Underclocked variant boosts AI, loses some features
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 High-Speed on-device Generative AI
In 2024, we’ve heard an awful lot about AI. It’s infused in just about every product announcement these days, and that continues with the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3. This new chipset is able to provide high-speed on-device generative AI with up to 10 billion parameters.
It also includes an always-sensing ISP, hyper-realistic mobile gaming, breakthrough connectivity, and lossless high-definition sound. It also supports a number of AI models, including Baichuan-7B, Llama 2, and Gemini Nano.
How does Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 compare to Snapdragon 8 Gen 3?
On the surface, it’s an underclocked with a slightly different architecture versus the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. The Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 includes one Prime core that goes up to 3.4GHz, five performance cores at up to 3.2GHz, and two efficiency cores up to 2.3GHz. The Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 uses one Prime core up to 3GHz, four performance cores up to 2.8GHz, and three efficiency cores up to 2GHz. That should lead to better battery life here.
The Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 also uses the older Snapdragon X70 5G Modem, which means that it only supports 3GPP Release 17 and not Release 18 as the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 does. That also means the theoretical downlink has been cut in half to only 5Gbps.
On the video side of things, Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 does not offer 8K video support at all. At the same time, 4K video is limited to 60fps. Night Vision video capture with RAW AI Noise Reduction in 4K 60 fps is also missing on the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3.
Basically, this is a bit of a downgrade from the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, which should make the component cheaper for OEMs to buy and put in their phones. We’ll have to wait for the first Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 phones to see if that cost savings is passed onto the consumer or not.
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 High-Speed on-device Generative AI
In 2024, we’ve heard an awful lot about AI. It’s infused in just about every product announcement these days, and that continues with the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3. This new chipset is able to provide high-speed on-device generative AI with up to 10 billion parameters.
It also includes an always-sensing ISP, hyper-realistic mobile gaming, breakthrough connectivity, and lossless high-definition sound. It also supports a number of AI models, including Baichuan-7B, Llama 2, and Gemini Nano.
How does Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 compare to Snapdragon 8 Gen 3?
On the surface, it’s an underclocked with a slightly different architecture versus the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. The Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 includes one Prime core that goes up to 3.4GHz, five performance cores at up to 3.2GHz, and two efficiency cores up to 2.3GHz. The Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 uses one Prime core up to 3GHz, four performance cores up to 2.8GHz, and three efficiency cores up to 2GHz. That should lead to better battery life here.
The Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 also uses the older Snapdragon X70 5G Modem, which means that it only supports 3GPP Release 17 and not Release 18 as the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 does. That also means the theoretical downlink has been cut in half to only 5Gbps.
On the video side of things, Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 does not offer 8K video support at all. At the same time, 4K video is limited to 60fps. Night Vision video capture with RAW AI Noise Reduction in 4K 60 fps is also missing on the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3.
Basically, this is a bit of a downgrade from the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, which should make the component cheaper for OEMs to buy and put in their phones. We’ll have to wait for the first Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 phones to see if that cost savings is passed onto the consumer or not.
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