Qualcomm has announced a new lineup of chips — Qualcomm Snapdragon G-series, which is focused on handheld gaming devices. In the lineup, the company has unveiled three chips — Snapdragon G1 Gen 1, Snapdragon G2 Gen 1, and Snapdragon G3x Gen 2. The company said G3x Gen 2’s CPU performance is 30 percent faster than its predecessors, while its GPU performance is twice as fast. It’s capable of powering a handheld device with cross-platform gaming capabilities, as well as devices used for Android, PC, cloud, and remote console gaming. The chip is also powerful enough to support ray tracing and to enable a user to livestream while they game. To ensure smooth cloud and remote gaming sessions, the chip comes with WiFi 7 and 5G mmWave connectivity.
Qualcomm Snapdragon G2 Gen 1 is a Qualcomm Kryo octa-core CPU and a gaming-optimized Adreno A21 GPU along with a Snapdragon X62 5G Modem-RF System and 5G and Wi-Fi 6/6E connectivity via Qualcomm Fast Connect 6700 Mobile Connectivity System. This chip sits between the G3x Gen 2 and the G1x Gen 1 and is claimed to be capable of full-featured mobile and cloud gaming.For less intensive games on devices with lower specs, Qualcomm created the Snapdragon G1 Gen 1 platform. It’s meant for cloud gaming, as well as for remote console and PC gaming, on fanless dedicated handhelds. The chip supports images up to 1080p in resolution at up to 60 FPS, and it uses WiFi 5 for connectivity.
