TSMC-made Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 boasts serious upgrades

For Qualcomm, Samsung manufactured the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset for flagship mobile devices, while the chip giant joined forces with TSMC for the Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1. Instead of Samsung, Qualcomm has given orders for the 4nm-based Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chips to TSMC due to bad performance complaints.

The US  chip maker already confirmed that its annual Snapdragon Summit will be held in November 2022, where, the 8 Gen 2 processor is expected to be introduced. Ahead of the official release, a Weibo tipster revealed that the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 will have ultra high frequency and GPU will outperform Apple A-series chips.

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According to the information, the upcoming Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 mobile platform has reached the 3.4-3.5GHz range in internal testing, which will be further improved before the official launch, while there are notable improvements in GPU performance compared to the existing chips.

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The tipster further added that the future Android flagships packed with Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset will beat Apple A-series chips, thanks to the extreme performance of the GPU. Meanwhile, the mobile platform should be more power efficient alongside bringing improved performance.

As per the previous reports, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processor will introduce a number of new features and performance enhancements. And Chinese OEMs are preparing to introduce their upcoming flagships with futuristic hardware capabilities, such as:

• 2K+120Hz E6 1440Hz PWM flexible screen
• 1.5K+120Hz Q9 2160Hz PWM flexible screen
• 1-inch main camera
• New Telephoto sensors

Apart from the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset, the same source revealed that the mid-year flagship chip won’t feature major changes in performance as the 8 Gen 1 and 8 Plus Gen 1. Qualcomm would only introduce an overclocked version of the 8 Gen 2 as 8 Plus Gen 2 in mid-2023.

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