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TL;DR
- A brand new leak has make clear the SoC configuration of what’s anticipated to be the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3.
- In response to data from this leak, the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 might be positioned between the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and the Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 2.
Qualcomm switched to a clear naming scheme a number of years in the past, utilizing numbers like 4, 6, 7, and eight to point the positioning of the SoC lineup and a generational suffix to point yearly releases. This clear naming scheme labored for some time, however the firm is again on observe to cluttering it with extra complicated placements. A brand new leak means that Qualcomm is engaged on a Snapdragon 8s Gen 3, and from the seems of it, it gained’t be higher than the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 used on high-end Android flagships.
Leaker Digital Chat Station has shared the clock speeds of an upcoming Qualcomm SoC with the codename SM8635 and tentative advertising identify Snapdragon 8s Gen 3.
Digital Chat Station on Weibo
This leak for the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 suggests it may include a Cortex-X4 prime core clocked at 3.01GHz, 4 Cortex-A720 efficiency cores clocked at 2.61GHz, and three Cortex-A520 effectivity cores clocked at 1.84GHz. The SoC may additionally include the Adreno 735 SoC.
Whereas these clock speeds are additionally new data, what grinds our gears is that the brand new SoC isn’t higher than the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, as per the leaked data obtainable to this point. The clock speeds are decrease, the codename is positioned decrease (SM8635 vs 8 Gen 3’s SM8650), and the GPU can be positioned decrease (Adreno 735 vs 8 Gen 3’s Adreno 750).
Thus, the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 might be positioned between the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, which matches in opposition to the standard conference when utilizing “S” as a suffix (as popularized by Apple to point an incremental improve). Needless to say Qualcomm additionally has a “for Galaxy“/”Plus” model that sits above the flagship SoC, and you may see the flagship lineup getting clogged with a “simplified” branding that’s sadly everywhere.
As soon as the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 launches, that is how Qualcomm’s lineup may seem, going from strongest to much less highly effective:
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 for Galaxy
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
- Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy / Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 2
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
- Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
There’s a likelihood that Qualcomm will find yourself branding this SoC otherwise at launch. However there may be additionally priority to point that Qualcomm embraces confusion. Go one degree beneath the flagship SoC lineup, and you may see the inconsistency and lack of foresight in branding. There’s a Snapdragon 7 Gen 3, which slots between the Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 and the Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2, however no Snapdragon 7 Gen 2 is to be discovered. Going from strongest to much less highly effective, the premium mid-range lineup seems like this:
- Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
- Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
- Snapdragon 7s Gen 2
- Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
We hope Qualcomm considers one other branding cleanup for its SoCs when it releases the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3, because it has turn out to be difficult to maintain observe of the place its SoCs place in opposition to one another.
