Galaxy S24's Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip gets a launch date

The Qualcomm Snapdragon Tech Summit 2023 will occur on October 24, 2023, in Maui, Hawaii. The event will conclude on October 26, 2023. The Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, which will be unveiled during this event, is expected to be used in some Galaxy S24, Galaxy S24+, and Galaxy S24 Ultra units early next year. Other high-end smartphones from Honor, iQOO, OnePlus, OPPO, Realme, Sony, Vivo, and Xiaomi will also use this chipset.

Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 will use ARM's new Cortex-X4, Cortex-A720, and Cortex-A520 CPU cores

According to previous leaks, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 is made using TSMC's 4nm (N4P) process, which slightly improves over Snapdragon 8 Gen 2's 4nm (N4) fabrication process. The chipset will feature one Cortex-X4 CPU core, five Cortex-A720 CPU cores, and two Cortex-A520 CPU cores. The Adreno 750 GPU will reportedly be much faster than the Adreno 740 GPU used in the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2.

Various reports have suggested that the Xiaomi 14 will be the first phone to launch with Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. Regarding the Galaxy S24 series, the rumor is that Samsung is bringing back Exynos chips to the lineup. So, some countries will get the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 variants of Galaxy S24, while others will get the Exynos 2400 variants. How the Exynos 2400 compares to the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 remains to be seen.