Qualcomm today at its Snapdragon Summit 2023 unveiled Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC. This is the company’s next-gen flagship processor designed for the most premium Android smartphones. The Mobile Processor will be powered by Generative AI to support multi-modal generative AI models, including popular large language models (LLM), language vision models (LVM), and more. According to the company, the processors will feature in the upcoming handsets in the coming weeks.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 specifications
The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 will be based on 4nm processing technology. In addition to this, there will be a Qualcomm Kryo CPU with up to 3.3 GHz which is said to be 30% faster and 20 percent more efficient. It includes 5 performance cores (up to 3.2 GHz) and two efficiency cores(up to 3.2 GHz).
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The chipset is the company’s first to focus on Generative AI. It supports multi-modal generative AI models, including popular large language models (LLM), language vision models (LVM), and transformer network-based automatic speech recognition (ASR) up to 10B parameters. The LLM models are said to run up to 20 tokens/sec, allowing personal AI assistant can respond to you quickly.
It comes with Hexagon process NPU which is claimed with 98% faster and 40% more efficient performance. Moreover, the chipset is said to come integrated with Qualcomm Adreno GPU with 25% faster performance. The mobile processor will support 240 fps gaming on 240 Hz displays along with hardware-accelerated ray tracing in addition to global illumination.
For photography, the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SOC will powered by Samsung’s 200-megapixel image sensor. In addition to 2X and 4X zoom, all in 4K with object tracking the chip will also allow multiple video capture with support for Dolby HDR. According to Qualcomm, the AI will help in filling up photos using the Photo Expansion feature while the Video Object Eraser by Arcsoft will remove items in a video.
“Thanks to our leading Cognitive ISP, you can intelligently snap one-of-a-kind content with generative AI voice-activated photo and video editing. Plus, individually optimize different components of your shots in real-time in up to 12 layers for more detail, vibrancy, and authenticity with Semantic Segmentation— available on front and back cameras. Even in the darkest of dark, Night Vision video capture powered by AI lets you achieve incredible content, ” Qualcomm said.
Two always-sensing cameras in the front and back allow for easy QR code scanning, face unlock, and more. Whereas Two always-sensing cameras in the front and back allow for easy QR code scanning, face unlock, and more. It will also include Vlogger’s View will also allow you to share both your selfie camera and rear camera video simultaneously, putting you in the action as you share and narrate.
On the connectivity front, the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 processor will include Qualcomm FastConnect 7800 that will provide support for Bluetooth 5.4, Wi-Fi 7 802.11be, 802.11ax, 802.11ac, 802.11a/b/g/n. It will also have a Snapdragon X75 5G Modem-RF System with AI tensor accelerator that achieves better speeds, coverage, mobility, link robustness, and location accuracy.
