Snapdragon 8 Gen3 performance exposure still adopts 4nm technology, and the dominant frequency will reach 3.72GHz
As early as the beginning of this year, the Snapdragon 8 Gen3 has revealed some relevant configuration information online. Many people originally speculated that the Snapdragon 8 Gen3 will use the latest 3nm process technology of TSMC, and its performance will be greatly improved. However, recently, relevant people revealed that the Snapdragon 8 Gen3 will still adopt the 4nm process technology, and the main frequency will reach 3.72GHz.
According to the existing information, the Xiaolong 8 Gen 3 has been finalized. The super core is based on the ARM public version Cortex-X4, the large core is based on Cortex-A715, and the small core is based on Cortex-A515. The core architecture is still 1+4+3.
Since it is a new generation of chips and the architecture remains unchanged, if you want to continue to improve the performance, you can only increase the main frequency. It is reported that the super core frequency of the third generation Snapdragon 8 will exceed 3.5 GHz, which is expected to be around 3.5~3.6 GHz, which is a great improvement over the 3.2 GHz of the second generation Snapdragon 8. At the same time, the third generation Snapdragon 8 for Galaxy customized by Samsung may have a dominant frequency of 3.72GHz.
It is understood that there are many reasons why Qualcomm does not use 3nm technology for the third generation Snapdragon 8. First of all, the capacity of the first generation of 3 nm of TSMC has been "chartered" by Apple, and Qualcomm can only wait for the capacity to be released, which will undoubtedly delay the progress of mass production. In addition, the first generation 3nm of TSMC is expensive. It is said that the price of each wafer is as high as 20000 dollars, which will lead to a sharp rise in chip prices. Now the price of chips has risen again, and the price of Android flagship has become more and more expensive. It is difficult for consumers to raise the willingness to change.
Apple A17 had been exposed long before the news of Snapdragon 8 Gen3 was released. The latest 3nm process of TSMC will be adopted, but if the Snapdragon 8 Gen3 still adopts the 4nm process, the overall performance will certainly be far behind that of Apple A17, and the performance of Android flagship will be difficult to match that of Apple this year and next.
