Samsung Galaxy S23’s overclocked Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 is coming to other phones — starting with this flagship

redmagic 8s pro in black on blue background — (Image credit: Nubia)

Back in January, the Samsung Galaxy S23 lineup launched with an exclusive version of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset. The Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy offered boosted performance compared to the base chip, giving Samsung an advantage, but the company may not maintain exclusivity for long.

RedMagic has confirmed on Chinese social network Weibo that the upcoming RedMagic 8S Pro will come with a chip called the “Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Leading Version." This chip reportedly exceeds the 3.32GHz clock speed of the regular Gen 2 chip, and is set to offer the same 3.36GHz as the Galaxy variant.

We’re just going to have to see how this plays out over the coming months, and see which phones may take advantage of Samsung's loss of exclusivity. In the meantime, the RedMagic 8S Pro is set to launch in China on July 5, and we’ll no doubt hear more details about the phone’s performance then.

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