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But perhaps it will be cheaper The Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 single-chip system turned out to be very productive, but the Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 may not bring any significant increase in power.  [caption id="attachment_82317" align="aligncenter" width="780"] Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2[/caption] Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 may be even weaker - this is indicated by the characteristics According to insider Digital Chat Station, the new platform will have a 1 + 3 + 4 configuration, which is similar to the current SoC. The frequencies of the new platform will be 2.63, 2.4 and 1.8 GHz, respectively, while the current one is 2.91, 2.49 and 1.8 GHz, that is, the frequency of the super core will be lowered, and the frequency of large cores will increase. In addition, the Andreno 720 will be used instead of the Adreno 725 GPU. As a result, the new platform may turn out to be even less productive than the existing one, despite the name.  Perhaps the new SoC will be cheaper, which will allow it to become more attractive to smartphone manufacturers, because now Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 is installed in only a few models.  Digital Chat Station was previously the first to accurately report the specifications and release dates of the Redmi K30, K40, Xiaomi Mi 10 and Mi 11.

The regular Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 appears to have a GPU clock of 770 MHz Samsung Galaxy S24 smartphones, as you know, will also receive SoC Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 . But, as in the current generation, it will be a special version of Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 for Galaxy.  [caption id="attachment_79607" align="aligncenter" width="780"] Snapdragon SoC[/caption] Insider Ice Universe reports that the Adreno 750 graphics core in this platform will operate at a frequency of 1 GHz! Qualcomm itself does not indicate the GPU frequency in the regular Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, but third-party sources talk about 770 MHz. That is, the increase will be very impressive.   1 GHz for GPU in Snapdragon SoC. True, as we know from the example of the same Galaxy S23, and from many other smartphones, the declared frequencies are not at all a guarantee of a certain performance, since everything depends on the temperature regime. The same Galaxy S23, with the overclocked Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy, lost in tests to many smartphones with the regular Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 simply because the latter had better cooling.  Separately, we can recall that the first consumer GPU with a frequency of 1 GHz was the Cape Verde XT based on the Radeon HD 7770 video card, which was released in 2012. It was a GPU with 1.5 billion transistors, which was produced using a 28 nm process technology. At the same time, AMD promised to conquer 1 GHz back in 2009 before the release of the Radeon HD 4890, but the card was released with a core frequency of 850 MHz, and it took another three years for it to finally reach 1 GHz.  Ice Universe was the first to accurately talk about the new trend for smartphones with waterfall screens, about the bangs in the iPhone X, about the new design of the iPhone 14 and about Samsung’s 200-megapixel image sensor.

There are too few tests yet As you know, in some markets the younger models of the Samsung Galaxy S24 line will be sold with SoC Exynos 2400. And Samsung claims that the graphics processor of this platform is more powerful than that of competitors’ solutions.  [caption id="attachment_76195" align="aligncenter" width="780"] Snapdragon 8 Gen 3[/caption] More precisely, this was stated by the president of the Samsung LSI division.  Will the Exynos 2400 be faster than Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 in games? Exynos 2400 will be installed in smartphones released next year. It will perform well as it has better GPU performance than the competition. Let's remember that we are talking about the Xclipse 940 GPU based on the RDNA 3 architecture. According to a statement from Samsung's top manager, this GPU should be more productive than the Adreno 750 in the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC. At least in the first tests that are already on the Internet, the graphics core of The Exynos 2400 can be either as good as the Adreno 750 (in the OpenCL test) or behind the latter (in the Vulkan test).   We will be able to evaluate the capabilities of the Exynos 2400 only next year when new Samsung products are released, but the first devices based on Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 will appear on the market shortly.

The announcement will take place on October 26 There are only a few days left before the Qualcomm press conference, but the characteristics of the single-chip Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 were leaked online earlier. MSPowerUser published a leaked press slide, highlighting that the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 is built on a “1+5+2” architecture and is mass-produced on a 4nm process. The processor is 30% faster and 20 percent more energy efficient than its predecessor. As for the Adreno 750 GPU, it is 25% faster and more efficient than the previous generation. [caption id="attachment_73458" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Snapdragon 8 Gen 3[/caption] Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 leaked before announcement This time around, the chipset maker has also invested heavily in GPU scaling, allowing games to be played at 8K resolution. The SoC supports features such as global illumination and ray tracing. Qualcomm equipped the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 with support for Unreal Engine 5, as well as Snapdragon Game Super Resolution. The Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 will support 1080p resolution at up to 240 fps, but it is not yet known which games will run at this frequency. Claimed to be improved support for artificial intelligence applications, the Hexagon NPU is 98% faster and 40% more efficient than the previous iteration. The Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 will feature Qualcomm's next-generation 5G modem, delivering 10Gbps downlink and 3.5Gbps uplink speeds. The SoC will also support Wi-Fi 7 and can reach speeds of 5.8 Gbps. In addition, support for USB 3.1 Gen 2 with a maximum bandwidth of 10 Gbps is announced, just like the A17 Pro USB controller. This update means that Android flagships with a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 processor and support for the aforementioned specification can be connected to an external display. [caption id="attachment_73459" align="aligncenter" width="780"] Snapdragon 8 Gen 3[/caption] The presentation of Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 is expected on October 26.

