Qualcomm has fallen right into a sample – launch a Snapdragon chip, then introduce a sooner “+” 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, properly, now an “s” mannequin is on the horizon. It’s not official but, possibly that may occur throughout Qualcomm’s large occasion in October. For now, we’ve this leaked slide that was shared by Evan Blass.
Specializing in the main points on the backside, the Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 may have a 20% sooner CPU, 40% sooner GPU and 30% sooner 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 corresponding to, say, a Dimensity 7300 GPU (Mali-G615 MC2), so a 40% improve 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} might 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 fashionable and actually advantages from quick GPU and NPU. And it’ll assist the digicam flip the uncooked Bayer knowledge right into a coloration picture with AI remosaic.
This chipset will seemingly discover itself in cheaper gaming telephones too, due to AFME or “Adreno Frame Motion Engine”. This generates extra frames with out placing further load on the GPU. It converts 60fps into 120fps, for instance. There’s additionally VRS Professional (Variable Price Shading).
There might be an improve to connectivity too, although we don’t have all the main points but. Bluetooth 5.4 is actually new (7s Gen 2 solely does v5.2). Spatial Audio looks as if a brand new addition as properly.
The Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 discovered itself in a number of fashionable telephones and we’ve reviewed most of them. Some have been priced properly and the chipset’s efficiency was described as “adequate”. Nevertheless, different telephones have been too costly for the efficiency that chip provides. Going by the official efficiency numbers, the Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 will seemingly fare higher in future critiques.
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