Qualcomm today announced three new chipsets for entry level and mid-range smartphones – Snapdragon 720G, Snapdragon 662, and Snapdragon 460. The first one promises to bring many of the Elite Gaming features of the 765G with support for HDR, dynamic color range and high-quality synchronized sound with Qualcomm aptX Adaptive.
The SD662 will bring triple-camera support, which is a first for a Qualcomm 6-series chipset. Snapdragon 460 might be most affordable of all three, but still will be able to provide an increase in CPU and GPU performance over other 4-series chipsets.
According to Rajen Vagadia, president of Qualcomm India, the chip maker is introducing these three platforms for 4G markets where seamless connectivity access is still unraveling. Kedar Kondap from the product management team of the San Diego company confirmed the 720G, 662, and 460 will be able to provide gaming experience at a more affordable price.
Senior executives of smartphone companies such as Manu Kumar Jain at Xiaomi and Madhav Sheth at Realme confirmed they will “work closely” with Qualcomm to introduce phones with the new chips, including the most interesting of all three – Snapdragon 720G.
Snapdragon 460 (11nm)
Key features:
- CPU – 8x Kryo 240 cores up to 2.3GHz
- GPU – Adreno 610 GPU
- DSP – Hexagon 683 with vector extensions, hardware-accelerated TensorFlow Lite
- ISP – Spectra 340 ISP supporting 25MP camera, or dual 16MP camera
- Connectivity
- Cellular – Snapdragon X11 LTE modem
- WiFi 6 ready
- Bluetooth 5.1 with advanced audio via the Qualcomm FastConnect 6100 platform
- GNSS – Dual-Frequency (L1 and L5) GNSS for GPS, Galileo, GLONASS, Beidou, NavIC
- Quick Charge 3.0 – 0 to 50% in 20 minutes
- Process – 11nm
Snapdragon 460 is an update to the Arm Cortex-A53 based Snapdragon 450 processor with the custom Kryo 240 processor delivering up to 60% extra performance, while Adreno 610 GPU delivers up to 70% performance increase over Adreno 506.
Snapdragon 662 (11nm)
Highlights:
- CPU – Octa-core “Kryo 260” processor with four Cortex-A73 cores @ up to 2.0 GHz, and four Cortex-A53 cores @ up to 1.8 GHz
- GPU – Adreno 610 GPU
- DSP – Hexagon 683 with vector extensions, hardware-accelerated TensorFlow Lite
- ISP – Spectra 340T ISP supporting 48MP cameras, HEIF capture, and triple cameras
- Connectivity
- Cellular – Snapdragon X11 LTE modem
- WiFi 6 ready
- Bluetooth 5.1 with advanced audio via the Qualcomm FastConnect 6100 platform
- GNSS – Dual-Frequency (L1 and L5) GNSS for GPS, Galileo, GLONASS, Beidou, NavIC
- Quick Charge 3.0 – 0 to 50% in 20 minutes
- Process – 11nm
Snapdragon 662 looks very similar to Snapdragon 665, but with a slower modem, and better ISP. It also shares many features of Snapdragon 460, but with more powerful Cortex-A73 CPU cores, and better camera support.
Snapdragon 720G (8nm)
Key features and specifications:
- CPU – Octa-core “Kryo 465” processor with 2x Cortex-A76 cores @ up to 2.3 GHz, and 6x Cortex-A55 cores @ up to 1.8 GHz
- GPU – Adreno 618 GPU
- DSP – Hexagon 692 Hexagon Tensor Accelerator
- ISP – Spectra 350L ISP supporting 192MP cameras, HEIF capture, and 4K video capture
- Connectivity
- Cellular – Snapdragon X15 LTE modem
- WiFi 6 ready
- Bluetooth 5.1 with advanced audio via the Qualcomm FastConnect 6200 platform
- GNSS – Dual-Frequency (L1 and L5) GNSS for GPS, Galileo, GLONASS, Beidou, NavIC
- Fast Charging – Quick Charge 4+ allowing 0 to 50% charge in less than 15 minutes; USB PD support
- Process – 8nm
Snapdragon 720G looks to be an upgrade to Snapdragon 712 with the processor delivering a 60% performance increase, and the GPU providing 75% better improve and support for HDR video playback.
Availability
Snapdragon 720G based phones will come to market soon as the first devices are slated for Q1 2020, but we’ll need to wait a little longer for Snapdragon 662 and Snapdragon 460 based smartphones which are scheduled for the end of 2020
Via Press Release
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