What it’s worthwhile to know
- A brand new benchmark leak reveals the core configuration of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3.
- It’s codenamed “pineapple,” and is tipped to be seen within the upcoming RedMagic 9.
- It reveals 1+5+2 Arm cores config and is probably going a “common” Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset.
The Snapdragon Summit is merely two months away, the place we anticipate to see the flagship Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. The chipset will apparently launch sooner than the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 did final 12 months. Forward of the discharge, a newly leaked benchmark itemizing reveals us what we will anticipate from the subsequent flagship SoC that’s set to energy upcoming flagship Android telephones.
The alleged benchmark itemizing comes from dependable tipster Digital Chat Station on Weibo (by way of Android Authority). The tipster shares the Geekbench 5 rating of the RedMagic 9 (bearing mannequin quantity Nubix NX769J), which scored a multi-score of 5977 and a single-score of 1596.
The itemizing additional reveals the motherboard’s “pineapple” moniker, rumored to be the alleged Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. The machine seems to be operating Android 14 in the course of the benchmark and could possibly be one of many few flagship telephones operating the successor of Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 earlier than the 12 months ends.
The benchmark additionally revealed the alleged machine having one major core with 3.19GHz, subsequent to 5 center cores at 2.96GHz clock speeds, and two cores that includes 2.27GHz. Digital Chat Station corroborated the small print by revealing that the SoC would equip one Cortex X4, 5 Cortex-A720, and two Cortex-A520, respectively. It’ll even have an Adreno 750 GPU.
One other vital parameter talked about by Digital Chat Station by the Weibo publish is that it’s a “common” model of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. It signifies there could possibly be yet one more model of the alleged chipset — much like what we witnessed with this 12 months’s common Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and “Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy” that powered the Galaxy S23 sequence and different premium handsets.
If that is the case, the earlier leak that hinted at 2+3+2+1 Arm cores, not like the aforementioned 1+5+2, could possibly be one other flagship-level tier Snapdragon SoC for late 2023 or someday in 2024.
As talked about, the shared benchmark could possibly be taken from a testing handset; therefore, we anticipate you to think about the outcomes with a grain of salt as they’re topic to vary when the handset and chipset turn into commercially obtainable later this 12 months.
