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The Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 is expected to arrive later this year, and it will allegedly be an “excellent SoC”. This information comes from Ice Universe, one of the most prominent tipsters out there.
The Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 will be an “excellent SoC”, as details surface
He went to Twitter to say that, and also share some details about the processor itself. The Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 will allegedly use a 1+5+2 setup, so it will be an octa-core CPU. The Adreno 750 GPU will be in charge of graphics processing.
The tipster also says that the performance “has been greatly improved”. In other words, it will be a better performer than its predecessor. Ice Universe also mentioned that you’ll get 10MB of L3 cache here.
To wrap things up, the tipster said the following: “This generation will maintain the overall energy efficiency of 8Gen2”. That is great, as the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 is a very efficient processor.
The Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 and Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 turned out to be outstanding. If what Ice Universe says is true, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 will be as well. It’s nice to see that Qualcomm found its footing, following the not-so-great Snapdragon 8 Gen 1.
Many smartphone OEMs will utilize the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 next year
This processor, needless to say, will be utilized by a ton of companies. The Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 is included in the vast majority of proper streamlined flagship smartphones this year. The same will likely be the case with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, but next year.
The Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 could actually arrive sooner than expected. The Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 launched on November 16, while the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 is tipped to arrive in late October. That would be rather early considering what happened in previous years, but there you go.
Qualcomm is also rumored to skip the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 2 entirely. The company usually launches two flagship processors a year, but the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 is so great that the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 2 is completely unnecessary, it would seem.