Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy Powers Samsung's Newest Flagship Device Lineup

[AleksandarK]

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. announced that its flagship Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Mobile Platform for Galaxy is powering Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.'s new cutting-edge foldable smartphones, the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold5 and Galaxy Z Flip5, and its latest Galaxy Tab S9 Series. Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy defines a new standard for connected computing, including groundbreaking AI experiences, desktop-level gaming features, professional grade photography, and more, for consumers around the world.

"Samsung is important to our mission to deliver the world's best mobile experiences to consumers. They continue to set the pace for innovation and we couldn't be more thrilled to have Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy power the newest flagship Galaxy device lineup—the Galaxy Z Flip5, Galaxy Z Fold5, and Galaxy Tab S9 series," said Alex Katouzian, senior vice president and general manager, mobile, compute, & XR businesses, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.




"We believe the future of our products lies in delivering new and exciting experiences in a range of form-factors, all powered by the latest and greatest technology," Inkang Song, vice president and head of technology strategy team, Samsung Electronics. "Samsung is proud to feature the latest flagship Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy inside the Galaxy Z Flip5, Galaxy Z Fold5, and Galaxy Tab S9 Series. We're excited to see how these devices will enable new possibilities for our users."

Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 - Technology Highlights

• Snapdragon Smart: Samsung's new Galaxy devices feature our fastest, most advanced Qualcomm AI Engine providing groundbreaking AI integrated across the entire platform. Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy features an upgraded Qualcomm Hexagon Processor that enables micro tile inferencing to help accelerate complex AI models for increased AI performance, and the latest Qualcomm Sensing Hub with dual AI processors to support ultra-low power AI experiences like AI-based echo cancelling and noise cancellation during video and phone calls.
• Snapdragon Sight : Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy helps to define a new era of professional quality camera experiences. Snapdragon's Cognitive ISP enables real-time Semantic Segmentation1 to enhance images, ultra low-light video capture, and multi-frame noise reduction.
• Snapdragon Gaming: The accelerated Qualcomm Adreno GPU enables real time hardware-accelerated ray tracing to deliver life-like light, reflections, and illuminations in mobile games. With support for the latest Vulkan APIs (version 1.3), the Galaxy series enables improved graphics performance and helps developers accelerate the transition of desktop games to mobile.
• Multi-Gigabit Connectivity: The new Samsung Galaxy devices features Qualcomm Technologies' leading connectivity solutions, including the Snapdragon X70 Modem-RF System, and Qualcomm FastConnect Mobile Connectivity Subsystem for high-speed and ultra-low latency Wi-Fi, and the latest Bluetooth audio enhancements.

More information on the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy can be found here. For more information about the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold5, Galaxy Z Flip5, and Galaxy Tab S9 Series, please visit www.samsung.com/galaxy or www.samsungmobilepress.com.

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[bonehead123]

New phones/fablets etc, latest chips, prices go up, rinse, repeat, yada, yada, yada...

And this news how ?

 

[ikjadoon]

Sad Samsung squandered years of semi talent & development.

Used to be Samsung cores on a Samsung SoC on a Samsung node.

Now it's Arm cores on a Qualcomm SoC on a TSMC node.

 

[zlobby]

Tells you much about how Samsung trust their own Exynos lineup.

It is almost certain that the S24 lineup will be plagued by Exynos again.

 

[AusWolf]

Reading the word "gaming" in a mobile-oriented article always makes me laugh.

 

[trsttte]

What exactly is the difference between a regular "Snapdragon 8 Gen 2" and this "Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Samsung"?

Tells you much about how Samsung trust their own Exynos lineup.

It is almost certain that the S24 lineup will be plagued by Exynos again.

You're not wrong but smartphones are way more powerfull than they need to be anyway. I don't know if Qualcomm changed their tune and is finally providing software support for their SoC's for longer but that has been a problem limiting software support on Android for a long time (not the only reason, but part of the reason and an easy place to point the finger towards I guess), Exynos doesn't have that problem

 

[AusWolf]

smartphones are way more powerfull than they need to be anyway.

Couldn't agree more! That's why a cheap A-series Samsung works wonders for me. Not to mention the battery life which is way worse on higher-end models.

