Qualcomm has announced its latest mid-range 7-series chipset for mobile devices with the Snapdragon 7 Gen 3. While the name may imply that it is a successor to the SD 7+ Gen 2 or SD 7s Gen 2, the new chips slot between the two SoCs mentioned above. SD 7 Gen 3 is based on TSMC’s 4nm process technology and features a 1+3+4 CPU package. The Kryo CPU offers a main core clocked at 2.63GHz, along with 3 high-performance cores at 2.4Ghz and 4 efficiency cores at 1.8GHz.
Qualcomm claims a 15% improvement in CPU performance and a 50% faster Adreno GPU compared to last year’s Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 chip. The 7 Gen 3 chip is also said to offer 20% power savings based on Qualcomm’s testing.
The Qualcomm Hexagon NPU inside the SD 7 Gen 3 is expected to deliver 60% faster AI performance per watt than the SD 7 Gen 1. The Adreno GPU supports OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 2.0 FP, and Vulkan 1.3 APIs.
Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 vs Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
The new Qualcomm chip also offers support for displays with resolutions up to 4K with a refresh rate of 60 Hz or FHD+ resolution at 168 Hz. It features a Qualcomm Spectra ISP capable of driving main camera modules of up to 200 MP and recording video HDR 4K at 60Hz.
SD 7 Gen 3 is combined with the Snapdragon
The first Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 devices are expected to launch later this month with Honor and vivo listed as the major OEMs set to pioneer the new chip.
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