As announced today, the brand new Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset has been revealed by Qualcomm and it's expected to arrive by the end of 2022. Besides presenting the key features, the company also announced a few global OEMs and brands to adopt the new chipset.
According to Qualcomm, the main players that we know of include ASUS Republic of Gamers, HONOR, OnePlus, OPPO, Redmi, Sony, vivo and Xiaomi. Moreover, other brands such as iQOO, Motorola, nubia, REDMAGIC, SHARP, XINGJI/MEIZU and ZTE will also adopt the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. If we have to guess, Xiaomi would probably be the first to release its first commercial device with the new chipset soon as per tradition.
With the new chipset, we can expect several improvements to Android flagship phones in 2023. For starters, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has up to 4.35x performance improvement and is twice more powerful in AI performance as its predecessor. The CPU is also 35% faster and 40% more power efficient.
In terms of connectivity, it will enable devices to support 5G dual SIM dual active (2x 5G SIM connectivity at once) and WiFi 7 with up to 5.8Gbps. Camera performance is further enhanced with Cognitive-ISP, and Sony Semiconductor Solutions is the first to develop quad digital overlap HDR technology that is fine-tuned for the chipset, as well as the 200MP Samsung ISOCELL HP3 sensor being optimized for it.
Mobile gaming will be improved as well with the new Adreno GPU. Qualcomm said that it's now 25% faster and 45% more power-saving than its predecessor. It's also the first time that Unreal Engine 5 Metahumans framework will be supported on the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, allowing developers to take advantage of Ray Tracing for mobile games.
Spatial Audio and Dynamic Spatial Audio will be supported by Snapdragon Sound technology inside the chipset, where users will be able to experience head-tracking audio experience. On paper, this should be great for mobile gaming, streaming movies/TV shows and listening to music.
To read the summary of the new Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset, you can read our news coverage here. For more information, you can visit the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 webpage or check out the livestream replays at the Snapdragon Summit Event Hub.
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