CPUSmartphoneReleased Oct 24, 2023

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3

8C/8T · 3.3 GHz

The Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 (SM8650-AB) was announced on October 24, 2023 at Snapdragon Summit as Qualcomm's flagship smartphone chip for 2024 and its first designed around on-device generative AI. Its Kryo CPU uses a 1+5+2 layout with a Cortex-X4 prime core at up to 3.3 GHz, three Cortex-A720 cores at 3.15 GHz, two Cortex-A720 cores at 2.96 GHz and two Cortex-A520 cores at 2.27 GHz. The Adreno 750 GPU supports hardware ray tracing with global illumination, and the chip integrates the Snapdragon X75 5G modem with downloads up to 10 Gbps, FastConnect 7800 with Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 5.4, triple 18-bit Spectra ISPs and LPDDR5X-9600 memory. A 3.4 GHz version is sold as the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 for Galaxy.

General

Manufacturer: Qualcomm
Model: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
Segment: Smartphone
Generation: Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
Codename: —
Architecture: ARM64
Microarchitecture: 1× Cortex-X4 + 5× Cortex-A720 + 2× Cortex-A520 (Kryo)
Release date: Oct 24, 2023
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Cores & clocks

Cores / threads: 8 cores / 8 threadsS1+P5+E2
Base clock: —
Boost clock: 3.30 GHz
TDP (design W): —
Unlocked: ✕ No
L2 cache: —
L3 cache: —
Technology (nm): 4 nm
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Platform

Socket: —
2-CPU (multi-socket): ✕ No
Integrated GPU: Adreno 750
Clock: 903 MHz
Memory type: LPDDR5X-9600
4-channel
Memory size: Up to 24 GB
ECC memory: —
PCIe: —

Instructions & AI

Instruction extensions: Armv9.2-A
NPU: Qualcomm Hexagon NPU

OS support

Notes: Android smartphone platform. Qualcomm ships it with Android and provides no Windows, ChromeOS or desktop Linux support; mainstream Linux distributions publish no official image for this SoC.

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