Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Flagship Chip May Be Launched Soon

Recently, Qualcomm announced that it would unveil the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC in November 2022, but now there are reports that the company is getting ready to introduce the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. A recent report claims that the new chipset could be released earlier than expected, possibly in the final quarter of 2023.

The next Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC is anticipated to launch in the fourth quarter of this year, earlier than its predecessor did last year, according to a well-known leaker, Digital Chat Station, who recently posted on the Chinese microblogging website Weibo. The upcoming 8 Gen 3 SoC is projected to offer improved performance while using less power, despite not being released for several months. According to Geekbench scores posted on a Korean tech forum, the new SoC will offer about 25% more CPU performance than the existing 8 Gen 2 SoC.

It's known that the future processor will be created utilizing a 3nm process, even though there haven't been any confirmed details or specifications on what advancements Qualcomm is developing.

Better performance and a significant 35% increase in energy efficiency, which will improve battery life, are anticipated advantages of the new 3nm process.

The possibility that the forthcoming processor would have compatibility with Qualcomm's new Snapdragon Satellite technology, which was unveiled at CES 2023, is very strong. In addition to enabling emergency communication even in the absence of a regular mobile signal, this technology will eventually make simple two-way messaging possible.

While we wait for the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset to be released, we can make assumptions about the potential phones that will use this new CPU. Despite the lack of formal announcements, we may make some assumptions based on the Snapdragon chips used in phones like the Vivo X90 Pro+, OnePlus 11, Xiaomi 13, and Samsung S23 Ultra from the previous generation.

These phones' successors will almost certainly come with the latest Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 CPU. In addition, other smartphone manufacturers including Samsung, Motorola, and Oppo might potentially use this processor in their next flagship devices.