Qualcomm stands up to MediaTek with its new Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. And how

The battle in the Android world is set for a year 2023 in which, if all goes according to what has been leaked, we will not have a maximum exponent of the Samsung catalog. There won’t be a full-powered Exynos, although there will be a Dimensity 9200 that was showcased a few days ago. Also a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 formalized today under the sun of Hawaii.

Unsurprisingly, Qualcomm has printed its Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 with all the power it has. This means that the new processor is a beast in terms of processor, graphics, artificial intelligence and even connectivity. Because yes, Qualcomm also brings us WiFi 7 and something new, Dual 5G with two SIMs connected at the same time.

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The new Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 comes on top of everything, offering the same Cortex X3 core in front of its CPU, although something changes from MediaTek’s Dimensity 9200. Qualcomm chose to split its second cluster into two, offering two Cortex A715 cores and two Cortex A710 cores. This means that the two most powerful clusters will only run 64-bit applications while the other two will be able to run 32-bit code. This reduces consumption and increases power.

Qualcomm’s new Adreno graphics card seems to be able to display 25% more power at the graphics level, and on the way to energy savings. And with the new Hexagon for artificial intelligence, added to the dual Tensor chip, we will have up to 4.35 times more power for code machine learning than its predecessor. Qualcomm has taken the path of artificial intelligence and it shows in its creations because we even find it on board the Snapdragon X70 which brings us 5G (double and with two 5G lines at the same time) on board the processor.

When it comes to photography, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 will make it possible to build cellphones with 200-megapixel cameras that will be capable of record 8K and HDR video at up to 60 frames per second. By the way, don’t forget to mention that mobiles with this chip will support laser trace native graphics engine and Unreal Engine 5.

We said the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 supports two 5G lines at the same time but also Wi-Fi 7 with up to 5.8 Gbps to navigate with reduced latency. We will also find WiFi 5.3 in its configuration. Qualcomm’s new processor will also offer lossless 48kHz wireless audio and support Quick Charge 5+. As we can see, quite a paragon of power to stand up to the Dimensity 9200 in its bid to dominate the Android world of 2023.

The technical specifications of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
building	4 nanometers 2nd generation
CPU	8 Kryo cores based on Cortex-X3 at 3.2 GHz
GPUs	4th generation adreno OpenCL 2.0 FP OpenGL ES 3.2 Vulcan 1.1
Artificial intelligence	hexagonal vector Hexagonal scalar Hex tensor
Modem	Snapdragon X70 5G Up to 10 Gbps download 8-Channel Millimeter Wave Aggregation MIMO 2×2 in millimeter, MIMI 4×4 in Sub-6GHz
Connectivity and geolocation	Wi-Fi 7 up to 5.8 Gbps MIMO 2×2 WPA3-Easy Connect, WPA3-Enhanced Open, WPA3-Enterprise, WPA3-Personal Bluetooth 5.2 – Snapdragon Sound NFC support USB 3.1 Dual GPS L1/L5, Beidou, Galileo, GLONASS, NavIC, QZSS
cameras	Snapdragon View Triple 18-bit ISP Up to 200 megapixels without algorithms 8K HDR video at 60fps 720p video at 960fps Dolby Vision/HDR10/HDR10+ “Always On Camera” front-end with dedicated ISP
screens	Main 4K/60Hz or QHD+/144Hz Secondary 4K/60Hz HDR10+/HDR10 10-bit color depth Rec2020
audio	Qualcomm Aqstic WCD9385 Codec Qualcomm aptX Lossless (48kHz), Voice and Adaptive
Others	Quick Charge 5+ Support for ultrasonic fingerprint sensors Biometric fingerprint, iris, voice and face identification LPDDR5X RAM memories up to 3200 MHz