Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 targets 10-billion-parameter models on device

Qualcomm launched the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 at its Snapdragon Summit in Hawaii on October 24, 2023, calling it its first mobile platform designed with generative AI in mind. On the product page the company states support for generative models with up to 10 billion parameters on device and up to 20 tokens per second for large language models.

Qualcomm puts the Hexagon NPU at 98 percent faster than the previous generation and claims 40 percent better performance per watt for sustained AI inference. It lists the Kryo CPU at 30 percent more performance and 20 percent better power efficiency, and the Adreno GPU at 25 percent faster rendering with 25 percent better efficiency.

Among the workloads Qualcomm names for local execution are Stable Diffusion, virtual assistants and chatbots. Devices were announced by ASUS, Honor, iQOO, MEIZU, Nubia, OnePlus, OPPO, realme, Redmi, RedMagic, Sony, vivo, Xiaomi and ZTE.