Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
For linked computing, the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Mobile Platform establishes a new high-end benchmark. This AI wonder, which has been cleverly designed with revolutionary AI throughout, makes it possible to have genuinely amazing experiences.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Benefits
Groundbreaking AI
You have access to a world of possibilities with fastest and most sophisticated Qualcomm AI Engine. Use AI Cinematic video to record high-quality content or use multi-language translation and transcription to communicate with friends or coworkers around the world. Additionally, the Qualcomm Sensing Hub now boasts dual-AI processors for the first time, enabling innovative new features like voice assistance that can be used directly within apps for easy management of your favourite apps.
- AI performance up to 4.35 times faster
- For a 60% increase in performance/watt, the first Snapdragon mobile platform with INT4 accuracy support
- The first mobile platform powered by Snapdragon that has micro tile inferencing
Ingenious capture
With the Qualcomm Spectra 18-bit triple Cognitive ISP, first AI-powered camera processor, you can break down limitations in photography. With the use of this innovative architecture, real-time semantic segmentation can identify and maximise every element in a frame, including faces, hair, clothing, backdrops, and more.
- The first Snapdragon mobile platform featuring an Always-Sensing camera driven by AI
- Capturing photos up to 200 MP
- Capturing 8K HDR video in 10-bit HDR
Next-level audio experiences
Take a trip with Snapdragon Sound Technology, which now offers head-tracking2 and spatial audio for total surround sound experience. No matter how you move, you will always be enthralled by the audio that surrounds you since you are now at the centre of sound.
- Take advantage of lossless music streaming to hear every nuance of your song.
- Bluetooth streaming with extremely low latency
Champion-level gameplay
Utilise the entire suite of Snapdragon Elite Gaming Features to increase your winnings. The industry standard for real-time Hardware-Accelerated Ray Tracing brings you breathtakingly realistic lighting, shadow, and illumination effects. Additionally, the Metahuman framework and Unreal Engine 5 can create photorealistic human characters for unparalleled immersion. Worlds of gaming will emerge and amaze in real-time when paired with Qualcomm Adreno GPU and Qualcomm Kryo CPU, which provide faster performance.
- Vulkan 1.3 APIs are supported by the first mobile platform.
- Adreno GPU offers up to 45% more power efficiency and up to 25% faster performance.
- The new microarchitecture permits up to 40% higher power efficiency, while the Kryo CPU enhances performance by up to 35%.
Unparalleled connectivity
The first and only mobile platform with a specialised 5G AI processor in the world is the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, which comes with the Snapdragon X70 5G Modem RF System. The Qualcomm Fast Connect 7800 Mobile Connectivity System also enables gaming, streaming, and home communication with Wi-Fi 7, which has the lowest latency in the industry.
- For maximum user freedom, 5G Dual-SIM Dual-Active (DSDA) allows two 5G+5G or 5G+4G SIM cards to be used simultaneously.
- With blazing speeds of up to 5.8 Gbps, Wi-Fi 6 is more than doubled.
- The first commercial Wi-Fi 7 SoC in the world, with cutting-edge High Band Simultaneous Multi-Link technology
Vault-like security
Security akin to a vault In order to safeguard your data and privacy, Snapdragon Secure provides the newest advancements in isolation, cryptography, key management, attestation, and more.
- Liveness detection is part of the improved Face Unlock security mechanism.
Breakthrough 5G performance
For the most recent improvements in speed, coverage, and latency as well as range and connection resilience, the Snapdragon X70 5G Modem-RF system is outfitted with a Qualcomm 5G AI Processor, Qualcomm Smart Transmit, and Qualcomm 5G PowerSave.
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Features
- Qualcomm AI Engine includes:
- Hexagon Processor by Qualcomm
- The first Snapdragon mobile platform that can run complicated neural networks using hardware-based micro tile inferencing
- To achieve the best performance, Hexagon Direct Link enables all cores to collaborate with Hexagon more quickly and effectively over a physical link.
- The Qualcomm Sensing Hub
- Direct-to-app voice help is one of the new experiences powered by dual-AI processors.
- Ultra-low power consumption and constant operation for sensors, audio, and an always-sensing camera
- All precisions (INT4, INT8, INT16, and FP16) are supported.
- Qualcomm first-ever Cognitive ISP-enabled Snapdragon mobile platform
- Features of Snapdragon Sight Technology:
- Semantic Segmentation for Photos and Videos in Real Time Capture identifies and maximises every element in a frame.
- AI-powered Always-Sensing Camera for Enhanced Privacy and Fast Face Recognition
- Professional-grade depth, colour, and sharpness are offered by Bokeh Engine 2.
- For higher-quality video and expert editing capabilities, Pro Sight Video Capture offers five times larger file sizes.
- Support for staggered HDR image sensors and quad computational HDR video capture (using QDOL image sensors)
- AV1 codec for playing videos
- Snapdragon Elite Gaming features in their entirety
- Real-time Hardware Accelerated Ray Tracing, the industry standard for better illumination, shadows, and lighting
- With up to 75% better performance, the first Snapdragon mobile platform with Game Post Processing Accelerator adds effects like motion blur, bloom, and depth of field.
- For a 30% increase in Vulkan performance, the first Snapdragon mobile platform to enable Vulkan 1.3 APIs
- The first Snapdragon mobile platform that supports the MetaHumans architecture for realistic human characters in Unreal Engine 5
- With its next-generation microarchitecture, the Qualcomm Kryo CPU has 40% higher power efficiency.
- For a more reliable overall CPU design, the new micro-architecture has transformed one of the efficiency cores into a performance core.
- Up to 25% more performance and 45% more power efficiency are provided by the Qualcomm Adreno GPU.
- Snapdragon Sound Technology is supported for:
- Head tracking2 combined with spatial audio for total surround sound immersion
- Bluetooth broadcasting with ultra-low latency <48 ms
- Lossless music streaming in CD quality
- 32kHz aptX Voice extreme wideband voice call quality
- For maximum user freedom, Qualcomm integrated Snapdragon X70 5G Modem-RF System 5G Dual-SIM Dual-Active (DSDA) allows two 5G+5G or 5G+4G SIM cards to be used simultaneously.
- The Qualcomm 5G Ultra-Low Latency Suite contributes to unparalleled 5G low-latency for incredibly responsive 5G apps and user experiences.
- Exceptional download speeds of up to 10 gigabits per second for uninterrupted productivity and faultless enjoyment
- The first Wi-Fi 7 commercial solution with HBS Multi-Link enabling continuous connectivity is provided by the Qualcomm FastConnect 7800 Mobile Connectivity System.
- The most recent advancements in attestation, key management, cryptography, isolation, and other areas are all included in Snapdragon Secure.
- For more privacy, the Face Unlock security mechanism has been improved to include liveness detection.
