The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2’s odd processing design was already made public by a leaker in June, but Ice Universe now provides more information regarding the chip’s technical specifications. In light of this, the next-generation flagship SoC, along with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 and the Apple A16 Bionic of the iPhone 14 Pro, will continue to be produced utilizing TSMC’s N4 process. As a result, the ARM Cortex-X3 processing core, with clock rates up to 3.2 GHz, powers the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. Two Cortex-A715 and two Cortex-A710 cores, each with a clock speed of up to 2.8 GHz, are integrated. Since ARM hasn’t yet released any new E-cores, the efficiency cores are still built on the Cortex-A510, although their clock rates are rising from 1.8 to 2.0 GHz. As a result, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 provides a performance core that is more advanced than its predecessor. The improved design and higher clock frequencies should result in a significant improvement in multi-core performance. ARM claims that a 1+4+4- Configuration based on the new architecture performs 21% better than an older 1+3+4- Configuration, while the Cortex-X3 promises a 25% faster single-thread performance. It is unclear why Qualcomm mixes two Cortex-A715 cores with two older Cortex-A710 cores instead of installing four Cortex-A715 cores, as advised by ARM. According to Ice Universe, customers should anticipate significant advancements at the NPU, GPU, and ISP.
