This is a new Snapdragon chip aimed at high-end mid-range Android smartphones, or simply put, near high-end.
Qualcomm has just introduced a new chip designed to not only deliver the performance of today's flagship smartphones, but also ensure a very attractive price. Called the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3, the chip aims to bring most of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3's features, including on-device synthetic AI models, to more affordable phones. It represents a new level for the flagship Snapdragon 8 series chips, and it's also "a little confusing."
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 offers many of the same features as Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. Before we get into all that, let's start with the basics: The Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 includes the same GPU as the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, although it has a lower -performance core and runs at a lower clock speed (the main core runs at a maximum of 3GHz, compared to 3.4GHz on the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3). The new Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 also uses the previous-generation modem, the Snapdragon X70 5G, which supports Wi-Fi 7. There's also hardware-accelerated ray tracing support for smoother photorealistic gaming, which has become a standard for flagship smartphones these days.
Of course, AI is a big part of the new chips. The Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 supports multimodal creative AI right on the device and can run large language models with up to 10 billion parameters, including models like Llama 2 and Gemini Nano. It doesn't offer all the AI capabilities of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, but it's still a great value.
Specific features on Snapdragon 8s Gen 3. The arrival of the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 is a big deal, and one that may be confusing to many. To keep costs down for mid-range smartphones, many phone makers are opting for the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 — the flagship chip of 2022 — in their products, like the OnePlus 12R.
The company also has the Snapdragon 7 Gen 3, which sits just below the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3, although it’s only available in a handful of products. Qualcomm seems to be narrowing the gap between high-end and mid-range smartphones, in an effort to keep OEMs from switching to MediaTek chips for more budget-friendly devices.
Finally, the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 will start appearing in stores soon, though not in devices available in the US. Honor, iQOO, Realme, Redmi, and Xiaomi have all said they will use the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3, with new devices expected “in the coming months.”
Not long after the Realme GT5 Pro held the throne among phones using the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip in terms of performance on AnTuTu, it encountered an unexpected challenge from the Vivo X100.
Vivo X100 is the first smartphone to come with the Dimensity 9300 chip.
The Vivo X100, especially the V2309A model, has been in the spotlight thanks to the combination of MediaTek's flagship Dimensity 9300 platform, paired with 16GB of LPDDR5T RAM and 1TB UFS 4.0 internal memory. This configuration, often dubbed the “Iron Triangle,” helps the Vivo X100’s AnTuTu score achieve a remarkable total score of 2,249,858 points.
Interestingly, the specific numbers in The test shows that the Vivo X100 really stands out, with the CPU scoring 518,632 points, while the GPU scores 918,790 points. The memory (MEM) segment is significantly higher at 474,036 points, and the user experience (UX) scores 338,400 points.This performance of Vivo X100 has an AnTuTu score that surpasses Realme GT5 Pro equipped with Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip by about 20,000 points, marking a significant achievement of MediaTek in the high-end smartphone chip race.
Performance score helps Vivo X100 reach the top of AnTuTu.
Every segment of the AnTuTu benchmark for the Vivo X100 shows outstanding performance, befitting a new generation of flagship models. However, the MEM segment stands out, scoring nearly 100,000 points compared to previous flagship devices with similar storage configurations. This impressive performance explains the relatively high overall score achieved by the Vivo X100.
The Dimensity 9300 is a chip that will be launched on 6 /11, and this suggests the arrival of the Vivo X100 series is imminent. The anticipation of smartphone enthusiasts for this new addition to the market is evident.
