Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 is on the way but it isn't what you expected

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According to a new post from Digital Chat Station on Weibo, Qualcomm is developing a new chipset, the Snapdragon 7 Gen 3, which carries model number SM7550. The tipster has also posted specifications of the upcoming SoC.

The leak claims that the Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 has 1x prime core clocked at 2.63GHz, 3x high performance (Cortex-A715) cores clocked at 2.4GHz, 4x power efficiency cores clocked at 1.8GHz, and Adreno 720 GPU. According to the tipster, the chipset will be made on TSMC’s 4nm fabrication process.

These specs place the Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 between the Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 and the Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2. The naming convention is quite confusing. Anyone would expect the Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 to be more powerful than any chipset from the Snapdragon 7 Gen 2 lineup. But that’s not the case.

While the tipster hasn’t revealed any information about when the Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 will launch, they claim that the chipset will be used in phones from Honor, Vivo, and Xiaomi. Another tipster, Yogesh Brar, says that the Redmi will launch a phone with the Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 in Q1 2024.

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Abid Iqbal Shaik - Writer

First Samsung device: Galaxy S II

I’m a computer science engineer living in Hyderabad, India, who has a keen interest in automobiles and consumer electronics. My journalism career kicked off in 2017 with MySmartPrice where I wrote news, features, buying guides, and explanatory articles about technology among other things, and reviewed many products, including smartphones, tablets, laptops, PC components, smartwatches, audio devices, wearables, and smart home products. Since then, I have worked for 91Mobiles, Apple, and Onsitego, before finally landing on SamMobile.

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 is on the way but it isn't what you expected

Abid Iqbal Shaik - Writer

First Samsung device: Galaxy S II

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