positive comments on almost all articles 🤣🤣

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