After multiple announcements and rumors about Qualcomm’s latest chipset, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3’s full specs are now revealed in the Snapdragon Summit.
Qualcomm has created the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset for generative AI specifically. This makes this chipset the most powerful processor in the mobile market.
The Gen 3 is said to be 20% more efficient and 30% faster than the Gen 2 chipset. Built on a 4nm process, it comes with 1 Cortex-X4 prime core running at 3.3 GHz, five performance cores with 3.2 GHz, and 2 efficiency cores with speeds up to 2.3 GHz.
LPDDR5x memory is supported in this chipset with up to 4,800 MHz with up to 24GB. It can also support WiFi-7 that clocks out at 6 GHz.
Here are the full specs of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3:
| Artificial Intelligence | Qualcomm® AI Engine • Qualcomm® Adreno™ GPU • Qualcomm® Kryo™ CPU • Qualcomm® Hexagon™ NPU • Fused AI accelerator architecture • Hexagon scalar, vector, and tensor accelerators • Hexagon Direct Link • Upgraded Micro Tile Inferencing • Upgraded power delivery system • Support for mix precision (INT8+INT16) • Support for all precisions (INT4, INT8, INT16, FP16)Qualcomm® Sensing Hub • Dual micro NPUs for audio and sensors • Dual Always-Sensing ISPs to support two concurrent Always-Sensing Cameras • Support for INT4 precision |
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| CPU | Qualcomm® Kyro™ CPU • 64-bit Architecture • 1 Prime core, up to 3.3 GHz • 5 Performance cores, up to 3.2 GHz • 2 Efficiency cores, up to 2.3 GHz |
| Visual Subsystem | Adreno GPU • Real-time Hardware-Accelerated Ray Tracing with Global Illumination • Support for Unreal Engine 5 Lumen Global Illumination and Reflections System • Snapdragon Game Super Resolution • Adreno Frame Motion Engine 2.0 • Snapdragon Game Post Processing Accelerator • HDR gaming (10-bit color depth, Rec. 2020 color gamut) • Snapdragon Shadow Denoiser • API support: OpenGL® ES 3.2, OpenCL™ 2.0 FP, Vulkan® 1.3 • Hardware-accelerated H.265, VP9, AV1 decoder • HDR Playback Codec support for HDR10+, HDR10, HLG, and Dolby Vision |
| 5G Modem-RF System | Snapdragon® X75 5G Modem-RF System |
| Memory | • Memory Density: Up to 24 GB • Support for LP-DDR5x memory, up to 4800 MHz |
| Wi-Fi & Bluetooth | Qualcomm® FastConnect™ 7800 System • Wi-Fi Generation: Wi-Fi 7 • Peak Speed: 5.8 Gbps • 802.11be, 802.11ax, 802.11ac, 802.11a/b/g/n • Wi-Fi Spectral Bands: 6 Ghz, 5 GHz, 2.4 GHz • Channel Bandwidth: 320/240/160/80/40/20 MHz • 8-stream sounding (for 8×8 MU-MIMO) • MIMO Configuration: 2×2 (2-stream) • MU-MIMO (Uplink & Downlink) • 4K QAM • OFDMA (Uplink & Downlink) • High Band Simultaneous (HBS) Multi-Link • Wi-Fi Security: WPA3-Enterprise, WPA3-Enhanced Open, WPA3 Easy Connect, WPA3-Personal Integrated Bluetooth • Bluetooth Audio: Snapdragon Sound™ Technology with support for Qualcomm XPAN Technology, Qualcomm® aptX™ Voice, aptX Lossless, aptX Adaptive, and LE Audio • Bluetooth Features: Bluetooth 5.4, LE Audio, Dual Bluetooth antennas |
| Display | On-Device Display Support: • 4K @ 60 Hz • QHD+ @ 144 Hz Maximum External Display Support: • Up to 8K @ 30 Hz • Up to 1080 @ 240 Hz Variable Refresh Rate support for 240 Hz to 1 Hz • 10-bit color depth, Rec. 2020 color gamut • HDR10, HDR10+, HDR vivid, and Dolby Vision |
| Audio | • Qualcomm Aqstic™ audio codec • Qualcomm Aqstic smart speaker amplifier • Total Harmonic Distortion + Noise (THD+N) • Playback: -108dB • Qualcomm® Audio and Voice Communication Suite • Spatial audio with head-tracking |
| Camera | Qualcomm Spectra™ Image Signal Processor • Cognitive ISP, Triple 18-bit ISPs • Up to 36 MP triple camera @ 30 FPS with Zero Shutter Lag Up to 64+36 MP dual camera @ 30 FPS with Zero Shutter Lag • Up to 108 MP single camera @ 30 FPS with Zero Shutter Lag • 8K HDR video capture + 64 MP photo capture @ 30 FPS 4K video capture @ 120 FPS |
| USB | Version 3.1 Gen 2; USB Type-C Support |
Rumor has it that Samsung’s next flagship phone, the Galaxy S24, may have the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 powering it.
