Now we all know how the Galaxy S23’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chip differs from the remainder

Samsung formally revealed the Galaxy S23 series throughout Galaxy Unpacked at the moment. Together with a bevy of different options, the machine is getting a customized Qualcomm chip referred to as the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy. Though we’ve heard by means of quite a few leaks that it’s an overclocked model of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chip, we didn’t know the way it differed from the conventional model. That’s till now.

In line with of us over there at XDA Developers, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy will increase the first clock velocity by .16GHz and the GPU clock velocity by 39MHz. As such, it’s assumed that this practice chip could actually be what would have been the Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 2.

Nevertheless, minor enhancements aren’t the one distinction between the 2 variants. The Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy ship has a number of different modifications. One in every of which can enable the Galaxy S23 sequence to be the primary smartphone to make use of Snapdragon’s Cognitive ISP.

This Cognitive ISP characteristic permits real-time Semantic Segmentation that’s able to enhancing photographs. It really works by utilizing a deep studying mannequin that identifies objects in a picture to know what’s taking place in it. This will likely help within the processing course of.

The Plus variant of its chips tends to be reserved for Qualcomm’s mid-gen refresh. May the existence of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy imply that Qualcomm is planning to skip the Plus variant this yr? We’ll have to attend and see what Qualcomm decides to do. It wouldn’t be all that stunning if the chip maker nonetheless made a Plus variant, however made it barely higher than Samsung’s chip.