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CPUSmartphoneReleased Jan 17, 2024

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 for Galaxy

8C/8T · 3.4 GHz

The Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 for Galaxy (SM8650-AC) is a higher-clocked version of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 made for Samsung and announced with the Galaxy S24 series on January 17, 2024. Its Cortex-X4 prime core runs at up to 3.4 GHz instead of 3.3 GHz, and the Adreno 750 GPU is raised from 903 MHz to 1 GHz. It powers the Galaxy S24 Ultra worldwide, the Galaxy S24 and S24+ in North America, China and Japan, and later Samsung devices such as the Galaxy Z Fold6 and Z Flip6.

General

Manufacturer
Qualcomm
Model
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 for Galaxy
Segment
Smartphone
Generation
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
Codename
—
Architecture
ARM64
Microarchitecture
1× Cortex-X4 + 5× Cortex-A720 + 2× Cortex-A520 (Kryo)
Release date
Jan 17, 2024

Cores & clocks

Cores / threads
8 cores / 8 threadsS1+P5+E2
Base clock
—
Boost clock
3.40 GHz
TDP (design W)
—
Unlocked
✕ No
L2 cache
—
L3 cache
—
Technology (nm)
4 nm
TSMC N4P

Platform

Socket
—
2-CPU (multi-socket)
✕ No
Integrated GPU
Adreno 750
Clock: 1,000 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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