The new product is designed to increase the speed and efficiency of flagship smartphones and provides a 30% increase in performance and a 25% improvement in energy efficiency compared to the previous model.
A feature of the new SoC is the Neural Network Processing Unit (NPU), which is now almost 98% faster and provides a 40% increase in performance per watt for end-to-end AI tasks.
When it comes to photography, Qualcomm’s new product is impressive; The company has updated its image processing processor (ISP) to work with Dolby HDR Photo Capture, improving the look of photos on HDR-enabled displays.
Gamers will appreciate support for 240 frames per second on 240Hz displays and Unreal Engine 5.2 compatibility. The new Adreno GPU is 25% faster and 25% more power efficient, with a 40% increase in ray tracing.
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 is all about AI, with a dedicated AI engine that can process large language models to get instant responses from smart assistants.
Music lovers will also be in luck as it supports 24-bit 96 kHz lossless music via Bluetooth.
Devices with this chip are expected to hit the market soon through partnerships with brands such as Asus, OnePlus and Xiaomi.
The Xiaomi 14 series could be the first series to launch with the new chip, as the brand has confirmed that it will be launched in China as early as October 26.
Source: Ferra
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