Geekbench has already benchmarked a few upcoming smartphones using Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processor, including Samsung’s Galaxy S23, S23+, and S23 Ultra.
When they did, the benchmark reported 3.36GHz prime cores, 2.80GHz performance cores, and 2.02GHz efficiency cores for the three clusters.
Other than the Samsung flagships, the 8 Gen 2 chipset will be used in a variety of phones. For example, the Vivo X90 Pro and iQOO 11 have been tested.
Looking closer, the prime core on those phones runs at 3.19GHz. 3.1872GHz is the exact frequency listed by Qualcomm.
Ice Universe also stated that the European version will use a “unique high-frequency Snapdragon 8 Gen 2.”
So far, the benchmarks we’ve seen are from US models, implying that this is most likely global rather than European.
Meanwhile, Leakster claims that the primary CPU core will run at 3.36GHz rather than 3.2GHz. The GPU will now run at 719MHz, up from 680MHz.
Furthermore, Qualcomm has introduced ‘AC’ variants that have faster clock speeds than the standard chip.
For example, the Snapdragon 855 has the model number SM8150, whereas the 855+ has the SM8150-AC, which boosts the prime core from 2.84GHz to 2.96GHz.
Because the SM8550-AB for the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 was announced this week, this should be the SM8550-AC.
It’s unclear whether the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 2 processor, which will be used in the Galaxy S23 series, will be called that or something else.
However, it appears that Qualcomm and TSMC found enough room to allow for a reasonable overclock. Furthermore, Qualcomm’s 8 Gen 2 CPU is 35% faster than the 8 Gen 1, and the GPU is 25% faster.
After being overclocked, this new chip should be faster. However, it is too early to tell how much faster based on benchmarks.
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