Like most of the finest Android telephones in 2023, all three fashions within the recently-released Samsung Galaxy S23 line are powered by Qualcomm’s glorious Snapdragon eight Gen 2 chipset – however Apple’s top-of-the-line A16 Bionic continues to disclaim Samsung the privilege of calling its smartphones the quickest on the planet. 

That might all change in 2024, although. In line with serial leaker RGcloudS (opens in new tab), Qualcomm’s in-development Snapdragon eight Gen Three processor will probably be considerably extra highly effective than the Snapdragon eight Gen 2, with the Galaxy-specific model of the chipset set to beat Apple’s upcoming A17 Bionic “on paper.”

In different phrases, the Samsung Galaxy S24 and its bigger siblings – which we anticipate to launch early subsequent yr – may very well be sooner than the iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Professional and much-rumored iPhone 15 Extremely. In fact, these pace positive factors are more likely to be negligible, however the leak nonetheless bodes properly for the efficiency credentials of future Android units. 

Snapdragon gen Three is certainly strongBigger soar in comparison with final genApparently the primary contributor was arm itself, particularly X4 & 1,4,Three configi assume it is virtually confirmed that gen3 for galaxy will beat bionic 17 frequency”on paper”as much as 3.7+ghz for mobileMarch 3, 2023

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To get extra granular, RGcloudS claims that the Snapdragon eight Gen Three will boast a high-performance Cortex-X4 core clocked at 3.7GHz, 4 low-frequency efficiency cores and three efficiency-focused cores. For comparability, the usual Snapdragon eight Gen 2 boasts a 3.2GHz clock pace, which means its successor appears to be like set to be 15% extra highly effective.

The Samsung Galaxy S23, S23 Plus and S23 Extremely all pack a bespoke model of Snapdragon eight Gen 2, however 3.7GHz would nonetheless mark a large improve over that chipset’s barely increased 3.36GHz clock pace.

It’s not crystal clear whether or not the figures quoted by RGcloudS undoubtedly confer with the usual model of Qualcomm’s subsequent flagship chipset (slightly than the Galaxy-specific model), however their point out of “Gen Three for Galaxy” suggests we are going to certainly be seeing two variants of Snapdragon eight Gen 3, as in 2023 with the eight Gen 2. 

We would anticipate the bottom Snapdragon eight Gen Three chipset to search out its method into future Xiaomi, Honor and OnePlus flagships, although once more, the efficiency variations between these units and Samsung’s subsequent Galaxy S telephones are possible be negligible. 

We’re additionally anticipating Samsung to supply Qualcomm chipsets throughout the board with the Samsung Galaxy S24 line. In years previous to the discharge of the S23 vary, the corporate used both Snapdragon or Samsung Exynos processors in its flagship telephones, relying on the areas through which prospects have been shopping for them. 

The shortage of processor discrepancy between areas is a key a part of the explanation we charge Samsung’s newest telephones so extremely, so we expect it’d be silly of the corporate to undo all that good work with its subsequent line of Galaxy S sequence units. 

For extra on Samsung’s latest flagships, learn our Samsung Galaxy S23 assessment, hands-on Samsung Galaxy S23 Plus assessment and Samsung Galaxy S23 Extremely assessment.