Qualcomm announces Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3 chipset with OnePlus, Realme, and Sharp smartphones teased

Only a few days have passed since the introduction of the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3, a cheaper alternative to the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. Nonetheless, Qualcomm has sought to release the Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3, which it has confirmed will debut in upcoming OnePlus, Realme, and Sharp handsets. In short, Qualcomm bills the Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3 as delivering 15% CPU and 45% GPU performance improvements over the Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 while being 5% more efficient to boot.

However, the Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3 shares more components with the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 than the Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2. As far as we can tell, Qualcomm has distinguished the Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3 from the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 in three overarching areas. On the one hand, it appears that the pair share identical CPU cores. The Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3 features lower CPU core clocks across the board though, with 6.6%, 7.1% and 5% downclocks across its prime, performance and efficiency clusters, respectively, compared to the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3.