Snapdragon 8 | What is Qualcomm Snapdragon | Samsung UK (2024)

Snapdragon® is a powerful, mobile processor produced by Qualcomm® that is specifically innovated to make your device work smarter not harder. Working with industry-leading developers, Qualcomm® Snapdragon® chipsets offer:
• Advanced levels of processing power
• Cutting-edge efficiency
• Next generation mobile connectivity

These processors are responsible for delivering many of the popular smartphone features that you know and love including;
• cinematic quality graphics
• powerful audio
• high-megapixel cameras
• ultra-responsive gameplay
• intelligent mobile software

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is Qualcomm’s® latest smartphone processor. It boasts the most advanced mobile computing technology to date, including ground-breaking AI features such as:

• AI cinematic video
• AI enhanced images
• Direct-to-app voice assistant
• Next generation photo and video capture with 8K HDR video capture capabilities
• Up to 200MP photo capture

What’s more, the unparalleled audio experience (thanks to the Snapdragon® Sound™ Technology) is something to behold - so no matter how you move, you’ll be captivated by the audio that’s all around you.

This sensational processor is also the best-in-class for mobile gameplay with stunning lighting, shadow, and illumination effects thanks to Snapdragon® Elite Gaming™. To top it all off, it’s the world’s first and only mobile platform with a dedicated 5G AI processor and Wi-Fi 7 so you can enjoy lightning-fast speeds wherever life takes you.

We all want the best from our smartphones and with a Qualcomm® Snapdragon® 8 phone you’ll get just that. Snapdragon® processors are renowned for powering some of the top Android smartphones across the world. Here are just some of the advantages of having the latest Snapdragon® 8 powered Samsung smartphones:

1. Qualcomm® is a leader in mobile artificial intelligence technology taking language, health, gaming, security and fitness features to new heights.
2. Snapdragon® processors benefit from leading camera technology that can capture AI-powered night shots, smart cropping, segmentation, object tracking, face detection, optimised social media filters and more.
3. Snapdragon® processors support the fastest possible 5G, mobile data speeds and Wi-Fi 7 to date.
4. Leading Bluetooth audio innovations deliver a class of crisp, reliable, and responsive voice and music quality not seen before.
5. Snapdragon® Elite Gaming brings desktop-level capabilities to mobile gaming for truly immersive, next-level gaming.
6. Qualcomm's Quick Charge 5 technology is the world’s first commercially viable fast charging platform that supports 100W charging in a smartphone. It can even take devices from 0 to 50 percent battery life in 5 minutes.

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 is currently the fastest processor available for Android smartphones.

The Qualcomm® Kryo CPU (found on the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2) delivers 35% faster performance and 40% better power efficiency than its predecessor, thanks to an additional performance core which is designed to reach peak multi-threaded performance with speeds up to a whopping 3.2 GHz*.

What's more the next-gen Qualcomm® Adreno™ GPU benefits from 25% faster graphics for unrivalled realism and authentic gaming experiences. And the Qualcomm® Hexagon™ Processor has an AI processing speed which is 4.35x faster than previous chipsets.

In the UK, Samsung customers can get their hands on next-gen processing power for their devices, thanks to Snapdragon®. The following Samsung smartphones currently have the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 processor:

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