Qualcomm is expected to announce its next-generation Snapdragon chip at its annual Snapdragon Summit tomorrow. But a new leak has revealed the full specs of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 processor ahead of time. 

According to leaked marketing materials obtained by MSPoweruser, the new SoC will offer a significant performance boost over the current Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, as well as a variety of new AI features.

First things first, it will feature a 1+5+2 core configuration, with one prime core, five performance cores, and two efficiency cores. The prime core will be clocked at up to 3.3 GHz, while the performance and efficiency cores will be clocked at up to 3.2 GHz and 2.3 GHz, respectively. It will be paired with a new Adreno 750 GPU which will be 50% more powerful than the current Adreno 740. 

Likewise, the chip will have an upgraded Hexagon neural processor (NPU) that is said to be 98% faster and 40% more efficient. This upgraded NPU will enable a variety of AI features on the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, including expanding photos, removing objects from videos, and generating AI backgrounds. Interestingly, the leaked material reveals the chip will also be able to run AI models such as Stable Diffusion and Meta’s Llama 2.

The Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 will also have some powerful gaming-related features, such as a next-generation light reflection system that allows for global illumination with ray tracing. Additionally, it will be able to handle 240 FPS gaming and upscale graphics to up to 8K resolution.

Xiaomi has already confirmed that it will be launching its Xiaomi 14 series on October 26, so we won’t have to wait long to see the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 in action.

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