Snapdragon Summit has been an exciting one so far . As well as announcing theSnapdragon X Elitechipset for PC , which Qualcomm claim can outdo Apple ’s M2 Max , the company foretell the next - gen Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 , with a particular guest ; Xiaomi .
TheSnapdragon 8 Gen 3looks to rethink the fluid chipset with a renewed focal point on AI , particularly Generative AI .
That means , depending on how manufacturers choose to implement Qualcomm ’s AI features , your next smartphone could do some pretty cool clobber including AI figure expansion , natural - sounding AI voice assistants and more – and it ’s all done alone on - equipment , with no internet connection command .
That ’s alongside the standard upgrades in the shape of a 30 % boost to mainframe performance , 25 % gains in the GPU department and a whopping 98 % increase to the NPU .
What ’s more exciting is that Xiaomi ’s President , William Lu , took to the stage at the announcement to tease the Xiaomi 14 . As well as confirming that the Xiaomi 14 will move the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 , Lu twit that it ’ll be using many of the new AI feature of speech offered by Qualcomm .
That means the Xiaomi 14 should be a massive gradation forward not just in term of oecumenical AI use , but television camera prowess in peculiar – though we ’re yet to see much in the path of camera sample .
While spectacles are still light on the earth , include the general look and specifications of the phone , Lu provide some insight into functioning – and it sound telling .
Per Lu , the Xiaomi 14 can open 30 apps in just 140ms , and while this is a nebulous benchmark that does n’t really reflect real - human beings use , it does show off just how performant the chipset is at general tasks .
That also translates to play , with the Xiaomi 14 able to hand over 60fps performance in Genshin Impact – a championship that really puts chipsets to the test – while topping out at just 42.3 Celcius , allowing for sustained gameplay performance .
The President also rag that we ’ll rule out more about the Xiaomi 14 later this week , with the Chinese launch schedule for just 2 days time , on the 26 October . While it ’ll likely not appear in the westerly securities industry until early on next year , it ’ll give us a upright approximation of what to expect from Xiaomi ’s next flagship release .
