After launching the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3, its latest premium chipset with some downgrades, earlier this week, Qualcomm is back with a new mid-range chipset in the Snapdragon 7 series. The new Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3 chipset is a successor to the Snapdragon 7 Gen 3, which was announced a few months ago in November 2023.
Introducing the Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 mobile platform
The Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3 chipset brings a better CPU, significantly upgraded GPU and a powerful NPU to deliver AI capabilities on the device.
Compared to Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2, released in March 2023, Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3 delivers 15% better CPU performance. Built on TSMC's 4nm process node, the CPU contains a powerful single Cortex-X4 core clocked up to 2.8GHz, 4x performance cores (Cortex-A720) clocked up to 2.6GHz and 3x efficiency cores (Cortex-A520) clocked up to 1. GHz.
In the GPU department, Qualcomm says the Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3 offers an upgraded Adreno GPU (Adreno 732 likely) that offers a 45% improvement over the Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2. It also packs some flagship gaming features like Super Resolution, Adreno Frame Motion Engine 2.0 (AFME), Game Post Processing Accelerator, HDR Gaming, Shadow Denoiser and more.
