Difference Between Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy with Standard Version
Yes, the addition of 'for Galaxy' to the naming of the chipset certainly makes many people curious about the performance it offers.
Basically, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy is an upgrade from the standard version of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 that Qualcomm launched in November 2022.
As the name implies, this chipset was specially made by shoppingmode Samsung and Qualcomm as the kitchen runway for the Galaxy S23 Series.
Qualcomm itself has provided a brief explanation of the difference between the Snapdragon 8 Gen for Galaxy and the standard version of Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, which lies in terms of clock speed and speed.
Apart from that, the Snapdragon 8 Gen chipset on the Galaxy S23 Series brings features similar to the standard version of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 which has been used by several of the latest flagship phones.
Qualcomm said that it made the SoC Snapdragon 8 Gen for Galaxy with a Kryo Cortex-X3 CPU with a speed of up to 3.36 GHz. For comparison, the standard Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 speed is only stuck at 3.2 GHz.
Apart from providing an increase in CPU performance, Qualcomm has also increased the capabilities of its GPU. Even though it still adopts the Adreno 740 GPU, the speed has been increased to 719 MHz from 680 MHz.
Quoted from ZDNET, the CPU performance of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset on the Galaxy S23 series has increased by 30%. In addition, it is also said that the GPU and NPU have been optimized by more than 40% to compensate for performance gains and power efficiency.
In fact, not only offers speed, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chip in the Galaxy S23 Series also comes with the Cognitive ISP feature which is claimed to be able to perform semantic segmentation to improve photo and video results on the Galaxy S23 Series camera.
The existence of this feature makes the Galaxy S23 Series camera able to detect objects quickly, and can even eliminate the effect of light reflection from mirrors and glasses.
