Qualcomm silently introduces Snapdragon 6 Gen 3

The latest chipset from Qualcomm is called Snapdragon 6 Gen 3, and it silently appeared on the company website during the weekend. The new mid-range platform comes to take over from the Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 as the company seemingly forgot there's no second-gen version of the 4nm chip.

The Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 brings improved AI performance for tasks like activity tracking and noise cancellation during calls. The chip is really similar to the Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 with some downgrades in the CPU and Display departments.

Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 Snapdragon 7s Gen 2
CPU 4x2.4 GHz Cortex-A78 & 4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A55 4x2.2 GHz Cortex-A78 & 4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A55 4x2.4 GHz Cortex-A78 & 4x1.95 GHz Cortex-A55
GPU Adreno 710 Adreno 710 Adreno 710
RAM Up to 3200 MHz LPDDR5 Up to 3200 MHz LPDDR5 Up to 3200 MHz LPDDR5
Display Full HD+ @ 120 Hz Full HD+ @ 120 Hz Full HD+ @ 144 Hz
ISP 12-bit 12-bit 12-bit
Camera 200 MP, 48 MP Zero Shutter Lag 200 MP, 48 MP Zero Shutter Lag 200 MP, 48 MP Zero Shutter Lag
Video 4K @ 30 fps 4K @ 30 fps 4K @ 30 fps
Local Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.2 Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.2 Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.2
Charging QuickCharge 4+ QuickCharge 4+ QuickCharge 4+
Process 4nm 4nm 4nm

Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 comes with an octa-core CPU – four 2.4 GHz Cortex-A78 cores and four 1.8 GHz Cortex-A55 cores, matching the Snapdragon 7s Gen 2's setup architecture, but the falling slightly short in the efficiency cores clock (the 7s Gen 2's run at 1.95 GHz). The other difference is that 6 Gen 3 supports displays with up to Full HD+ resolution at 120 Hz refresh rate and not 144 Hz, like the 7s.

Qualcomm used an Adreno 710 GPU, and the chip supports both the older LPDDR4X and newer LPDDR5 RAM versions but only UFS 3.1 storage. Connectivity support on the new chip also includes Bluetooth 5.2 and Wi-Fi 6E.

In the camera department, Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 can handle a 48 MP single sensor for continuos reads, 32 MP and 16 MP dual sensors or up to 200 MP photo capture.

Qualcomm did not publish an official press release about the chipset, and we don't know when the product will be available to OEMs.

Source

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Reader comments

  • Anonymous

Disappointing for sure. Switching to 4nm from 6nm bit itself should improve battery performance, I bet by 20% on average ( depending on display, drivers etc...) At same time QC will surely give a price increase. Those 6gen3 will be for ph...

Exactly. There are so many variants of 4x A78 + 4x A55 at this point and the GPUs aren't that different nor do they even matter. Just know if you buy this you are buying 4 year old technology at a new price point. You will be better off with ...

Yah am delusional, Qualcomm is delusional, Geekerwan delusional, wikichip delusional, even Tsmc themselves delusional, everyone knowledgeable is delusional but you guys who have zero data until now to back up your claims are right.