Samsung Galaxy S23 will have a customized version of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. For some years now, Samsung’s high-end smartphones have been equipped with two different chipsets based on the geographical area of destination: in the United States and in other key markets they have of Snapdragon chips supplied by Qualcomm, while in other markets, including Europe (and of course Italy), they use Samsung’s Exynos, which in most cases, although of high quality, have proved to be inferior to their counterparts of Qualcomm of the same band. Even the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra was not free from problems during the first few weeks, especially related to the GPU, fortunately later resolved with software updates.
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A customized version of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 is coming to the Samsung Galaxy S23
Also for this reason, last year Samsung and Qualcomm signed an agreement that paved the way for a probable global use of Snapdragon chips on the Samsung Galaxy S23 series. Since then the rumors have been increasingly persistent and convincing: some variants of the Galaxy S23 have been spotted using what appeared to be a customized version of the brand new Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC with a higher clock speed.
A few days after the launch, the name chosen for the chips of the Galaxy S23 series was revealed, which in all probability will be “Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Mobile Platform for Galaxy”. This makes it clear that, although Samsung has thrown in the towel by giving up the homemade Exynos (at least for the top of the range), it still wants to put its signature on the beating heart of the device. The fact that even the name of the SoC is customized leads us to think that this is not a mere marketing move, but there has been a serious effort in adapting it to your needs. In support of this thesis, it is rumored that the Samsung customized version of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has a clock speed of up to 3.36 GHz; the X3 primary core of the stock version supplied to all competing manufacturers, on the other hand, reaches up to a maximum of 3.2 GHz.
Samsung’s customized version of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 is expected to have largely the same specs as the chip used in the OnePlus 11 and Nubia’s Redmagic 8 Pro, but with specific optimizations for Samsung phones including, as we’ve seen, a frequency of higher maximum clock. Furthermore, again confirming how the South Korean manufacturer wanted to have its say, it should be produced by Samsung’s foundries rather than those of TSMC.
It remains to be seen whether or not this trademark will also be used commercially or whether it is simply a code name for simpler and more immediate internal recognition. With the launch scheduled for February 1, we will certainly know more, with a clear and definitive answer that will bring the curtain down on the matter.
