QualcommStrongestThe mobile phone chip Snapdragon 8Gen3 has ushered in a "flagship" product with the same origin.
On March 18, Qualcomm officially launched the third-generation Snapdragon 8s mobile platform (Snapdragon 8s Gen3). With its flagship CPU, GPU and AI performance, it fully supports powerful terminal-side generative AI functions, always-aware ISP, ultra-immersive mobile gaming experience, breakthrough connectivity and lossless HD audio.
Of course, what everyone is most concerned about is which mobile phone manufacturer will be the first to use this flagship chip.MilletLu Weibing, Group President and General Manager of Xiaomi Brand, officially announced that Xiaomi Civi4Pro will be the world's first Snapdragon 8s Gen3. At the same time, Redmi will also launch a product series equipped with this chip.
In addition, other mobile phone manufacturers such as Honor, iQOO, realme, Lenovo, etc. will also successively launch mobile phone products equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen3, which are expected to be released as early as March.
What is the strength of Snapdragon 8s Gen3?
Next, we will comprehensively analyze the Snapdragon 8s Gen3 from multiple aspects including CPU, GPU, AI, imaging, gaming, communication, and security.
CPU and GPU performance
This time, the Snapdragon 8s Gen3 uses TSMC's 4nm process technology, and the Qualcomm Kryo CPU it carries continues the same architecture as the Snapdragon 8Gen3, namely 1supercores, with a main frequency of up to 3.0GHz; 4 performance cores, with a main frequency of up to 2.8GHz; 3 efficiency cores, with a main frequency of up to 2.0GHz.
Qualcomm provided a set of data on the Snapdragon 8s Gen3 and its competitors on the GeekBench6 multi-threaded test benchmark. The CPU performance of the 8s Gen3 was ahead of the 20%.
In terms of GPU, the Snapdragon 8s Gen3 is equipped with Qualcomm Adreno GPU, which uses the same GPU architecture as the Snapdragon 8Gen2 and has excellent gaming energy efficiency performance. Based on the test results of 8 popular mobile games, the energy efficiency performance of the Snapdragon 8s Gen3 is ahead of the competing 15%.
AI capabilities
In addition to conventional CPU and GPU performance, mobile terminals, especially mobile phones, cannot avoid "AI".
Qualcomm has integrated powerful AI, especially generative AI (GenAI) capabilities, into its previous Snapdragon 8 series flagship mobile platforms. This time, the Snapdragon 8s Gen3 also pays great attention to providing powerful AI functions for mobile phone users.
Thanks to Qualcomm's industry-leading Hexagan NPU and heterogeneous computing solutions, Snapdragon 8s Gen3 achieves outstanding AI performance, with performance in AI tasks such as object detection, background blur, image segmentation, and language understanding doubled or even multiple times higher than that of competing products.
At the same time, Snapdragon 8s Gen3 supports multimodal generative AI models, supporting parametersHighestIt can reach 10 billion. Currently, this chip supports mainstream large language models such as Baichuan-7B, Google Gemini Nano, Meta Llama2 and Zhipu ChatGLM.
With the powerful GenAI capabilities integrated into the Snapdragon 8s Gen3, users can experience AI functions such as text graphics and image expansion on their phones. In addition, an AI virtual assistant can also be generated.
Imaging capabilities
In terms of imaging, the Snapdragon 8s Gen3 continues to use the three 18-bit cognitive ISPs on the Snapdragon 8Gen3, and is paired with the Hexagon NPU for heterogeneous computing. It supports real-time semantic segmentation of photos and videos, and is more accurate in identifying and segmenting objects, scenes, and people.
The always-aware camera provides users with a more convenient and faster face unlocking, mobile payment and QR code scanning experience.
Snapdragon Low-Light Video (LLV) enables phones equipped with Snapdragon 8s Gen3 to capture bright, natural, and clear images even in low-light scenes and environments.
AI-assisted imaging also has a place to play in the Snapdragon 8s Gen3, helping the phone improve experiences such as auto-exposure, auto-focus, and automatic face detection.
Gaming Ability
Gaming performance is one of the important indicators for evaluating flagship chips, and Snapdragon 8s Gen3 has also put a lot of effort into unleashing gaming performance.
The Snapdragon 8s Gen3 supports Snapdragon elite gaming, providing real-time ray tracing capabilities based on hardware acceleration, as well as ambient occlusion and high-fidelity soft shadow rendering and reflection, bringing mobile phone users a more realistic and immersive gaming experience. In addition, the Snapdragon 8s Gen3 also supports 4k native and 8k game super-resolution.
In the competition with competing products, the gaming energy efficiency of the Snapdragon 8s Gen3 with ray tracing enabled is ahead of 25%.
Other capabilities
In terms of audio, the Snapdragon 8s Gen3 is equipped with Snapdragon Sound technology, which supports ultra-clear voice and audio calls, non-stuttering in-game voice chats, and 16-bit44.1KHz CD-level lossless wireless music streaming, and can achieve a robust connection even in crowded RF environments. It is also equipped with high-definition Aqstic speaker amplification technology, which supports audio post-processing, can reduce distortion at high volumes, and achieve stereo sound effects that surpass mobile phones.
In terms of security and connection, the Snapdragon 8s Gen3 uses the Snapdragon X705G modem and RF system, supports the FastConnect 7800 mobile connection system of Wi-Fi 7, and has the world's fastest speed and the world's longest latency.lowestCommercial mobile Wi-Fi solutions.
As for whether the Snapdragon 8s Gen3 can "deliver" on the claimed improvements in various aspects of capabilities, we look forward to mobile phone manufacturers releasing new products as soon as possible to test the quality of this new Snapdragon flagship chip.