A few days after announcing its new Snapdragon 8S Gen 3 processor designed for slightly cheaper flagship phones and tablets, Qualcomm is launching another new chip. This time, instead of the less powerful Snapdragon 8 series processor, more Powerful Snapdragon 7 series chips for midrange and sub-flagship devices.
new Qualcomm Snapdragon 7+ 3rd generation The processor promises a 15% increase in CPU performance and 45% increase in graphics performance compared to the Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 chip launched last fall. It also brings new features such as support for WiFi 7 and improved support for on-device generative AI features.
Qualcomm says the new chip “supports a wide range of AI models” including Llama 2, Gemini Nano, Baichuan-7B, and Zhipu ChatGLM.
It also brings faster memory and storage and support for more Snapdragon Elite Gaming features to the Snapdragon 7 series for smoother gameplay and improved upscaling.
| Snapdragon 7+ 3rd generation | Snapdragon 7 3rd generation | |
| CPU | 1 x Prime (Cortex-X4) @ 2.8 GHz 4 x performance cores @ 2.6 GHz 3 x efficiency cores @ 1.9 GHz |
1 x Prime (Cortex-X4) @ 2.63 GHz 3 x performance cores @ 2.4 GHz 4 x efficiency cores @ 1.8 GHz |
| Graphics | Adreno GPU Super resolution for Snapdragon games Adreno Frame Motion Engine 2.0 Snapdragon post-game accelerator Video decoding up to 4K/60fps HDR gaming (10-bit color) Snapdragon Shadow Denoiser Support for ES 3.2, OpenCL 2.0 FP, Vulkan 1.3 |
Adreno GPU Video decoding up to 4K/60fpsHDR gaming (10-bit color) Snapdragon Shadow Denoiser Support for ES 3.2, OpenCL 2.0 FP, Vulkan 1.3 |
| wireless | Snapdragon X63 5G Modem FastConnect 7800 System WiFi 7 Bluetooth 5.4 |
Snapdragon X63 5G Modem FastConnect 6700 System WiFi 6E bluetooth 5.3 |
| camera | Spectra Triple 18-bit ISP Up to 4K HDR video + 64MP photos 4K video capture @ 60 fps up to 200MP photo capture Up to 108MP single camera capture @ 30 fps with zero shutter lag Up to 36MP triple camera capture |
Spectra Triple 12-bit ISP Up to 8K HDR video + 64MP photos 4K video capture @ 120 fps Up to 200MP photo capture Up to 64MP single camera capture @ 30 fps, zero shutter lag Up to 21MP triple camera capture |
| memory | LPDDR4-4200 up to 24GB | LPDDR5-3200 or LPDDR4-2133 up to 16GB |
| storage | UFS4.0 | UFS3.1 |
Qualcomm said the first companies scheduled to announce devices with the new processor include OnePlus, Realme and Sharp.
