Qualcomm levels up handheld gaming with Snapdragon G-series chips

Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years.TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust What just happened? Qualcomm has announced three new chips designed for handheld gaming consoles at the 2025 Game Developers Conference. The Snapdragon G3 Gen 3 leads the lineup with ray tracing and Wi-Fi 7, while the Snapdragon G2 Gen 2, and Snapdragon G1 Gen 2 SoCs target the cloud gaming market. The Snapdragon G-series lineup is led by the G3 Gen 3 SoC, an upgrade from the Snapdragon G3x Gen 2. It is built specifically for Android-based handheld gaming devices and supports Unreal Engine 5's Lumen lighting system. It also offers real-time, hardware-accelerated ray tracing with global illumination and reflections. The G3 Gen 3 chip supports up to QHD+ resolution and 144Hz refresh rates. Snapdragon G3 Gen 3 includes an 8-core Kryo CPU consisting of 1 prime core, 5 performance cores, and 2 efficiency cores. Graphics processing is handled by an Adreno A32 GPU. Qualcomm claims that the chip ... Read full article.