Qualcomm's next flagship SoC ``Snapdragon 8 Gen 3'' may emphasize generation AI performance
MSPoweruser, an IT news site, independently obtained internal documents and reports on the specifications of the next flagship SoC ' Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 ' developed by semiconductor manufacturer Qualcomm for Android smartphones.
EXCLUSIVE: Here is Qualcomm's new Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 (Full Specs) - MSPoweruser
Qualcomm's next big Snapdragon chip has leaked, and it's full of AI features - The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/23/23928452/snapdragon-8-gen-3-leak-specs-ai-features-qualcomm
According to MSPoweruser, the specifications of Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 are as follows.
| CPU | Qualcomm Kyro CPU 64-bit architecture, 4nm manufacturing process, 1 prime core (up to 3.3 GHz), 5 high-performance cores (up to 3.2 GHz), 2 high-efficiency cores (up to 2.3 GHz) |
| GPU | Adreno GPU ・Real-time hardware acceleration ray tracing compatible ・Unreal Engine 5 Lumen compatible ・Snapdragon Game Super Resolution ・Snapdragon Shadow Denoiser ・Snapdragon Game Post Processing Accelerator ・Adreno Frame Motion Engine 2.0 ・HDR gaming (10-bit color depth, Rec. 2020 color gamut) ・HDR10+, HDR10, HLG, Dolby Vision compatible ・Supported API: OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 2.0 FP, Vulkan 1.3 ・High-speed hardware decoder for H.265, VP9, and AV1 |
| display | On-device display support 4K/60Hz, 3K(QHD+)/144Hz External display support up to 8K/30Hz, 1080p/240Hz |
| camera | ISP: Qualcomm Spectra • Cognitive ISP ・Equipped with 3 18-bit ISPs ・Maximum 36 MP cameras x 3 (30fps, zero shutter lag) ・Maximum 64MP + 36 MP dual camera (30fps, zero shutter lag) ・Up to 108 MP single camera (30fps, zero shutter lag) ・8K HDR video capture +64 MP photo capture (30fps) 4K video capture (120fps) |
| A.I. | Equipped with Qualcomm AI Engine/Qualcomm Adreno GPU ・Qualcomm Kyro CPU ・Qualcomm Hexagon NPU, 98% faster and 40% more efficient ・Fused AI accelerator architecture ・Hexagon scaler, vector, tensor accelerator ・Hexagon Direct Link Equipped with Qualcomm Sensing Hub Qualcomm AI Stock Pytorch ExecuTorch compatible Meta Llama 2/Baichuan First support for multi-modality generation AI over 20 tokens per second |
| 5G modem | Snapdragon X75 5G Modem-RF System |
| memory | ・Supports up to 24GB ・Supports LP-DDR5x memory, up to 4800 MHz |
| Wi-Fi and Bluetooth | Qualcomm FastConnect 7800 system - Wi-Fi 7 compatible, peak speed 5.8 Gbps ・802.11be, 802.11ax, 802.11ac, 802.11a/b/g/n ・Frequency band: 6 GHz, 5 GHz, 2.4 GHz ・Channel bandwidth: 320/240/160/80/40/20MHz Bluetooth 5.4, LE Audio compatible |
| USB | Compatible with USB 3.1 Gen 2 (maximum transfer speed 10Gbps), USB Type-C support |
The noteworthy point in the above specs is the AI function, and in the marketing materials published by MSPoweruser, Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 was appealing about the execution performance of Llama 2 , Meta's large-scale language model.
Qualcomm has released the following demo video that runs Stable Diffusion on the previous generation Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, and it seems that the current Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 is focusing on further improving AI processing power.
World's first on-device demonstration of Stable Diffusion on an Android phone - YouTube
This Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 may be first installed in Samsung's Galaxy S24 series, which is expected to be released in the first half of 2024. Details of Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 are expected to be announced at Qualcomm's event ' Snapdragon Summit 2023 ' to be held at around 4:00 a.m. on Wednesday, October 25, 2023, Japan time.
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