Qualcomm has introduced the new SoC Snapdragon 8s Gen 3. Contrary to some assumptions, this solution is just below the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, and not higher. Lately, for some reason, Qualcomm has not disclosed some parameters. In this case, for example, we do not know anything about the GPU...
Well-known insider Evan Blass published an advertising poster describing the parameters of the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 SoC. There isn't a lot of data, but it mentions the presence of a triple 18-bit image processor, hardware support for ray tracing, Wi-Fi 7, support for Qualcomm Aqstic Speaker Max technology, LE...
More and more tests show that the Snapdragon X Elite SoC in its top configuration will indeed offer very high performance. In the new test, this SoC even beats the Apple M3. More precisely, it outperforms in multi-threaded mode, inferior to single-threaded mode, but for most tasks the second is...
The high price was one of the reasons for the near-zero demand for laptops of the first generations based on the Qualcomm SoC and with Windows OS, and now Qualcomm is making another attempt to impose competition on regular laptops based on Intel and AMD processors. Time will tell whether...
Qualcomm will release the Snapdragon X Elite SoC for Windows laptops this year, perhaps giving a second boost to Arm and Windows PCs. It turned out that there was not just one platform waiting for us, but a whole line. More precisely, even two. The names were found in the...
The parameters of the Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3 single-chip system, which is due to hit the market in the near future, have leaked online. Insider Digital Chat Station claims that the new SoC will have one Cortex-X4 core with a frequency of 2.9 GHz, four Cortex-A720 cores with a...
The Snapdragon X Elite platform has already performed well against the Core i7-13800H and Apple M2 Pro. Now Qualcomm itself has demonstrated how its new SoC can be an order of magnitude faster than the latest Core Ultra 7 155H. In this case, we are no longer talking about a...
The Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite single-chip system was tested in a benchmark, which allows us to compare it with conventional AMD and Intel processors. In Geekbench 6, this SoC scores 2574 points in single-threaded mode and 12,562 in multi-threaded mode. In the first case, this is at the level of...
Qualcomm may be preparing a single-chip system that could be called Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Lite or Snapdragon 8s Gen 3. This will be a platform one step below the flagship Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, and the difference between them will be noticeable, but not huge. It is known that...
Qualcomm CEO Cristiano R. Amon seems to have confirmed that a new version of Windows is coming this year. However, it is still impossible to say unequivocally that we are talking about Windows 12. created by DALL-ESpeaking at an event dedicated to the quarterly report, Amon said that the new...
Insider Digital Chat Station revealed details about the future Qualcomm single-chip system, known under the catalog number SM8635. According to the informant, this SoC will be produced using a 4-nanometer process technology, and smartphones based on it will score 1.7 million points in AnTuTu. For comparison, the Snapdragon 8 Plus...
It looks like Apple will be using Qualcomm modems for even longer than previously thought. Some time ago, Apple extended its contract with Qualcomm, which implied that the Cupertino giant would purchase Snapdragon modems until 2026. However, a Qualcomm report suggests that the agreement has been extended until March 2027....
We have heard more than once that the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC is very expensive. It became known how much they still ask for this chip. According to recent data, the cost of the new Qualcomm platform is about $200. This is 25% more than the cost of Snapdragon...
The Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 single-chip system may operate at a very high frequency for a mobile SoC. Phoenix cores are rumored to have a frequency of 4 GHz! For comparison, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 has a maximum core frequency of 3.3 GHz, and the Dimensity 9300 has a...
Smartphones in the Galaxy S24 line are known to be based on both the Exynos 2400 SoC and the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. And it seems that the former may actually be better than the latter at times. At least this is what the latest test indicates. The authors of...
Qualcomm is likely preparing another ultra-efficient platform from the Snapdragon 7 line. Insider Digital Chat Station says that the next Snapdragon 7 Plus model (perhaps it will be called Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3) will be the most productive in the history of the line. Moreover, it will rely on...