Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2: SoC performance rumours

Qualcomm’s new premium SoC for smartphones is called Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and will be unveiled on November 15. Here we summarize the rumors about the upcoming top chip.

July 27 update

Liquor’s Yogesh Brar reported on Twitter, Snapdragon 8 Gen 2’s GPU is significantly improved Done, but Overall performance increases by only ten percent Compared to previous generations. According to him, the first smartphone with the new chip will appear in December. According to our assessment, however, a Expect greater performance gains.

While it’s still unclear what Qualcomm CPU configuration will be, it’s likely to arrive in June Core announced by ARM Cortex-X3, Cortex-A715 und Cortex-A510 v2 According to ARM for use, the Cortex-X3 is already 25 percent faster than the Cortex-X2 and eleven percent higher in performance per clock (IPC). The X3 can clock up to 3.3 GHz.

With the same power consumption, the Cortex-A715 should be five percent faster than the Cortex-A710, but about 20 percent more efficient with the same performance. According to ARM, the Cortex-A510 v2 offers up to five percent higher efficiency and a five percent higher maximum clock rate. 1.9 instead of 1.8 GHz would be possible.

Does Qualcomm rely on new four-nanometer production?

There is a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 manufactured by Qualcomm TSMC, but the manufacturing process is still unknown. The 3-nanometer won’t reach the required production capacity when production begins, and Apple is reportedly already booked out for Mac chips this year. So be that N4 or N4P process in the room

The Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 is already based on the former, while the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 is manufactured by Samsung using a more inefficient four-nanometer process. N4P is a goal Performance has increased by six percent compared to the N4 Active and In the second half of 2022 Be prepared.

So chances are good that Qualcomm will make chips using the N4P process. Together with the new Cortex cores, a performance increase of more than ten percent can be estimated, and the GPU and NPU are not yet taken into account. You can find more details on our extensive previous models and Snapdragon portfolio Snapdragon overview.

July 20 Update:

Qualcomm’s event page is now a Another teaser Coming up for the upcoming Snapdragon Summit. There is an estimated date November 15-17 More or less certain. Apart from this, the conference as usual Again in Hawaii However, there are no details about the event and its announcement as of now.

Original post from June 27th:

In recent years, Qualcomm has always introduced the latest flagship processors for smartphones and tablets between November 30th and December 2nd. But this time the chip maker will probably deviate from the usual timing. That’s how he should be Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 As part of this two weeks earlier than usual Snapdragon Tech Summit Hawaii will be presented. Accordingly, we can already launch 14. November Wait for some details on the latest mobile platform.

In fact, the first launch of the platform is hardly a surprise, as some rumors about it have been around for a long time. These don’t specifically mention the Qualcomm SoC, but talk about the launch Xiaomi 13. According to the current leak, the smartphone may appear in China only after the launch of Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. Of course, the processor will form the technological base for other flagship smartphones next year. Among other things, at least American Samsung Galaxy S23-Series Rely on the Qualcomm platform.

Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 gets unusual cluster structure

If you believe current leaks, Qualcomm has a rather Abnormal cluster formation As stated, the processor will have three efficiency and five performance cores, using three different high-performance cores. This one ARM Cortex-X3, two ARM Cortex-A720 as well as around Two ARM Cortex-A710s. As a competency core, Cortex-A510 Serv, which is also used in Snapdragon 8 Gen 1. It remains to be seen whether Qualcomm will ultimately rely on this key combination.

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Arian Krasniki … part of the team since 2021 and mainly works on hardware components and other technological innovations. Current games on PC and consoles are also part of his passion. In addition to his work, Ariane studies environmental engineering at RWTH Aachen University.