Qualcomm unveiled the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 towards the end of last year and we’ve already seen it under the hood of many flagship phones. Undoubtedly, the processor is a significant upgrade over the 8 Gen 1 SoC both in terms of performance and efficiency. Rumors are rife that Qualcomm will push the envelope further with the upcoming Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, scheduled for the last quarter of the year. The latest piece of info suggests the chipset will get a 50% boost in its GPU performance. Here are the details.
As claimed by noted tipster Digital Chat Station, Qualcomm is planning to introduce the forthcoming Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 with a significantly more powerful GPU than the existing Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, which gets the Adreno 740. As per the tipster, the GPU, which could be called the Adreno 750 for obvious reasons, will offer 50% better performance than its predecessor.
Mr. Chat Station notes that the difference in GPU performance between the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and Apple’s A16 is already quite significant, and it seems that the next generation Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip will maintain its lead over Apple’s upcoming A17 chip in the GPU department.
From what we know so far, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 will feature a unique 2+3+2+1 architecture, although specific clock frequencies are not yet available. It is reported to achieve a multi-core score of approximately 6,500 points and a single-core score of around 1,800 points on Geekbench. Further, it is expected to continue using the 5 nm class node (N4P) from TSMC.
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