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Nothing Phone (2) makes Geekbench debut with flagship Snapdragon chip

The Nothing Phone (2) has shown up on Geekbench (image via own)
The Nothing Phone (2) has shown up on Geekbench (image via own)
The Nothing Phone (2) has made its Geekbench debut, scoring 1,253 and 3,833 in the benchmark. It packs 12 GB of RAM and a Snapdragon SoC, which could be the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1.

Nothing Phone (2), the highly-anticipated successor of the Nothing Phone (1) has been teased by the company for a summer launch. Some of its specs have been leaked, too, such as a 120 Hz AMOLED screen, up to 12 GB RAM, 256 GB storage and a 5,000 mAh battery. Now, another piece of the proverbial Nothing Phone (2) puzzle has been revealed via a Geekbench listing.

Strictly speaking, the Phone (2)'s AP isn't exactly a secret. Qualcomm inadvertently confirmed it would pack a Snapdragon 8 series AP via a now-deleted Tweet. The Geekbench listing mentioned above essentially reaffirms said speculation, with the smartphone scoring 1,253 and 3,833 in its single and multi-core tests. That, combined with its motherboard name (Walt) and 12 GB of memory, confirms it is a Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1.

It is important to note the Nothing Phone (2)'s Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 SoC is operating at lower-than-usual clocks, with its Cortex-X3 clocked at 3.0 GHz (vs 3.2 GHz). The remaining Cortex-A710 and Cortex-A510 clusters are untouched, although that always stayed the same across both products. Therefore, one would be right to assume the SoC in question is a Snapdragon 8 Gen 1.

However, it is unlikely that the Nothing Phone (2) will use the Samsung-made Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 over its objectively superior successor. It is probably a lower-binned Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 variant with nerfed clocks, which isn't necessarily bad, as it lets Nothing save a few bucks and (hopefully) pass on the savings to the customer.

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Nothing Phone (2) Geekbench listing (image via Abhishek Yadav on Twitter)
Nothing Phone (2) Geekbench listing (image via Abhishek Yadav on Twitter)

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Anil Ganti, 2023-05-16 (Update: 2023-05-16)