Qualcomm has fallen into a pattern \u2013 launch a Snapdragon chip, then introduce a faster \u201c+\u201d variant and a cheaper \u201cs\u201d variant. There was the Snapdragon 7 Gen 3<\/a> in late 2023, then came the beefy 7+ Gen 3<\/a> in March and, well, now an \u201cs\u201d model is on the horizon. It\u2019s not official yet, maybe that will happen during Qualcomm\u2019s big event in October<\/a>. For now, we have this leaked slide that was shared by Evan Blass.<\/p>\n Focusing on the details at the bottom, the Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 will have a 20% faster CPU, 40% faster GPU and 30% faster NPU, while offering a modest 12% improvement in power efficiency.<\/p>\n These numbers are presumably compared to the Snapdragon 7s Gen 2<\/a>. That chip isn\u2019t particularly fast \u2013 it has four Cortex-A78 cores (2.4GHz) and four A55 cores (1.95GHz), plus an Adreno 710 GPU (940MHz). This hardware is also seen in the Snapdragon 6 Gen 1, though there it runs at lower clocks.<\/p>\n The 7s Gen 2 GPU is comparable to, say, a Dimensity 7300 GPU (Mali-G615 MC2), so a 40% increase over that would make the 7s Gen 3 competitive with more powerful mid-range chips. It should end up close but still behind the vanilla 7 Gen 3 (Adreno 720, 975MHz). It\u2019s not clear what CPU and GPU hardware will be used in the 7s Gen 3, though, so that\u2019s just a guess.<\/p>\n Anyway, generative AI and language translation\/transcription will likely be the key selling points for the new chip. AI is trendy and really benefits from fast GPU and NPU. And it will help the camera turn the raw Bayer data into a color image with AI remosaic.<\/p>\n This chipset will likely find itself in cheaper gaming phones too, thanks to AFME or \u201cAdreno Frame Motion Engine\u201d. This generates additional frames without putting extra load on the GPU. It converts 60fps into 120fps, for example. There\u2019s also VRS Pro (Variable Rate Shading).<\/p>\n There will be an upgrade to connectivity too, though we don\u2019t have all the details yet. Bluetooth 5.4 is certainly new (7s Gen 2 only does v5.2). Spatial Audio seems like a new addition as well.<\/p>\n The Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 found itself in several popular phones<\/a> and we\u2019ve reviewed most of them. Some were priced well and the chipset\u2019s performance was described as \u201cadequate\u201d. However, other phones were too expensive for the performance that chip offers. Going by the official performance numbers, the Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 will likely fare better in future reviews.<\/p>\n![\"Snapdragon](\"https:\/\/fdn.gsmarena.com\/imgroot\/news\/24\/08\/snapdragon-7s-gen-3-slide-leak\/inline\/-1200\/gsmarena_001.jpg\")
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