Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. unveiled the all-new Snapdragon® G Series portable gaming portfolio, designed to fulfill the specific performance and feature needs of dedicated gaming devices. The new Snapdragon G Series enables a slew of choices for playing the most popular games, providing limitless ways to play practically any game, anytime.
The Snapdragon G1 is intended to power fanless portable gaming devices for game streaming, either locally or remotely. The Snapdragon G1 is focused on lag-free connection and battery longevity, so gamers can stream their favorite console and PC games at the highest possible quality for extended periods of time. The Snapdragon G1 Gen 1 Platform is the first member of the Snapdragon G1 series, with a Qualcomm® Kryo CPU (8 Core) combined with the Qualcomm® Adreno A11 GPU to allow high-quality portable game-streaming devices.
Snapdragon G2 is designed to enable full-featured mobile and cloud gaming, with a highly optimized CPU and cutting-edge 5G and Wi-Fi 6/6E from Qualcomm® FastConnect 6700 Mobile Connectivity System. The first product in this class is the Snapdragon G2 Gen 1 Platform, which provides quality mobile and cloud gaming games nearly everywhere, without compromise. The platform, which includes the newest Kryo CPU (8 Core), a gaming-optimized Adreno A21 GPU, and the Snapdragon X62 5G Modem-RF System, allowing players to experience everything that mobile and cloud gaming has to offer.
The Snapdragon G3 is the flagship tier, purpose-built for enthusiast features and performance, and it leverages the very best of Qualcomm Technologies’ revolutionary gaming capabilities. The Snapdragon G3x Gen 2 Platform features a Kryo CPU (8 Core) and Adreno A32 GPU, providing over 30% better CPU performance and 2x faster GPU performance than its predecessor. The latest platform offers multi-generational performance improvements as well as high-end gaming features such as hardware-accelerated ray tracing, game super resolution, XR glass tethering, low-latency premium Bluetooth audio with Snapdragon Sound Technology Suite, and wireless speeds via Wi-Fi 7 High-Band Simultaneous (HBS), 5G sub-6, and mmWave.
The Snapdragon G3x Gen 2 Handheld Gaming Reference Design is now available and sampling to select OEMs and ODMs to help bring more high-end dedicated gaming devices to market fast and expedite the pipeline of customer designs for the next generation of handheld gaming devices. Customer-specific product announcements will follow.
“Dedicated handheld gaming devices are the best way to experience mobile games. But gamers want to be able to play all their favorite games across devices and ecosystems, be it their console, PC, or on a cloud service” said Mithun Chandrasekhar, senior director of product management, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. “The new generation of Snapdragon G Series powered devices will be the best place for gamers to play their favorite titles, offering them the ability to choose from the cloud, console, Android, or PC while on-the-go.”