Qualcomm has unveiled the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3, a chipset that offers a selection of premium features at a lower cost

The 8s Gen 3 is a 4nm chip with a Cortex-X4 prime core running at 3.0GHz, four performance cores at 2.8GHz, and three efficiency cores at 2.0GHz. It supports up to 24GB of LPDDR5x RAM (up to 4,200MHz) and UFS 4.0 storage. For connectivity, it uses USB 3.1 Gen 2 over USB-C. The new chip aims to deliver a flagship camera experience and top-of-the-line gaming performance. It includes a triple 18-bit ISP that works hand-in-hand with the Hexagon NPU for image processing. The 8s Gen 3 also stands out from the older 8 Gen 2 with its on-device AI support, capable of running popular models like Llama 2, Baichuan-7B, and Gemini Nano.