Smartphone running Android 14 with 16/512 GB of memory The Dimensity 9300 single-chip system demonstrated its capabilities in the popular AnTuTu benchmark. The result was published by Insider Ice Universe. The tested device ran the Android 14 operating system and is equipped with Dimensity 9300, 16 GB of RAM, and 512 GB of flash memory. The result was more than 2 million points. And, judging by the first comments on social networks, this is significantly more than the upcoming Snapdragon 8 Gen3. [caption id="attachment_73233" align="aligncenter" width="342"] Snapdragon 8 Gen3[/caption] Qualcomm is making people nervous even before the announcement of the Snapdragon 8 Gen3. According to preliminary data, the Dimensity 9300 architecture will be very different from the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, since it will include four Arm Cortex-X4 supercars - the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 will have only one such core. Ice Universe was the first to accurately talk about the new trend for smartphones with waterfall screens, about the bangs in the iPhone X, the new design of the iPhone 14 with the Dynamic Island cutout, and different 200-megapixel image sensors. Snapdragon 8 Gen3 will be presented on October 26, and Xiaomi 14 will be announced on the same day.

On RDNA 2 architecture Samsung does use AMD architecture-based GPUs in its non-top-end Exynos SoCs. The Exynos 1480 platform has appeared on the Internet, and it has an Xclipse 530 GPU. [caption id="attachment_71738" align="aligncenter" width="780"] Samsung Exynos 1480 SoC[/caption] The characteristics of the GPU are unknown, but it is known that it is based on the RDNA 2 architecture, while the Exynos 2400 will receive the Xclipse 940 GPU based on the RDNA 3 architecture. Samsung Exynos 1480 SoC will receive Xclipse 530 GPU As for the processor part, the new platform will receive four large cores with a frequency of 2.75 GHz and four small ones with a frequency of 2.05 GHz. What exactly these nuclei are is still unknown. In Geekbench 6, the new SoC scores 882 and 2808 points in single-threaded and multi-threaded modes, respectively, but this is even less than the Exynos 1380, so the results are hardly worth paying attention to.

Tech Day 2023 will take place today Samsung allegedly confirmed that it will present the Exynos 2400 single-chip system today, at the Tech Day 2023 event, as reported by trusted insider Ice Universe. Earlier, information appeared that Samsung is considering the possibility of developing its own unique graphics processor, which could mean the end of its partnership with Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). The upcoming Exynos 2400 SoC could be Samsung's last mobile platform with an AMD GPU. [caption id="attachment_63742" align="aligncenter" width="780"] Samsung Exynos 2400[/caption] Critics were not entirely satisfied with the performance of the Eclipse 920 GPU, a component of the Exynos 2200, as it was seen to lag behind the competition despite its commendable ray-tracing capabilities. The upcoming Exynos 2400, which includes the Xclipse 940, is expected to feature improved specifications. However, doubts remain about its ability to outshine its competitors. Samsung Exynos 2400 will be presented today, and the “dream chip” Exynos 2500 will lose its Radeon GPU Samsung's 'dream chip', the Exynos 2500, is rumored to strengthen Samsung's position in the smartphone industry. This potential shift to native GPUs marks a strategic pivot to achieve technology independence by 2025. Samsung is targeting a wider range of applications, including the automotive and artificial intelligence sectors. However, Samsung and AMD recently extended their strategic licensing agreement to include AMD Radeon graphics in future mobile platforms, indicating that the partnership between the two companies remains unchanged for now. Ice Universe was the first to accurately talk about the new trend for smartphones with waterfall screens, about the bangs in the iPhone X, the new design of the iPhone 14 with the Dynamic Island cutout, and different 200-megapixel image sensors.

The new version only slightly increased the frequencies About a week ago, Qualcomm introduced the Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 single-chip system, and even then we noted that the platform turned out to be strange: it turned out to be slower even than the Snapdragon 7 Gen 1. Now the situation has become a little clearer: Qualcomm went along the beaten path more expensive than MediaTek and simply renamed one SoC to another. To be fair, we note that the matter was not limited to just renaming: the new single-chip system received an increase in CPU frequencies of 150-200 MHz. [caption id="attachment_59544" align="aligncenter" width="530"] SoC Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2[/caption] The latest SoC Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 turns out to be renamed Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 The table clearly shows that the Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 is a slightly overclocked Snapdragon 6 Gen 1: the frequency of the ARM Cortex-A55 cores increased by 150 MHz, and the ARM Cortex A78 cores increased by 200 MHz. And that is all. There are no other differences between these single-chip systems: Qualcomm didn’t even change the modem. Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 scores about 30 thousand more points in AnTuTu, but this is precisely due to the increase in frequencies. [caption id="attachment_59545" align="aligncenter" width="780"] SoC Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2[/caption] Let us remind you that the first serial smartphone based on Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 was  Redmi Note 13 Pro.