Qualcomm has fallen right into a sample – launch a Snapdragon chip, then introduce a quicker “+” variant and a less expensive “s” variant. There was the Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 in late 2023, then got here the beefy 7+ Gen 3 in March and, effectively, now an “s” mannequin is on the horizon. It’s not official but, perhaps that may occur throughout Qualcomm’s large occasion in October. For now, we’ve got this leaked slide that was shared by Evan Blass.
Specializing in the main points on the backside, the Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 can have a 20% quicker CPU, 40% quicker GPU and 30% quicker NPU, whereas providing a modest 12% enchancment in energy effectivity.
These numbers are presumably in comparison with the Snapdragon 7s Gen 2. That chip isn’t significantly quick – it has 4 Cortex-A78 cores (2.4GHz) and 4 A55 cores (1.95GHz), plus an Adreno 710 GPU (940MHz). This {hardware} can be seen within the Snapdragon 6 Gen 1, although there it runs at decrease clocks.
The 7s Gen 2 GPU is similar to, say, a Dimensity 7300 GPU (Mali-G615 MC2), so a 40% enhance over that might make the 7s Gen 3 aggressive with extra highly effective mid-range chips. It ought to find yourself shut however nonetheless behind the vanilla 7 Gen 3 (Adreno 720, 975MHz). It’s not clear what CPU and GPU {hardware} will likely be used within the 7s Gen 3, although, in order that’s only a guess.
Anyway, generative AI and language translation/transcription will seemingly be the important thing promoting factors for the brand new chip. AI is stylish and actually advantages from quick GPU and NPU. And it’ll assist the digital camera flip the uncooked Bayer information right into a coloration picture with AI remosaic.
This chipset will seemingly discover itself in cheaper gaming telephones too, because of AFME or “Adreno Frame Motion Engine”. This generates further frames with out placing further load on the GPU. It converts 60fps into 120fps, for instance. There’s additionally VRS Professional (Variable Charge Shading).
There will likely be an improve to connectivity too, although we don’t have all the main points but. Bluetooth 5.4 is definitely new (7s Gen 2 solely does v5.2). Spatial Audio looks like a brand new addition as effectively.
The Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 discovered itself in a number of standard telephones and we’ve reviewed most of them. Some had been priced effectively and the chipset’s efficiency was described as “adequate”. Nevertheless, different telephones had been too costly for the efficiency that chip affords. Going by the official efficiency numbers, the Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 will seemingly fare higher in future opinions.
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