Igeekphone reported on November 20 that Qualcomm has just released the latest Snapdragon 7 Gen3 chip. The official claims that it has all-round improvements in performance, imaging, AI and other aspects , taking the overall experience of mobile phones to a new level.
So what is the difference between Snapdragon 7 Gen3 and its recently released flagship chip Snapdragon 8 Gen3 ? Recently, some media have compared its key parameters. Let’s take a look:
| chip | Snapdragon 8 Gen3 | Snapdragon 7 Gen3 |
| CPU | Qualcomm Kyro CPU, 64-bit, Arm architecture
1 super large core up to 3.3GHz 5 large cores up to 3.3GHz 2 small cores up to 2.3GHz |
Qualcomm Kyro CPU, 64-bit
1 super large core up to 2.63GHz 3 large cores up to 2.4GHz 4 small cores up to 1.8GHz |
| GPU | Supports ray tracing, real-time global illumination and reflection technology
Image Motion Engine 2.0 Variable refresh rate technology HDR gaming (10-bit color depth, Rec.2020 color) |
No support for ray tracing
HDR gaming (10-bit color depth, Rec.2020 color) |
| show | Device display support:
4K 60Hz; 8K 30Hz; 1080 240Hz The external monitor supports up to QHD+ 144Hz Variable refresh rate supports 1Hz to 240Hz HDR10, HDR10+, HDR vivid and Dolby Vision |
Device display support:
4K 60Hz; The external monitor supports up to WQHD+ 120Hz HDR10, HDR10+, Adaptive HDR10 and Ultra HDR |
| WiFi/Bluetooth | Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 5.4 | Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.3 |
| NPU | Qualcomm Hexagon NPU
Integrated AI acceleration architecture Scalar/vector/tensor accelerator Upgraded Micro Block Inference Unit Independent power supply circuit Support INT8+INT16 mixed precision Supports all precisions (INT4, INT8, INT16, FP16) |
Qualcomm Hexagon NPU
Integrated AI acceleration architecture Scalar/vector/tensor accelerator Supports mixed precision (INT4, INT8 and INT16) |
| image | Single camera 108 million pixels Dual camera 64 million pixels + 36 million pixels
Triple camera 36 million pixels Both support 30FPS Support ZSL zero shutter lag Supports up to 200 million pixel photo shooting |
Single camera 64 million pixels
Dual camera 32 million pixels + 21 million pixels Three cameras 21 million pixels Both support 30FPS Support ZSL zero shutter lag Supports up to 200 million pixel photo shooting |
| Memory | Supports 4800MHz LPDDR5x memory
Maximum support 24GB memory |
Supports 3200MHz LPDDR5 memory
Supports up to 16GB memory |
From a parameter perspective, the Snapdragon 7 Gen3 is quite different from the Snapdragon 8 Gen3 in terms of CPU architecture, core frequency and GPU, especially in terms of main frequency. The main frequency of the Snapdragon 8 Gen3 has reached 3.3GHz, while the main frequency of the Snapdragon 7 has reached 3.3GHz. Gen3 is only 2.63GHz.
The most important thing about the GPU is that Snapdragon 7 Gen3 does not support ray tracing, but after all, it is not a flagship chip, so it is normal.
In other aspects, Snapdragon 7 Gen3 also has a certain gap compared to Snapdragon 8 Gen3. It can be roughly regarded as a shrunken version of Snapdragon 8 Gen3. Although there is still a gap compared to the flagship chip, after all, Snapdragon 7 Gen3 is more powerful . Cheap .
At present, Honor 100 has been officially announced that it will be equipped with the Snapdragon 7 Gen3 processor for the first time and will be released this month, and vivo should follow suit.