New Snapdragon G3 Gen 3 will power handheld consoles, features Lumen and ray tracing support

17 March 2025
Qualcomm also unveiled the Snapdragon G2 Gen 2 with massive performance improvements and a G1 Gen 2, which is focused on cloud gaming. 

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Anonymous, 19 Mar 2025"The CPU has a different mix of cores (1+4+3 instead o... moreG1 Gen2 is based on Snapdragon 4 Gen 2, most likely an overclocked version.
G2 Gen 2 is based on Snapdragon 7+ gen 3, most likely an overclocked version.
G3 Gen 3 is based on Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, most likely an overclocked version.

    Naming is absolutely disaster, half of the time was confusing to what chip I am reading here about which chip is what 🙂

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      • 20 Mar 2025

      Anonymous, 19 Mar 2025"The CPU has a different mix of cores (1+4+3 instead o... moreThe CPU will be kyro.

        Evil crash bandicoot, 19 Mar 2025Steam deck is thing And Android phone with snapdragon g... moreThe day devs start porting their games for WoA is the day we'll see Windows handheld consoles running on ARM.

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          • 19 Mar 2025

          403 Forbidden, 18 Mar 2025> steamdeck will have better high quality game for those... moreSteam deck is thing
          And
          Android phone with snapdragon ge3 gen3
          Is other thing
          And i am sure we will never see steam deck or ally had snapdragon but the new ally is xbox

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            • Anonymous
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            • 19 Mar 2025

            "The CPU has a different mix of cores (1+4+3 instead of 1+5+2), but Qualcomm doesn’t offer details about what cores are used (Kryo or Oryon?)."
            Did you even look at the image? GSMArena quality.

            My comment was deleted 3 times. GSMArena, you can keep deleting my comment. I'll just post it again to let everyone knows that you're pathetic.

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              • 19 Mar 2025

              Hemedans, 18 Mar 2025Let's say Samsung Anounced S25, They will only mention... moreWhat you said is only true for devices that aren't officially available in a country, so local shops have to import them, and naturally the prices will be more expensive than official prices. For devices that are officially available in a country, the companies can set prices for that country. They don't have to be the USD prices plus taxes in that country.

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                • 19 Mar 2025

                I really think that snapdragon need a real linux support
                If this snapdragon can run linux & steamdexj
                It will really be a good device

                2nd
                Qualcomm need to support the kernel even longer
                Buying a stemdeck with Ryzen guarantee that i can use it with the newest kernel for many years.
                Meanwhile in android world.... Kernel stuck at certain version

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                  • Anonymous
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                  • 19 Mar 2025

                  403 Forbidden, 18 Mar 2025Paying $70 for a LICENSE of a game isn't any better if... moreGoG exists, and you can always raise the black flag.
                  Online "singleplayer" games like gachaslop you spend far more than $70 on is much much worse. Server goes down permanently, money stolen.

                  Like another person said, the good phone games tend to be emulated roms from other systems... or PC ports. Android and good games are almost antithetical each other. The argument you can make for phone games are they're convenient and you already spent money on a phone - but that means you aren't using your phone as an actual phone when you're playing a game, have a device with multiple functions sharing the same battery life, and you're centralizing how you interact with technology into one object.

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                    • Anonymous
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                    • 18 Mar 2025

                    403 Forbidden, 18 Mar 2025> steamdeck will have better high quality game for those... moreBut this snapdragon consoles will cost an arm and a leg
                    It will be certainly more expensive than stemdeck
                    And it will be redundant if you already have a good smartphone

                      Droideka75 , 18 Mar 2025The only country that doesn't include tax in the price... moreLet's say Samsung Anounced S25, They will only mention msrp of famous places like Usa, Europe, India etc. Do they mention price of Kenya, Chad, Bolivia, Uzbekistan? No they don't, how do you estimate local price? You take Msrp of Usa + duty/Tax. It has always been like that.

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                        • 18 Mar 2025

                        Hemedans, 18 Mar 2025If Xiaomi anounce phone for $300, and country has 10% tax t... moreThe only country that doesn't include tax in the price is USA. That's not normal. Normal is rest of the world. For 99% of transactions it's simpler to do it that way.

                        Don't know where you got the notion tax not included is the norm.

                          Anonymous, 18 Mar 2025Imagine comparing genshin to actual PC games. It doesn'... morePaying $70 for a LICENSE of a game isn't any better if you think about it.

                          Looking at you, MS Flight Simulator.

                            Anonymous, 17 Mar 2025Yeah, But not yeahhhh The reason mobile game generate more... more> steamdeck will have better high quality game for those that want AAA game.
                            ... and 3 hours of battery life. That's the best part.

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                              • 18 Mar 2025

                              Anonymous, 18 Mar 2025Source?Lookup the benchmarks. Compare scores and soc codenames that show up in them. Like in geekbench.

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                                • 18 Mar 2025

                                [deleted post]LOL
                                I write here a couple of time asking them why dead brand still up so high
                                such as Nokia (Left most, 4th row), Sony, LG, HTC, Microsoft, etc
                                And they also always delete it.
                                lol

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                                  • 18 Mar 2025

                                  yjfoeg, 18 Mar 2025The cost of making a separate die (and actually THREE dies)... moreThey are based on the Snapdragon 8 SoCs, but they aren't the same. The GPUs are different.

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                                    • 18 Mar 2025

                                    Hemedans, 18 Mar 2025If Xiaomi anounce phone for $300, and country has 10% tax t... moreRegional pricing is a thing. The USD price doesn't have to be the primary price. There doesn't need to be a primary price at all. Companies can set different prices in different regions. Anyway, the AYN Odin 2 Pro in my region is about $480. It's still a good deal.

                                      If the Qualcomm launch this SoC. The future of Windows gaming or Mac gaming using Arm is bright

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                                        • 18 Mar 2025

                                        Barely anyone here is bringing up emulation. The highest-end chip should not only handle some PS3 and Wii U emulation with the upcoming Android builds of RPCS3 and CEMU, but it would also do really well with Winlator for PC games.