Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 Mobile Platform
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 Mobile Platform
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Behold the power of premium, personalized — with our brand-new Snapdragon® 8s Gen 3.

This platform is specially curated from your favorite Snapdragon 8-series platforms, delivering experiences that enhance your creativity, entertainment, productivity, and beyond.

Support for generative AI acts as your own personal assistant and creative collaborator, producing images and other content at your command – all operating securely on-device.

Take the Cognitive ISP for a spin with Photo Expansion, Snapdragon Low Light Vision (LLV), and an always-sensing facial unlock. Listen to songs in crystal-clear clarity, even at loud ...

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Benefits
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On-device generative AI

Our supercharged Qualcomm® AI Engine enables on-device generative AI at breakneck speeds—up to 10B parameters—with support for multi-modal models including 30+ large language models (LLMs) and large vision models (LVMs). Create one-of-a-kind content—straight out of your imagination—via simple text, voice, and image prompts, while contextually aware AI personalizes suggestions based on your activities.

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Intuitive capture experience

The Qualcomm Spectra™ 18-bit Triple Cognitive ISP delivers awe-inspiring AI-powered features like Photo Expansion, to intelligently fill in content beyond a capture’s original aspect ratio. Plus, an always-sensing camera boosts convenience and security with ultra-fast face unlock and mobile payments.

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Hyper-realistic mobile gaming

Immersive Snapdragon Elite Gaming Features bring desktop-level gameplay to smartphones, packing features like our industry-leading real-time Hardware-Accelerated Ray Tracing. Light interacts realistically with in-game scenery for authentic shadows and reflections.

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Lossless high-def sound

Snapdragon Sound™ Technology Suite with Qulacomm® Aqstic™ Speaker Max Technology reduces distortion when music is played at high volumes directly from the speakers on your phone, while Qualcomm aptX™ Audio technology delivers music true to the original recording.

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Breakthrough connectivity

The Snapdragon® X70 5G Modem-RF System harnesses the power of AI to offer the latest 5G, with blazing-fast download speeds and incredible power efficiency. Qualcomm® FastConnect™ 7800 Mobile Connectivity System delivers Wi-Fi 7 at industry-leading 5.8 Gbps speeds, with support for High Band Simultaneous Multi-Link selecting your strongest signal across 5 and 6 GHz bands.

Features

  • Snapdragon Seamless experience connects all your compatible devices so you can switch between them intuitively and quickly
  • Our Qualcomm® AI Engine includes:
    • Qualcomm® Hexagon™ NPU
    • Qualcomm® Sensing Hub
      • Always-on and ultra-low power for: audio, sensors, and an always -sensing camera
    • Support for all precisions (INT4, INT8, INT16, FP16)
  • Our Qualcomm Spectra™ Cognitive ISP features:
    • Photo expansion intuitively extends a photo beyond what was captured 
    • An always-sensing camera enables ultra-fast facial unlock and mobile payments for utmost convenience and security
    • Real-time Semantic Segmentation for photo/video frame with up to 12 layers
    • Snapdragon® Low Light Vision (LLV) records crisp, grain-free content—even in near darkness
    • AV1 codec for video playback
  • Snapdragon Elite Gaming™ Features
    • The industry standard for Real-time Hardware Accelerated Ray Tracing for improved lighting, shadows, and reflections
    • Snapdragon shadow denoiser for soft, smooth, life-like shadows
    • Game Post Processing Accelerator increases efficiency of the low-level building blocks used by effects like bloom, depth of field, motion blur and more
    • Qualcomm® Adreno™ Frame Motion Engine 2.0 doubles the frame rate of games from 60 FPS to 120 FPS without impacting battery life
  • Featuring our integrated Snapdragon® X70 5G Modem-RF System
    • 5G AI Processor in a 5G Modem-RF System, harnessing the power of AI to enable breakthrough 5G performance
    • 3GPP Release 17 5G for increased power savings
  • Featuring Qualcomm® FastConnect™ 7800 Mobile Connectivity System
    • Wi-Fi 7 with HBS (High Band Simultaneous) multi-link
  • Supports Snapdragon Sound™ Technology Suite
    • Qualcomm Aqstic™ Speaker Max Technology reduces distortion when you want to listen at high volumes
    • Spatial audio with head-tracking for complete surround-sound immersion
    • LE Audio with Auracast broadcast audio enables multiple devices to connect 
Specifications
Qualcomm® Artificial Intelligence (AI) Engine
GPU Name
Qualcomm® Adreno™
CPU Name
Qualcomm® Kryo™
Qualcomm® Hexagon™ Processor Features
Qualcomm® Hexagon™ Scalar Accelerator, Qualcomm® Hexagon™ Tensor Accelerator, Qualcomm® Hexagon™ Vector eXtensions (HVX), Dedicated power delivery system, Micro Tile Inferencing, Hexagon Direct Link, Fused AI Accelerator architecture
Qualcomm® Sensing Hub Features
Always-sensing camera
CPU
Name
Qualcomm® Kryo™
Architecture
64-bit
Clock Speed
Up to 3 GHz
GPU
Name
Qualcomm® Adreno™
APIs
OpenGL® ES 3.2, Vulkan® 1.3, OpenCL™ 2.0 FP
Cellular Modem-RF
Modem Name
Snapdragon™ X70 5G Modem-RF System
Peak Download Speed
6.5 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed
3.5 Gbps
Cellular Modem-RF Specs
8 carriers (mmWave), 2x2 MIMO (mmWave), 4x4 MIMO (Sub-6)
Performance Enhancement Technologies
Qualcomm® Smart Transmit™ 2.0 technology, Qualcomm® 5G Ultra-Low Latency Suite, Qualcomm® 5G AI Suite, Qualcomm® 5G PowerSave Gen 3
Cellular Technology
HSPA, sub-6 GHz, TDD, LTE, WCDMA, FDD, SA (standalone), NSA (non-standalone), TD-SCDMA, CDMA 1x, EV-DO, GSM/EDGE, EN-DC, CBRS, NR-DC (mmWave-sub6 dual connectivity), SA (standalone) mmWave, mmWave
Multi SIM
Global 5G Multi-SIM, Dual SIM Dual Active (DSDA) 5G+5G and 5G+4G
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi/Bluetooth System
Qualcomm® FastConnect™ 7800
Peak Speed
5.8 Gbps
Generation
Wi-Fi 4, Wi-Fi 5, Wi-Fi 6, Wi-Fi 7
Standards
802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n, 802.11a, 802.11ax, 802.11be
Spectral Bands
6 GHz, 5 GHz, 4 GHz
Channels
320 MHz
Peak QAM
4K QAM
Features
Passpoint, TDLS, OFDMA (UL/DL), Wi-Fi QoS Management, MU-MIMO (UL/DL), Wi-Fi Optimized Connectivity, Wi-Fi Aware R3, Wi-Fi Location, Miracast, Voice-Enterprise, High Band Simultaneous (HBS) Multi-Link

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CPU

Clock Speed

Cellular Modem-RF

Modem Name

Camera

Image Signal Processor (ISP) Bit Depth

Charging

Qualcomm® Quick Charge™ technology support

Process Node and Technology

Process Node

Premium Tier

Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 Mobile Platform
Active

Up to 3 GHz

Snapdragon™ X70 5G Modem-RF System

18-bit

Qualcomm® Quick Charge™ 5 technology

4 nm

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