this offers the high-end SoC

Qualcomm’s new high-end processor has been officially announced. We are introduced to the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, which we will see in flagships in the near future. What does the processor have to offer?

Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

In December last year, Qualcomm introduced the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 processor. Now the chip manufacturer has announced the successor to this processor; the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. This new model has several improvements and is therefore reason enough to go through the highlights with you.

The new Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 will be found in the first (high-end) smartphones from the end of this year. According to the latest reports, we will also encounter this in the Galaxy S23 series that will be released in Europe. According to the manufacturer, the new chipset should offer 25 percent better performance compared to the chip released last year. In addition, something has also been done about the efficiency, which should be 40 percent higher.

There is a new 5G modem and support for WiFi 7. The necessary improvements have also been made in the field of AI. The new Snapdragon Sight functionality makes it possible to use AI to detect specific objects in a photo and to optimize the photo as much as possible. Think of buildings, plants, animals, faces and more.

As mentioned, Qualcomm will put the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 in the first devices from the end of this year.