Nothing Phone 3 chipset confirmed: Snapdragon 8s Gen 4

Nothing Phone 3 uses the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4, offering flagship-level performance with trimmed-down features like no 8K video or mmWave 5G. The post Nothing Phone 3 chipset confirmed: Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 appeared first on Phandroid.

Jun 17, 2025 - 13:00

Nothing Phone 3 chipset confirmed: Snapdragon 8s Gen 4

The Nothing Phone 3 chipset has reportedly been revealed, and it’s not Qualcomm’s best. According to leaker Yogesh Brar, the phone will pack the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4, not the top-tier Snapdragon 8 Elite. That means solid flagship performance, but with a few compromises.

The 8s Gen 4 is still an interesting chip. It has a unique CPU setup with no efficiency cores: one Cortex-X4 (3.2GHz), three Cortex-A720 (3GHz), two more at 2.8GHz, and two at 2GHz. On paper, this could give it better multi-core performance than last year’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. But without Qualcomm’s powerful Oryon cores, it’s unlikely to catch the 8 Elite in real-world tasks.

The GPU uses a sliced architecture (the same as the 8 Elite) but with two slices instead of three. It also brings some AI and imaging upgrades, including a 44% faster NPU, support for 4K/30fps low-light video, real-time image segmentation, Bluetooth 6.0, Wi-Fi 7, and XPAN, which uses Wi-Fi instead of Bluetooth for wireless audio. Hopefully, the upcoming Nothing Headphone 1 supports this.

But there are cutbacks. The Nothing Phone 3 chipset doesn’t support 8K video, 4K/120fps slow-mo, or mmWave 5G. Not dealbreakers, but it means the Phone 3 won’t fully match true flagships in specs.

Nothing is set to launch the Phone 3 on July 1, with a confirmed price in at least one market. Performance should still be strong, just don’t expect it to go toe-to-toe with the very best.

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