Recently, it was revealed that the Galaxy S23 series would feature an enhanced version of Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset. The chipset dubbed Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy has been announced as powering the Samsung Galaxy S23 models. The chipset is manufactured by the Taiwanese semiconductor company TSMC, which is also responsible for manufacturing Apple’s A Bionic chips, known for their power efficiency.
Samsung flaunts the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy as the World’s fastest Snapdragon chipset around. Rightly so, the chipset comes with a higher clock frequency than the current model giving it a faster and more powerful performance. For clarity, the chipset features an overclocked prime Kryo CPU core running at 3.36GHz which is higher than the 3.2GHz clock frequency onboard the vanilla Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. The Adreno GPU onboard this model is also running at a higher 719MHz frequency. For reference, the GPU onboard the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 is clocked at 680MHz.
The implication of the overclocked CPU and GPU is that the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy comes with improved graphics and faster processing. The chipset is capable of real-time ray-tracing and more efficient handling of effects like bloom, depth of field, and motion blur, making the Galaxy S23 an ideal device for mobile gaming.
The overclocked CPU throws up concerns about the device overheating. Samsung is dispelling such concerns with the company revealing that the NPU on the Galaxy S23 is optimized by 40% to balance performance and power. This will in turn lead to improved battery performance. We’ll have to wait for reviews of the Galaxy S23 series to emerge to find out if this claim is factual.
In addition, the new chipset also introduces the Snapdragon Cognitive ISP. This feature enables real-time processing technology called Semantic Segmentation. The technology allows the camera to distinguish various elements in an image and optimize them in real-time. As such, the camera can automatically remove glare from glasses in a photo.
Samsung fans all over the world don’t have to worry this time around as all models of the Galaxy S23 that’ll be sold globally, including in Europe, will pack the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy chipset.
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