As we already reported a few weeks ago, and we touched on the subject again a few hours ago, Qualcomm has a new SoC with the great mission of solving the “price” problem.
In other words, if Qualcomm and its $200 (per unit) Snapdragon 8 Gen3 SoC are to blame for the widespread price increase in the Android world, then we now have an SoC almost as good in the form of the Snapdragon 8s Gen3, which Of course, it should be significantly cheaper. How much cheaper? We still have no idea. But we already know what differences there are between processors!
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Therefore, looking at the list above, it is easy to see that the Snapdragon 8s Gen3 is not that different compared to its older brother. In other words, it seems to be almost as capable, despite being a little less complex and therefore cheaper.
After all, we have the same exact production process (4nm TSMC), the same Cortex-X4 core leading the CPU side (although limited to 3GHz), as well as the same total number of processing cores. However, in addition to differences in frequency, we also have differences in the number of “mid” and “little” cores, which of course give the Snapdragon 8 Gen3 the advantage in terms of pure and hard performance.
However, on the GPU side there are also differences, with the cheapest SoC using an Adreno 735 instead of an Adreno 750. The Modem is also not the same, with the 8s Gen3 using an X70 5G instead of the more powerful X75 5G.
The differences don't stop there, as the memory of the cheaper SoC is also a little slower.
All of this means that some compromises have been made, and as such, the price of the 8s Gen3 should be significantly lower.
However, I don't believe it is a significant enough difference to transform the market, especially at this point in the championship. I think we will see the launch of some “almost high-end” devices with this SoC, around €800~1000. But things will stop here.