The Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 is here - Cortex-X4, 4nm, Generative AI, 240fps graphics

24 October 2023
Along with enhanced camera capabilities. The first Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 devices are coming in weeks.

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  • Anonymous
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  • 24 Oct 2023

Iphone 16 pro should use it.
Better GPU, better ISP, less heat.

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    • Ki124
    • CbF
    • 24 Oct 2023

    I use Galaxy S22 with SD 8g1,seemingly one of worst SoCs that Qualcomm created recently. Most of you would think that it'd be a horrible experience to have such crap inside your device. But everything seems fine untill now. Except gaming,I don't see my phone to slow down or lag for even a instant or be owing unnecessary hot pointlessly. Sure it gets hot while using camera,Hotspot,heavy gaming & battery life is on lower side but besides these specific use cases,the phone remains comfortable even in 40-42°C.
    What most people fail to comprehend is that despite not being the best out there but 8G1 is still a flagship SoC & it's still far better than any midrange when it comes to performance or efficiency (except 7+Gen2 & Dimensity 8100/8200 obviously)

    & 8G2 improved significantly eliminating major shortcomings of 8g1 making it one of the best smartphone SoCs out there.

    So now 8g3 seems generation improvement only.
    Nothing more,Nothing less.

    Don't get me wrong,all these improvements & claims are fine but since we've come to a point where increasing RAW HP seems almost wasted efforts
    So instead focusing on to blindly increase RAW performance,chip makers & software developers should find ways to better utimise availabe resources,like-
    1. Better optimisation of SoC & software/Apps.
    2. Improve overall efficency.
    3. Minimise Idle battery drain.
    4. Improve Ray-tracing performance.
    5. Intelligent workload optimisation.
    6. Improving overall picture quality,better rendition of details & colours.
    7. Qbility to tune your Smartphone SoC to suit your use case & power requirements.

      Samsung not listed in the partner section. Idk if that's an omission in the article or if Samsung aren't partnering with them for the S24 range. Probably just the Samsung S24 ultra that will get the new chip and the other 2 get exynos chips. That would also explain why Samsung are "compensating" by giving ltpo to the other 2 S phones.

        Snapdragon and Qualcomm are the King 👑 of the World ‼️

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          • Anonymous
          • mpi
          • 24 Oct 2023

          Darth Caesium, 24 Oct 2023"Audiophiles will be glad to know that the new chip ca... moreIt boggles your mind that Bluetooth is on par with mp3 and Spotify?

            Caeruleum7125, 24 Oct 2023Qualcomm isn't that stupid. Their current strategy of ... moreIt's business they care about yields more than performance/efficient. The reason they left Samsung is because of yields, they will return to Samsung if yields are comparable to Tsmc.

            Plenty of Rumors Qualcomm will be back to Samsung if yields reach 70% for their 3nm

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              • Boertje
              • J8a
              • 24 Oct 2023

              Sounds good 9.2 watt soc compared to 11.5 watt of the gen 2.

                Caeruleum7125, 24 Oct 2023It's cool and all that they're making more and mo... moreMore performance means more efficient and easy to do small task hence better battery life.

                SD 8 Gen 2 was best soc for battery life among flagship, and 8 Gen 3 will be even better.

                  Spanky, 24 Oct 2023Excellent! Who manufactures it, though? Samsung? Just so pe... moretsmc

                    Darth Caesium, 24 Oct 2023"Audiophiles will be glad to know that the new chip ca... moreActually, I’d MUCH rather prefer ultra-low latency (practically negligible). 96KHz is enough for me.

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                      • Mrn
                      • 24 Oct 2023

                      Darth Caesium, 24 Oct 2023"Audiophiles will be glad to know that the new chip ca... moreQualcomm Snapdragon Sound S7 Pro promises headphone revolution thanks to 24-bit 192 kHz Lossless streaming

                        Spanky, 24 Oct 2023Excellent! Who manufactures it, though? Samsung? Just so pe... moreQualcomm isn't that stupid. Their current strategy of making the flagship ships from TSMC and the low-end ones from Samsung (see the SD 6 Gen 1) is working pretty well.

                          It's cool and all that they're making more and more powerful chips, but what do people even do with them? There are like... four or five actually demanding games on mobile and demanding doesn't equal good. I guess you could say "a smoother experience" is a valid reason for buying a new phone with one of these, but all that does is highlight how incompetent Android developers are nowadays. Smartphone chips should be focusing on battery life now. Advancements in CPU/GPU power are going to provide even less actual returns as the years go on. I don't get it.

                            Excellent! Who manufactures it, though? Samsung? Just so people know if they will need a fire extinguisher with it too.

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                              • Kiya
                              • Yet
                              • 24 Oct 2023

                              There is no cooperation with Samsung?

                                "Audiophiles will be glad to know that the new chip can deliver 24-bit 96 kHz lossless music over Bluetooth."

                                At least give me 24-bit 192kHz lossless over Bluetooth. Preferably 32-bit 384kHz lossless over Bluetooth. It boggles my mind how far we've gone back with Bluetooth audio. It should not have been a thing until ALL of the compromises and kinks were sorted out.

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                                  • gDU
                                  • 24 Oct 2023

                                  Bionic is the best Chip

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