According to leaks from Yogesh Brar and Ice Universe, the performance of the Samsung Galaxy S24 could differ significantly from other phones that are said to use the new Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset. And that's because the "For Galaxy" version, which is supposed to be exclusive to Samsung's 2024 flagship phone, will run faster in some areas and slower in others.

The good news is that the new "For Galaxy" version of the chip is said to have a faster prime CPU core and GPU; the CPU's highest performance core is 3.4GHz in the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 For Galaxy compared to the base chip's 3.3GHz chip runs at 3.4GHz and the GPU runs at 1000MHz instead of 900MHz like the standard one.

What may be bad news, however, is that other performance and efficiency cores within the CPU will run at slower speeds. According to Brar, the remaining seven cores in the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 For Galaxy will run at 3.15GHz, 2.96GHz, and 2.27GHz instead of 3.19GHz, 3.0GHz, and 2.3GHz in the base version.

If the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 for Galaxy exists, then Samsung has definitely worked with chipmaker Qualcomm to tune the silicon to meet its requirements. And those requirements, it seems, were high top-end performance but low standard output.

This may be to reduce heat generation and power consumption during normal use. However, we will only know for sure when we see some test results after the phone is launched, as with rival devices that seem to use the standard 8 Gen 3 chip, such as the OnePlus 12. [Rumor has it that Samsung will use its own Exynos chip in at least the Galaxy S24 and Galaxy S24 Plus series, with the exception of the Galaxy S24 Ultra.

This is different from the current Galaxy S23 series, which uses Snapdragon chips worldwide, but is in line with the Galaxy S22 and earlier models, with US users getting more powerful Snapdragon silicon in Galaxy S phones and settled for the less effective Exynos variant in the rest of the world.

The Galaxy S24 series is rumored to launch in January, a bit earlier than expected. Normally, we would expect new Galaxy S phones around February, but if Samsung wants to announce a new model early, since it is likely to be the best phone, given the rumors of a titanium frame, LTPO displays on all models, and a new 50MP telephoto camera for Ultra, I'm not complaining.