Raytracing, Unreal Engine 5 and Frame Generation – The leaked specs of the Snapdragon 8 Gen3 processor promise a lot.

The iPhone 15 Pro phones have led the way and it looks like the Android phones will follow suit: Triple AAA gaming on mobile.

A leak now reveals the technical specifications of the Snapdragon 8 Gen3. This promises not only console-level gaming, but also plenty of enhancements for generative AI features – Qualcomm calls it the “titan of on-device intelligence. “

NextGen-level AI and gaming

The leak comes from (MSPoweruser) and reveals all the technical specs on Qualcomm’s new flagship processor. 

On ray tracing level, the Snapdragon 8 Gen3 is said to be able to compete with the iPhone 15 Pro. Qualcomm talks about “console-defying”, i.e. a performance that is supposed to put even consoles in the shade – at least that’s how MSPoweruser is supposed to have heard it. 

The chip will also be able to upscale cutscenes in games to a maximum of 8K. 

While the Snapdragon 8 Gen2 already supports hardware-accelerated ray tracing, the new Adreno GPU in the Snapdragon 8 Gen3 will support five more features that promise to take mobile gaming to a new level. 

Unreal Engine 5 Lumens

UE 5 Lumen is a dynamic global illumination and reflection system designed for the next generation of consoles. It enables diffuse inter-reflection with infinite bounces and indirect specular reflections in large, detailed environments.

Unreal Engine 5 Global Illumination

UE 5 Global Illumination is a generic term for various options to simulate lighting interactions with geometry and material surfaces.

Unreal Engine 5 Reflections 

UE 5 Reflections are various systems to represent reflective material surfaces. These include Lumen Reflections, Ray Tracing Reflections, Screen Space Reflections, Reflection Captures and Planar Reflections.

Snapdragon Game Super Resolution

This is an upscaling technology, like Nvidia DLSS, AMD FSR and Intel XeSS. This upscales games in a lower resolution to a higher one. This increases the FPS number and reduces the energy consumption.

Adreno Frame Motion Engine 2.0

This technology generates additional frames to increase the frame rate of games. The technology is similar to DLSS Frame Generation and AMD Fluid Motion Frames.

What are the improvements compared to the predecessor? 

The new Adreno GPU is both 25 percent faster and more efficient. 

The new CPU has five performance cores with up to 3.2 GHz and two efficiency cores with a maximum of 2.3 GHz. It is 30 percent faster and 20 percent more efficient.

The chip makes the biggest leap in the NPU, which is responsible for AI processes. Compared to its predecessor, this is now 98 percent faster and 40 percent more efficient. 

According to MSPoweruser, these are the full technical specifications for the Snapdragon 8 Gen3:

AI Engine

Qualcomm® Adreno GPU

Qualcomm® Kryo CPU

Qualcomm® Hexagon NPU

Fused AI accelerator architecture

Hexagon scalar, vector, and tensor accelerators

Hexagon Direct Link

Upgraded Micro Tile Inferencing

Upgraded power delivery system

Support for mix precision (INT8+INT16)

Support for all precisions (INT4, INT8, INT16, FP16)Qualcomm® Sensing Hub

Dual micro NPUs for audio and sensors

Dual Always-Sensing ISPs to support

two concurrent Always-Sensing Cameras

Support for INT4 precision

CPU

64-bit architecture

1 Prime core, up to 3.3 GHz

5 Performance cores, up to 3.2 GHz

2 Efficiency cores, up to 2.3 GHz

GPU

Real-time Hardware-Accelerated Ray Tracing with Global Illumination

Support for Unreal Engine 5 Lumen Global Illumination and Reflections System

Snapdragon Game Super Resolution

Adreno Frame Motion Engine 2.0

Snapdragon Game Post Processing Accelerator

HDR gaming (10-bit color depth, Rec. 2020 color gamut)

Snapdragon Shadow Denoiser

API support: OpenGL® ES 3.2, OpenCL 2.0 FP, Vulkan® 1.3

Hardware-accelerated H.265, VP9, AV1 decoder

HDR Playback Codec support for HDR10+, HDR10, HLG, and Dolby Vision

5G modem

Snapdragon® X75 5G Modem-RF System

Memory 

Memory Density: Up to 24 GB

Support for LP-DDR5x memory, up to 4800 MHz

Connectivity

Wi-Fi Generation: Wi-Fi 7

Peak Speed: 5.8 Gbps

802.11be, 802.11ax, 802.11ac, 802.11a/b/g/n

Wi-Fi Spectral Bands: 6 Ghz, 5 GHz, 2.4 GHz

Channel Bandwidth: 320/240/160/80/40/20 MHz

8-stream sounding (for 8×8 MU-MIMO)

MIMO Configuration: 2×2 (2-stream)

MU-MIMO (uplink & downlink)

4K QAM

OFDMA (Uplink & Downlink)

High Band Simultaneous (HBS) Multi-Link

Wi-Fi Security: WPA3-Enterprise, WPA3-Enhanced Open, WPA3 Easy Connect, WPA3-Personal Integrated Bluetooth

Bluetooth Audio: Snapdragon Sound Technology with support for Qualcomm XPAN Technology, Qualcomm® aptX Voice, aptX Lossless, aptX Adaptive, and LE Audio

Bluetooth Features: Bluetooth 5.4, LE Audio, Dual Bluetooth antennas

USB: Version 3.1 Gen 2; USB Type-C Support

display support

4K @ 60 Hz

QHD+ @ 144 Hz

Maximum External Display Support:

Up to 8K @ 30 Hz

Up to 1080 @ 240 Hz

Variable Refresh Rate support for 240 Hz to 1 Hz

10-bit color depth, Rec. 2020 color gamut

HDR10, HDR10+, HDR vivid, and Dolby Vision

Audio support

Qualcomm Aqstic audio codec

Qualcomm Aqstic smart speaker amplifier

Total Harmonic Distortion + Noise (THD+N)

Playback: -108dB

Qualcomm® Audio and Voice Communication Suite

Spatial audio with head-tracking

Camera support

Cognitive ISP, Triple 18-bit ISPs

Up to 36 MP triple camera @ 30 FPS with Zero Shutter Lag

Up to 64+36 MP dual camera @ 30 FPS with Zero Shutter Lag

Up to 108 MP single camera @ 30 FPS with Zero Shutter Lag

8K HDR video capture + 64 MP photo capture @ 30 FPS

4K video capture @ 120 FPS

How do you feel about smartphones becoming more powerful and soon being able to play blockbuster games like Resident Evil VIII and Assassin’s Creed Mirage on them? Is this interesting for you and would you replace the console with a cell phone in the future, should there soon be more games for them? Write us your opinion on this topic in the comments!

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