It’s been almost two months since Qualcomm unveiled its Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 Restore its top of the line, which usually debuts about six months after a new SoC does every year, in this case the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 introduced last December. So if we use the same formula, we can assume that the next generation leap integrated flagship from Qualcomm it should be announced when our houses start smelling like nougat.

This, with the time required for the design, testing and production of such a component, has already allowed us to imagine that work in relation to the future Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, which we assume will be the name that Qualcomm will give it. to their next top of the line, they must be quite advanced. Maybe not enough to enter the production lines, but yes with fully functional prototypes so that the manufacturers can start their tests.

And today, as we can read in Mydrivers (in Chinese), we would already have confirmation (unofficial, yes) that indeed the first samples of Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 would have already reached some manufacturers that they would already be testing the chip with them in the models that will be the top of the range in 2023. However, we don’t know which manufacturers would get these SoCs first, but we can imagine that they will be the most relevant of the Android ecosystem.

According to this leak the first test results would be quite encouraging For both Qualcomm and manufacturers participating in the tests, the overall power efficiency of the 8550 (Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 benchmark) would be better than the 8475 (Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1) by at least 15%. This is especially important considering the thermal issues that plagued the 8 Gen 1, which we can infer would be addressed in the design of this new chip.

At this point we know (from rumors and leaks) that Qualcomm would order production of Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 from TSMC, which will produce it at its 4-nanometer node, at a scale in which TSMC already has a wealth of experience and from which it subsequently knows how to take great advantage, which should be noted in improving performance, optimizing power consumption, heat generation and battery life. If Qualcomm has really done its homework with this chip, the flagship 2023 generation may make a significant leap forward.