- IQOO has advertised its ‘Q3’ Mobile Game Chip
- This is the world’s first to support track tracking
- It will be included in the upcoming IQOO 15 -HAND SET
Iqoo is not a brand we are talking about a lot, but this vivo-owned company has just announced something that could transform the smartphone playing landscape.
The company has revealed its new self-developed Q3 game chip, which is designed to work with a phone’s processor to give games a boost. Described as a “mobile graphics card” This is not something we see in many phones, although it is the third generation of ‘Q’ chip from the company, not a whole new idea.
However, Q3 sounds particularly impressive where Iqoo claims it is the “only one in the industry that supports full-scene beam tracking, super resolution and super images.”
Ray tracking can be used to improve reflections and other lighting effects, but so far on mobile, if your phone supports radiation tracking at all, it will only be used in certain parts of the stage. With beam tracking in full scenes, light physics is more accurately simulated across the entire stage.
Meanwhile, Super Resolution is an AI-driven technique for the upscaling of lower resolution of lower resolution, and super images simply mean very high image speeds. So if the Q3 is capable of everything it could dramatically increase visuals and performance of smartphone games.
You need an IQOO -Phone to get this IQOO -CHIP
Of course, you need a handset with this graphics chip in it, and so far only IQOO 15 has been announced as including it.
This phone is not out yet, but Iqoo has already revealed that it will have a 6.85-inch QHD screen with a 144Hz update frequency, and thanks to an early geekbone list (via Gsmarena) we also know that it should have a Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chip set and 16 GB RAM (although other configurations may be available too).
This chipset is the next generation of Snapdragon 8 Elite, found in them like the Samsung Galaxy S25 series, and together with Q3-Chip, it gives the impressive results here, with a single-core score of 3,824 and a multi-core score of 12,402.
It’s a similar single-core result like what you would get with an iPhone 17 Pro Max, but it’s a much higher multi-core score and both scores have current Android phones beating.
Leaks also suggest that Iqoo 15 could have a massive 7,000 mAh battery and a trio of 50MP cameras, so while this is a niche brand in the west, it is one that may be worth paying attention to.
