The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SM8650-AB is an 8-core chipset with 1 core at 3300 MHz, 3 cores at 3150 MHz, 2 cores at 2960 MHz, and 2 cores at 2260 MHz. It was unveiled on October 24, 2023, and is produced on a 4-nanometer process technology.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SM8650-AB Specifications
| Launch | October 2023 |
| Status | Available |
| Series | Snapdragon 8 Gen series |
| Class | Flagship processor |
| Model Name | SM8650-AB |
| Chip Name | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 |
CPU
| Architecture | 1x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4 3x 3.15 GHz – Cortex-A720 2x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A720 2x 2.26 GHz – Cortex-A520 |
| Process | 4nm |
| 64 Bit | 64 Bit support |
| Cores | octa- core (8) |
| Instruction Set | ARMv9.2-A |
| Max Frequency | 3300 MHz |
| L3 cache | 12 MB |
| Manufacturing | TSMC |
GPU
| Max Display Resolution | 4K Ultra HD @ 60 Hz, QHD+ @ 144 Hz |
| GPU | Adreno 750 |
| Architecture | Adreno 700 |
| GPU frequency | 770 MHz |
| Execution units | 2 |
| Shading units | 1536 |
| Total shaders | 3072 |
| FLOPS | 4730.8 Gigaflops |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 |
| Vulkan version | 1.3 |
| Direct X version | 12.1 |
MEMORY(RAM)
| Memory Type | LPDDR5X |
| Memory Frequency | 4800 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 77 Gbit/s |
| Max RAM | 24 GB |
MULTIMEDIA (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon |
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 200MP |
| Video capture | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS |
| Video playback | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS |
| Audio codecs | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9 |
CONNECTIVITY
| Modem | Snapdragon X75 |
| 4G | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G support | Yes, 5G Dual-SIM Dual-Active (DSDA), Upto 10 Gbps |
| Download speed | Up to 10000 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 3500 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 7 |
| Bluetooth | 5.4 |
| Charging | Qualcomm® Quick Charge™ 5 technology |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SM8650-AB AI Features
- Qualcomm® Hexagon™ NPU
- 98% Hexagon NPU performance improvement
- Make use of virtual assistants, GPT chatbots, stable diffusion, LLM, and more with upgraded Micro Tile Inferencing —all performed on-device for ultimate security
- Qualcomm® Sensing Hub
- Always-on and ultra-low power for: audio, sensors, and two always -sensing cameras
- Support for all precisions (INT4, INT8, INT16, FP16)
- Dual Always-Sensing Cameras featuring AI for quick and easy face detection and increased privacy
- Generative AI powered voice activated photo and video editing
- Night Vision video capture powered by AI
- Truepic photo capture with C2PA standard support lets you snap a photo with Truepic’s cryptographic seal to prove the photo is real and not Generative AI
- AI hardware acceleration further enhances your device’s 5G performance
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SM8650-AB Gaming Features
- The industry standard for Real-time Hardware Accelerated Ray Tracing for improved lighting, shadows – now with Global Illumination and 1.5x better Ray Tracing
- Snapdragon Game Super Resolution upscales gaming scenes up to 8K
- Support for Unreal Engine 5.2 MetaHumans framework for realistic human characters
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