Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Might Come in Two Variants: Is Qualcomm Copying Apple?

Qualcomm will introduce its next-generation flagship mobile solution — the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 — possibly at its annual Snapdragon Summit in November. Now it has been suggested that the upcoming Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 may come in two flavors.

According to the Lextor Digital chat site, the high-end variant of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 is expected to offer a higher CPU clock speed of 3.4 to 3.5GHz, and this processor may come with a slightly more powerful GPU and higher. Clock speed and memory bandwidth.

The starting variant of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 is likely to be the same as the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1, which is currently the company’s flagship offering. With this, Android OEMs can showcase the high-end variant of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 on their ultra and pro variant flagships, while the standard SKU will be featured on the baseline flagship models.

Take the example of the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S23 series. Models like the Galaxy S23 and Galaxy S23 Plus are likely to use the standard Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC. Similarly, the more premium Galaxy S23 Ultra is likely to use a powerful variant of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC.

Inspired by Apple?

A15 Bionic, 2021’s flagship mobile chip from Apple comes in not two, but three variants. The iPad mini is based on the A15 Bionic at the baseline, while the iPhone 13 uses the mid-range SKU and finally the iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 14 use the top A15 Bionic with additional GPU cores.

Qualcomm is also not new to creating multiple SKUs of the same processor. In fact, the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 is the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 in terms of speed. Starting this year, the company may introduce Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and Snapdragon 8+ Gen 2 at the same time. More options to smartphone brands.

In terms of features and capabilities, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Pro/Ultra variant is expected to be around 10 percent faster than the vanilla one. Both versions of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 can be manufactured by TSMC using either the 4nm or 3nm manufacturing process.