Galaxy S23 series: Here are the improvements of the exclusive Snpadragon 8 Gen 2

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galaxy s23 series: here are the improvements of the exclusive
galaxy s23 series: here are the improvements of the exclusive

Samsung yesterday evening presented its new top-of-the-range lineup of the Galaxy S23 family, made up of the basic S23, Galaxy S23+ and Galaxy S23 Ultra (our preview here). One of the main innovations of the new S23s concerns the adoption of a Qualcomm SoC on all global markets, a fact that also brings back to Europe – for the first time since the Galaxy S5 – a Snapdragon chip as the heart of the latest smartphones from the house of Seoul.

But this time it’s not just any chip, but a slightly customized version of Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, the SoC of the US chipmaker that will accompany us for most of 2023 and which is positioned in the highest segment of Qualcomm’s price list. So what are these differences compared to other versions of the same SoC used by other manufacturers? During yesterday’s event, Samsung gave the answer to this question.

SNAPDRAGON 8 GEN 2 FOR GALAXY: WHAT CHANGES

At the basis of the new Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy – this is the suffix that distinguishes it from the standard version – we find substantially the same architecture also shared by the stock variant of the chip, therefore an octa core configuration CPU with a Core Prime (Cortex X3) which is flanked by 4 Performance Cores (2 Cortex A715 + 2 Cortex A710) and 3 Efficiency cores (Cortex A510), all supported by an 8 MB L3 Cache, while the GPU is always the usual Adreno 740.

Therefore, if the basic configuration is always the same, what changes are the operating frequencies of some elements of the chip. Eg, the Core Prime goes from 3.2 GHz to 3.36 GHz while the GPUs is able to reach the 719 MHz, against 680 MHz of the basic version. This increase in frequencies will allow the S23 – remember that the chip is present in all models – to offer theoretically superior performance to those of the other variants of the SoC, but it should be noted that this aspect will have to be verified with field tests.

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The news does not end there, since Samsung has also confirmed further exclusives dedicated to its S23, such as the inclusion of Qualcomm’s new Cognitive ISPable to improve the quality of the cameras through the semantic segmentation of the images in real time (i.e. the ability to catalog each element of the image pixel by pixel, in order to treat it in the best possible way).

IMPROVEMENTS OVER EXYNOS 2200

Using this version of Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 brings with it gods tangible improvements also as regards the smartphone use experience in each scenario, especially when compared to what was offered by the last generation with the Exynos 2200 present on all Galaxy S22. Samsung talks about a 34% CPU performance improvement, 49% NPU performance improvement, and 41% GPU performance improvement But what do these numbers translate into?

The Galaxy S23s, for example, are now able to offer registration videos in 4K 60 in Super HDR format using all cameras on your smartphone (a record also in Android in general), while the videos equipped with super stabilization they can now be turned into QHD (FHD only on previous models), as well as the mode portrait video switches to 4K at 30 fps, instead of staying in FHD as well.

Obviously it is not only the SoC that allows these results, but also the combination of a new memory LPDDR5X RAM and internal memory UFS 4.0 (absent only on the 128GB S23), all elements that allow the new Galaxy S23 to offer a clear increase in speed in every area of ​​use, from launching apps (and the smartphone) to resuming those in the background and so on. If you want to find out more about the new S23, we leave you with our video preview.

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Samsung Galaxy S23+, Charger Included, Android Smartphone, 6.6” Dynamic AMOLED 2X Display, 50MP Camera, 8GB RAM, 512 GB, 4.700 mAh, Green

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Samsung Galaxy S23 is available online from Pskmegastore at 886 euros or from Unieuro a 979 euros. To see the other 35 offers click here. (updated February 02, 2023, 09:20)