The (*2*)Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processor went official final week, however Samsung was mysteriously lacking from Qualcomm’s official companions’ checklist. It was later reported that the South Korean agency may use a particular model of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 with a higher-clocked CPU. Now, it appears like the corporate’s upcoming high-end telephones will use a higher-clocked GPU, too.

The usual model of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 (SM8550-AB) incorporates a prime CPU (Cortex-X3) core clocked at 3.19GHz, 4 mid CPU cores clocked at 2.8GHz, three power-efficient CPU cores (Cortex-A510) clocked at 2GHz, and the Adreno 740 GPU clocked at 680MHz. Compared, it seems that the Galaxy S23 will use a variant of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processor (SM8550-AC) with its prime CPU core clocked at 3.36GHz and the GPU clocked at 719MHz. However to tame this overclocked chipset, Samsung additionally wants to use an acceptable cooling mechanism.

(*8*)Qualcomm sometimes releases higher-clocked variations of its flagship smartphone chipsets with a mannequin quantity ending AC. For example, the Snapdragon 855 had the mannequin quantity SM8150, whereas the Snapdragon 855+ with a higher-clocked CPU had the mannequin quantity SM8150-AC. It isn’t clear what this chipset can be known as: Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Professional, Snapdragon 8+ Gen 2, or one thing else.

The usual Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 is claimed to be a 35% sooner CPU and a 25% sooner GPU in contrast to the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1. However extra vital is that Qualcomm has targeted on bettering the facility effectivity of its newest flagship chipset, as its chips from the previous two generations tended to overheat and throttle underneath sustained load.