 

[tabascosauz]

What exactly is the difference between a regular "Snapdragon 8 Gen 2" and this "Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Samsung"?

You're not wrong but smartphones are way more powerfull than they need to be anyway. I don't know if Qualcomm changed their tune and is finally providing software support for their SoC's for longer but that has been a problem limiting software support on Android for a long time (not the only reason, but part of the reason and an easy place to point the finger towards I guess), Exynos doesn't have that problem

The 8G2 for Galaxy is a slightly higher clocked variant. Only very slight bump on Cortex-X3 and GPU. The reviewers all said that the Samsung 8G2 would eventually be recycled by Qualcomm like 865 was respun into 870, it's certainly possible.

Not that it really matters; Samsung doesn't use exotic cooling (e.g. Oneplus), and the S23s are best run in Light mode with the Cortex-X3 underclocked, it's no less of a beast.

Not even sure if software support has even been true in recent years. Generation after generation it's always Exynos/Dimensity that are suffering GPU-wise due to Qualcomm marketshare and the fact they aren't Qualcomm, it's either hard or unpopular to optimize for those platforms.

 

[zlobby]

What exactly is the difference between a regular "Snapdragon 8 Gen 2" and this "Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Samsung"?



You're not wrong but smartphones are way more powerfull than they need to be anyway. I don't know if Qualcomm changed their tune and is finally providing software support for their SoC's for longer but that has been a problem limiting software support on Android for a long time (not the only reason, but part of the reason and an easy place to point the finger towards I guess), Exynos doesn't have that problem

Android is a bloated mess, hands down! Exynos however is more power hungry, hotter and laggy. Not to mention its useless NPU and ISP, which are way inferior in comparison.

As for the 'power', I disagree. I use my phone for lots of productivity tasks and the difference is day and night. If only Android wasn't such a POS.

Couldn't agree more! That's why a cheap A-series Samsung works wonders for me. Not to mention the battery life which is way worse on higher-end models.

It's bad to generalize. For me, for example, it's the other way around.

 

[tabascosauz]

Tells you much about how Samsung trust their own Exynos lineup.

It is almost certain that the S24 lineup will be plagued by Exynos again.

That's what the news writers all say, but first either Samsung Foundries has to get their shit together or Exynos gets fabbed somewhere else. Only reason 2100 and 2200 were at least somewhat competitive is because Qualcomm was also held hostage on the same garbage Samsung nodes for two generations. As soon as N4 was made available, 8+ Gen 1 left 2200 in the dust.

It's bad to generalize. For me, for example, it's the other way around.

Agreed, it's pretty inaccurate to generalize the entire high end based on the savagery 888/2100 and 8G1/2200 used to do to phones. It only takes a quick look at how things have changed with 8 Gen 2 and Dimensity 9200.

 

[AusWolf]

It's bad to generalize. For me, for example, it's the other way around.

What do you mean "the other way around"? I get 2 days with light usage, or 3 when I don't touch the phone at all. Which high end phone can do the same?

 

[tabascosauz]

What do you mean "the other way around"? I get 2 days with light usage, or 3 when I don't touch the phone at all. Which high end phone can do the same?

I can do 2 days pretty easily with my S23, with Protect Battery on (85%), full manual brightness and a bit less YouTube than usual. 3 days is a very conservative estimate for not using it at all. All on a tiny 3785mAh pack. I'd imagine the S23+ can do better.

The lower midrange phones usually have really good runtimes but it's more down to the fact that the batteries are huge and there's only so much power that the existing silicon *can* draw at high load. If you take the reins completely off a 8+ Gen 1 or 8 Gen 2 of course it's going to run the battery dry, the Prime core doesn't even exist on the midranger to draw copious power.

But these days with adaptive panels that aggressively drop to 10-24Hz after your finger leaves the screen, better idle power optimizations with new cores, and better nodes, flagships are certainly not 'much' worse as they have been in the past few years.

Specifically, I want to see more 7+ Gen 2 designs, because paired with a big battery it is truly the new efficient do-everything champ to beat.

 

[zlobby]

What do you mean "the other way around"? I get 2 days with light usage, or 3 when I don't touch the phone at all. Which high end phone can do the same?

I was replying to the statement that people don't need fast SoC in phones. Or so I thought?