underclocked

Five months after announcing the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 in Maui at Snapdragon Summit, Qualcomm is back with a new processor. This is the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3. This processor is a bit of a puzzling one; according to Qualcomm, it notches in right below the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and focuses more on AI. But that’s not stopping adoption; Qualcomm says that significant OEMs, including HONOR, iQOO, realm, Redmi, and Xiaomi, will be launching devices with the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 in “the coming months.” Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 supports…

A new Realme is on its way with model number RMX3700. The smartphone, rumored to arrive as Realme GT Neo 5 SE, appeared on Geekbench and revealed a CPU we haven't seen before. The chipset of the phone will be a Qualcomm SM8450 (codename taro), which is the Snapdragon 8/8+ Gen 1, but the CPU is underclocked, suggesting yet another version of the platform. The most plausible answer is an underclocked chip with the same name with the prime Cortex-X2 processor core at 2.92GHz, while the trio of Cortex-A710 cores is…

A new Realme is on its way with model number RMX3700. The smartphone, rumored to arrive as Realme GT Neo 5 SE, appeared on Geekbench and revealed a CPU we haven't seen before. The chipset of the phone will be a Qualcomm SM8450 (codename taro), which is the Snapdragon 8/8+ Gen 1, but the CPU is underclocked, suggesting yet another version of the platform. The most plausible answer is an underclocked chip with the same name with the prime Cortex-X2 processor core at 2.92GHz, while the trio of Cortex-A710 cores is…

Oppo officially confirmed that the Reno9 series will feature a Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chipset, though that is probably reserved for the Pro+ model. It is exactly this model that was discovered by the AnTuTu teams, doing benchmarks a couple of days before its official launch. The phone posted a total score of 1,094,959. That is pretty much on the level with what other phones with this chip have achieved, but there is a surprise – the unit that ran the test had an under-clocked chipset. Maybe this was with a power saving…