The third generation Snapdragon 8s chip is officially released!It will be launched on Xiaomi Civi4 Pro

Just today (March 18) afternoon, Qualcomm held a new product launch conference, bringing the new third-generation Snapdragon 8s.This is a product between the second-generation Snapdragon 8 and the third-generation Snapdragon 8 flagship chips. It belongs to Qualcomm’s new generation flagship mobile platform.This series is expected to be retained in the future to fill the gap between mid-range chips and flagship chips.According to official information from Qualcomm, the third generation Snapdragon 8s will be launched by Xiaomi Civi4 Pro and is expected to be released at the end of March.

On March 18, Qualcomm held a new product launch conference and launched the first new-generation flagship platform since the birth of the Snapdragon 8 flagship mobile platform: the third-generation Snapdragon 8s, which is a hierarchical expansion of Qualcomm’s Snapdragon flagship mobile platform..Key features of this new flagship platform include support for powerful on-device generative AI capabilities, always-aware ISPs, ultra-immersive mobile gaming experiences, breakthrough connectivity and lossless high-definition audio.The platform supports a wide range of AI models, including currently mainstream large language models such as Baichuan-7B, Gemini Nano, Llama 2, and ChatGLM.

The third-generation Snapdragon 8s inherits the same CPU architecture as the third-generation Snapdragon 8 flagship platform, including 1 super core and a CPU frequency of up to 3.0GHz.There are also 4 performance cores with a main frequency of up to 2.8GHz, and finally 3 efficiency cores with a main frequency of up to 2.0GHz. Compared with competing products, the CPU performance of the third-generation Snapdragon 8s is more than 20% ahead.

More than that, the third-generation Snapdragon 8s inherits the same GPU architecture as the second-generation Snapdragon 8 flagship platform and has excellent gaming energy efficiency. Compared with competing products, the third-generation Snapdragon 8s is more than 15% ahead in energy efficiency in gaming scenarios..In addition, the AI ​​performance of Qualcomm's third-generation Snapdragon 8s is equally powerful. This chip supports a wide range of AI models and large language models. The AI-enhanced GPU can bring a smooth and delay-free user experience.

At the press conference, Xiaomi Group’s Lu Weibing announced that we are pleased to cooperate with Qualcomm Technologies to launch the first terminal equipped with the third-generation Snapdragon 8s. This new mobile platform allows us to use generative AI to provide users with top-notchPersonalized experience.Later, Xiaomi officially announced that the Xiaomi Civi 4 Pro mobile phone will be the world's first to use the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 processor, which is deeply integrated with ThePaper OS, claiming to have "a comprehensive leap in imaging, performance, and AI capabilities."

In addition to Xiaomi, Honor, iQOO, Realme, Redmi and other brands will all use the third-generation Snapdragon 8s, and the first terminal will be launched in March.

The performance of the third-generation Snapdragon 8s is undoubtedly excellent, surpassing the previous second-generation Snapdragon 8 chip.At present, many well-known mobile phone manufacturers will use this chip. The editor estimates that the price of a mobile phone equipped with this chip will be around 3,000 yuan, which is much cheaper than flagship mobile phones.