Samsung-exclusive Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy makes its way to other units, likely the 8 Plus Gen 2 Qualcomm hasn’t talked about so far

Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has proved itself to be an distinctive flagship SoC for 2023 Android smartphones. The Samsung Galaxy S23 sequence have been outlined by the 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy variant that Qualcomm developed solely for this sequence and in addition for the new Z Flip5 and the Z Fold5 foldables. Looks like this exclusivity is now over and the 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy may truly be the 8+ Gen 2 that we have been anticipating.

The authentic half variety of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 is SM8550-AB, and this contains a 3.2 GHz Cortex-X3 Prime Core and a 680 MHz Adreno 740 GPU. The 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy, on the other hand, carries the half quantity SM8550-AC and comes with the Prime Core clocked at 3.36 GHz and the Adreno 740 GPU operating at 719 MHz.

Our associates over at XDA Developers seen that the RedMagic 8S Pro’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC has the similar identifier as that of the 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy. The clock speeds of the Prime Core and the GPU additionally matched with these of the Samsung-exclusive chipset. The publication reached out to Qualcomm, who offered them the under response:

There aren’t any specification variations between Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy and this new variant of Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 with 3.36GHz peak CPU speeds.

Following our expanded strategic partnership announcement in July 2022, we labored intently with Samsung to uniquely customise Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy for Flip5/Fold5/Tab9. For instance, Samsung offered their proprietary digicam IP to for us to combine into the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy.

Given the minor adjustment to CPU prime core frequency, we’re treating this platform as a variant of the authentic platform (Snapdragon 8 Gen 2). Our aim is to preserve our simplified naming construction that was launched in November 2021 so it’s simpler for OEMs and customers to uncover and select units powered by Snapdragon.”

It is turning into obvious that Qualcomm has silently began providing overclocked 8 Gen 2 chipsets to OEMs and is unlikely to announce an 8+ Gen 2 SKU particularly.

Comparatively, the transition from the 8 Gen 1 to the 8+ Gen 1 was extra profound as the fab change from Samsung 4 nm to TSMC 4 nm proved to be very useful when it comes to efficiency and effectivity. 

We are solely seeing a slight bump in clocks this time round with no other adjustments, so it’s comprehensible why Qualcomm is not excited about creating hype round this refresh. 

Besides, Qualcomm has even introduced ahead its annual Snapdragon Summit to end-October this yr whereby the firm will unveil its next-generation Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC. We’ve already seen first leaks of this upcoming flagship SoC in a purported Samsung Galaxy S24 Plus.

While this new technique may make enterprise sense for Qualcomm, prospects could have to hunt down methods of discovering out which SoC variant is powering their upcoming smartphone buy.

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