Qualcomm has introduced the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 the new high-end Android chip largely focused on AI performance. Compared to the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 model, there are improvements in every way. Qualcomm's new mobile processor, also known as SM8550-AB, has gone through the 4nm manufacturing process. Here's how many GHz is the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2? All questions, especially

What does Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 offer with its features?

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processor focuses on power efficiency but also brings significant speed boosts. The new trio of Kryo CPUs offer up to 40% higher efficiency, up to 35% higher performance. There is no improvement in terms of clock speed; Same as Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 but not the same core composition. A single Kryo Prime core (based on Cortex-X3) runs at 3.2GHz to deliver high single-threaded performance. However, the new processor is powered by four performance cores (running at 2.8GHz) instead of three to better handle multi-threaded workloads. Three efficiency cores run at 2.0GHz. The latest Adreno GPU offers up to 45% higher power efficiency, up to 25% higher performance. Gen 2 brings hardware accelerated ray tracing support to the Snapdragon platform. This graphics processing unit is the first GPU to support Vulkan 1.3 along with OpenGL ES 3.2.

The Gen 2 also supports three simultaneous 36MP cameras (30fps) or a single 200MP camera like its predecessor. 108MP sensors are supported with zero shutter lag. On the video side, the new chipset allows 8K HDR video recording at 30fps, 4K at 120fps and slow motion video recording. It supports various HDR formats including HDR10+, HLG, Dolby Vision. Qualcomm claims that artificial intelligence performance has been increased by 4 times with the new Hexagon processor. This means portrait photos where details such as face, hair, clothes and background will be better revealed.

On the question of which phones will come with Snapdragon 8 Gen 2; Although Qualcomm did not give a clear model, it shared the brands. We will see the new Qualcomm Snapdragon Gen 2 processor in Android phones from Asus ROG Phone, Honor, iQOO, Motorola, nubia, OnePlus, Oppo, Red Magic, Sharp, Sony, vivo, Xiaomi, Meizu and ZTE to be released by the end of 2022.