The Apple A16 or M2 was launched in the fall of 2022 and will likely hold up until next September, when third-generation branded processors will be released. In it, the “apple” company has to make many improvements if it wants to maintain its leadership. Because the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 is already going after it.

what is known

Currently, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 only exists in the form of engineering samples, but it’s already showing better results. The future chip was tested in Geekbench 5, a special software for evaluating the capabilities of smartphones.

• The result of the single flow test is 1930 points.
• Multithreaded – 6236 points.

In addition to the increased power, the Gen 3 promises to consume 20 percent less energy than the previous generation.

Finally, we note once again that these are only preliminary results. the chip is still under active development so the manufacturer can still make changesaccelerating technology towards even better indicators.

Its exact launch date is not known, but traditionally it takes place in the second half of the year. However, we must not forget that M3 should come out before Gen 3and its specifics are unknown and unlikely to be announced before its September presentation. Therefore, Apple has a chance to exceed even such indicators.