Currently, the most advanced chip in terms of production technology is Apple’s A17 Pro. While this chip, produced in the 3nm process, provides serious power to the iPhone 15 Pro in terms of performance, development continues in the competitive ranks. According to the latest information, it is stated that Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 is much more efficient than Apple A17 Pro, although it is not produced in TSMC’s 3 nm process.
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 can make a difference on the GPU side
As it is known, Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 will be produced in TSMC’s N4P process. Qualcomm’s upcoming flagship silicon is claimed to be 30 percent more efficient than what Apple uses in this year’s iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max. Not only that, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 GPU is also said to be faster than the Apple A17 Pro in performance. According to an AnTuTu test, a 40 percent increase on the GPU side is mentioned, compared to a 15 percent increase on the CPU side.
If you remember, we have seen in many tests that Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 beat A16 Bionic, especially on the GPU side. According to the latest information, the current gap may widen even further in this generation. According to famous leaker Revegnus, the Adreno 750 graphics processor of Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 may be 60 percent faster than the A17 Pro. Unfortunately, these details are vague because it is not stated whether Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 will achieve this difference in pure rasterization, ray tracing, or both. By the way, Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 was around 30-40 percent more performant than the A16 Bionic’s GPU.
This year Apple marketed the A17 Pro as having four times faster ray tracing performance than the A16 Bionic, so it will be interesting to see how the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 performs in this area. If the claims on the GPU side are true, Qualcomm may have preferred graphics performance to processor performance in its new chip.
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