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Qualcomm\u2019s Snapdragon 8 Gen 1<\/a> set the stage for the biggest Android smartphones of 2022, including Samsung\u2019s flagship Galaxy \u2014 but it\u2019s about to be surpassed by a better \u201cPlus\u201d version that\u2019ll no doubt appear in buy-it-for-the-bragging-rights gaming phones and luxury handsets. It\u2019s called the Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1, which just rolls off the tongue, and Qualcomm says it\u2019ll offer 10 percent faster CPU performance, 10 percent faster GPU clocks, and \u2014 get this \u2014 use 15 percent less power for \u201cnearly 1 hour\u201d of extra gameplay or, say, 50 minutes of social media browsing.<\/p>\n

Technically, Qualcomm says it\u2019s achieved \u201cup to 30 percent\u201d better power efficiency from both the CPU and GPU, and 20 percent better AI performance per watt, but that doesn\u2019t necessarily all transfer into more battery life \u2014 some of it\u2019s about performance, too.<\/p>\n

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Qualcomm is particularly touting better sustained<\/em> performance from the new chip too \u2014 theoretically maintaining its clockspeed for longer as it heats up while gaming or tapping into 5G. Of course, that all depends on how phone manufacturers decide to cool the chip. <\/p>\n

The company\u2019s not breaking down where the extra performance and efficiencies are coming from, but you can see some of the chip\u2019s other features in the slide above, even though many of them (like Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 10Gbps of theoretical 5G, and 8K HDR video capture) haven\u2019t changed from the original Snapdragon 8 Gen 1<\/a>. Qualcomm says it\u2019ll live alongside that older chip, so you can probably expect a price premium.<\/p>\n

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Qualcomm\u2019s also announcing a new Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 today, suggesting to journalists that it\u2019s aimed at gamers with a 20 percent graphics performance boost over the prior gen and the trickle-down of features like its \u201cAdreno Frame Motion Engine\u201d to make games see smoother by interpolating frames<\/a>. <\/p>\n

But it\u2019s pretty clear from the company\u2019s press release that \u201cgaming phone\u201d makers are choosing the 8 Plus Gen 1 instead. Asus ROG and Black Shark are both signed up for the premium chip, as well as Honor, iQOO, Lenovo, Motorola, Nubia, OnePlus, OPPO, OSOM, realme, RedMagic, Redmi, vivo, Xiaomi, and ZTE. <\/p>\n

Honor, Oppo and Xiaomi are the only brands listed as building devices around the 7 Gen 1 as of today, though those phones may arrive first \u2014 they\u2019re listed for Q2 2022, and Qualcomm says we\u2019ll see the first devices within weeks. The 8 Plus Gen 1 devices, meanwhile, are expected in Q3. <\/p>\n

We should also see Qualcomm announce its Snapdragon 8 Gen 2<\/a> later this year.<\/p>\n