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Qualcomm’s Snapdragon processors will power nearly all of the top Android phones in 2023, and the semiconductor giant is expected to unveil its latest and greatest chipset — likely the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 — at its annual Snapdragon Summit later this year.
Qualcomm typically uses this summit to talk about its role in shaping the future of mobile, automotive, audio and mixed reality experiences, meaning we’re likely to get a better sense of how future flagship phones from the likes of Samsung, OnePlus and Xiaomi could perform as well.
Below we’ve rounded up all the latest news and rumors surrounding the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, including details on the specs, release date and the devices the chipset could soon appear in.
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Cut to the chase
- What is it? Expected to be Qualcomm’s new flagship mobile chipset
- When is it out? Rumors for Q4 2023 (i.e. between October and December)
- How much is it? As with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, Qualcomm will likely sell the 8 Gen 3 directly to OEMs (original equipment manufacturers). However, the flagship phones set to use it cost upwards of $800 / £700 / AU$1,200.
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3: release date
Qualcomm typically unveils its new and improved Snapdragon processors at its annual Snapdragon Summit, which takes place in November, and we expect the manufacturer to stay on that course in 2023 with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3.
That said, while the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 was unveiled in November and arrived in phones as early as December, Digital Chat Station (via NotebookCheck) leaked (opens in new tab)) has suggested that the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 could arrive a little earlier this year. They don’t mention specific dates, though, so we’d still expect the chipset to launch sometime between October and December.
As such, while the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 may be announced earlier than November 2023, that announcement probably won’t have much (if any) implications for the phones set to use the new chipset. We could possibly see a device with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 as early as October this year – which wouldn’t have been possible if the chipset didn’t land until November – but there aren’t many obvious candidates in that month.
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3: news and leaks
As we are still some time away from the expected launch of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 in the fourth quarter of 2023, there are few news and leaks surrounding the processor in development.
Many of the phones that use Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 – such as those in the Samsung Galaxy S23 and OnePlus 11 lines – have only recently launched too, so it’s hard to speculate on the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3’s capabilities when we’re still only just beginning to understand with that of its predecessor.
That said, we’ve already heard a few rumors about the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. Two Twitter leakers in particular – RGcloudS (opens in new tab) And Revegnus (opens in new tab) – claim to have seen detailed performance specs for the upcoming chipset, although the pair disagree on the numbers.
Both tipsters suggest that the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 will be manufactured by TSMC using its 4nm process node, but while RGcloudS expects the upcoming chipset to feature a powerful Cortex-X4 core, four performance cores and three efficiency cores – a lineup that seems on to the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 – Revegnus proposes a 1-5-2 configuration.
Snapdragon gen 3 is strong indeedBigger jump compared to previous genApparently the main contributor was the arm itself especially X4 & 1,4,3 configurations think it’s almost confirmed that gen3 for Galaxy will beat 17 frequency bionic “on paper” up to 3.7+ ghz for mobileMarch 3, 2023
To get into more detail, RGcloudS claims that this powerful core will be clocked at 3.7 GHz, which would represent a 15% speed increase over the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2’s 3.2 GHz clock speed. However, Revegnus expects the 8 Gen 3’s main core to offer the same 3.2GHz clock speed as its predecessor, albeit with the additions of an Adreno 750 GPU and Snapdragon’s X75 5G modem (which, they say, is a 20% improvement in power efficiency will result).
Snapdragon 8gen3 rumorsTSMC N4P 1 + 5 + 2 architecture, a Cortex-X4 mega-core 3.75GHzfive Cortex-A720 large core 3.0GHz two Cortex-A520 small core 2.0GHz than Snapdragon 8gen2 more than one performance core, less than the energy core efficiency . The GPU is Adreno750. pic.twitter.com/MTGOtnL46EMarch 9, 2023
For obvious reasons, it’s hard for us to judge the veracity of either claim at this stage, but it’s clear that the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 will deliver some form of significant performance improvements over the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2.
As for the phones we expect to use the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, the Samsung Galaxy S24 and its premium siblings will almost certainly top the list.
In their aforementioned tweet, RGcloudS claims that Samsung’s next flagship devices will once again feature a Galaxy-specific version of Qualcomm’s latest chipset, which they say will beat Apple’s upcoming A17 Bionic “on paper”.
In other words, phones in the Samsung Galaxy S24 line – which we expect to launch early next year – could be faster than the iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Pro and much rumored iPhone 15 Ultra. Of course, these speed gains are likely negligible, but the leak nonetheless bodes well for the performance credentials of future Android devices.
We also expect Samsung to offer Qualcomm chipsets across the board with the Samsung Galaxy S24 line. In the years leading up to the release of the S23 range, the company used either Snapdragon or Samsung Exynos processors in its flagship phones, depending on the regions customers bought them in. The lack of processor differences between regions is a big part of why we rate Samsung’s latest phones so highly so we think it would be foolish for the company to undo all that good work with its next lineup of devices from the Galaxy S series.
Aside from the above, we haven’t heard much more about the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, but we’ll update this page when we get wind of any new leaks, news, and rumours.
