Qualcomm Snapdragon G Chipsets Are Designed for Android and Cloud Gaming
Qualcomm's new line of mobile chipsets, the Snapdragon G, is designed specifically for gaming. Revealed at Gamescom in Cologne, Germany, the lineup includes three new chips, updating and expanding from the single G3x Gen 1 found on the Razer Edge tablet released earlier this year.
At the top of the lineup is the Snapdragon G3x Gen 2, a significantly more powerful follow-up to the G3x Gen 1. The SoC includes an 8-core Kryo CPU and an Adreno A32 GPU, and according to Qualcomm offers 30% faster CPU performance and double the graphical performance of its predecessor. The chipset supports 144Hz refresh rates, hardware-based ray tracing and mmWave and sub-6GHz 5G cellular connectivity, and uses Qualcomm's FastConnect 7800 radio to enable Bluetooth 5.3 and Wi-Fi 7.
Snapdragon G becomes a full series of chipsets with the step-down G1 and G2 SoCs. The G3x Gen 2 targets what Qualcomm calls "enthusiast class" users, while the G2 is intended for broader, less intensive Android gaming. The G1 is primarily for streaming games from local hardware and cloud-based services.
Both processors also have 8-core Kryo CPUs, but Qualcomm hasn't specified the differences in speed or power between them and the G3x Gen 2's CPU.
The G2 features an Adreno A21 GPU that can also output graphics at 144Hz, though does not support ray tracing. It also uses the step-down Qualcomm FastConnect 6700 radio, which supports Bluetooth 5 and Wi-Fi 6/6E.
The G1 is the lowest-end chip, and has an Adreno A11 GPU that supports up to 60Hz graphics. It has a Qualcomm Wi-Fi 5 radio and Bluetooth 5, though no Wi-Fi 6 or higher connectivity.
Qualcomm envisions the Snapdragon G chipsets being used in dedicated Android-based mobile gaming devices, and has built a Snapdragon
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