SnapDragon 865 Plus: Offers faster CPU and GPU, and support for Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.2

Last year at Snapdragon Tech 2019The Qualcomm announced it 865 Snapdragon SoC, the leading mobile platform for Android Smartphone 2020.

Αthis SoC of Qualocomm has proven to be the best for this year, as it wins by state Samsung Exynos 990, the Kirin 990 of Huawei, but also the Dimensity 1000L SoC by Mediatek .

The 865 Snapdragon SoC feeds famous flagships like its turn OnePlus 8, Xiaomi Mi 10, its variants Galaxy S20 of Samsung they wear Snapdragon SoC and many more. Although the Snapdragon 865 remains the best SoC to date in the Android, Smartphone market, Qualcomm has begun building a revamped version called Snapdragon 865 Plus.

The Snapdragon 865 Plus is essentially the replacement for the Snapdragon 865. The Snapdragon 865 has powered more than 140 devices to date (already released or in progress), according to Qualcomm.

The new Snapdragon 865 Plus is mostly the same as the regular Snapdragon 865 except for three points.

First:  Its main core CPU Kryo 585 (ARM Cortex-A77) now has the clock clocked up to 3,1GHz, from the 2,84GHz of the regular Snapdragon 865. Last year Snapdragon 855 Plus had increased the clock speed of the CPU core (based on ARM Cortex-A76 architecture) at 2,96GHz. The 3,1 GHz clock speed of the Kryo 585 core is the highest recorded Snapdragon SoC to date. The remaining clock speeds of the CPU kernel are unchanged.

Secondly : Η Adreno GPU 650 has 10% faster graphics performance. This makes it clear that Qualcomm has increased the GPU clock speed, but details about this are not included in the press release. Last year's Snapdragon 855 Plus also saw a 15% improvement in graphics performance over the regular Snapdragon 855, so the level of improvement is similar.

It should be noted that a 10% increase in GPU performance will not be enough to compete with its GPU Apple on the A13 Chipset, and will need a much larger 10% improvement in Adreno 650 performance to outperform Apple.

In fact, the coming Apple A14 Chipset, is also poised to extend Apple's lead over Qualcomm. On the other hand, a 10% increase in GPU performance will extend Qualcomm's lead over the competition in the SoC market for Android Smartphones, as none of the other SoC vendors are yet able to compete with even normal performance. of GPU Adreno 650.

The Mali-G77MP11, Mali-G76MP16 and Mali-G77MC9 presented in Exynos 990, Kirin 990 and Dimensity 1000L respectively, they all have worse performance than the Qualcomm SoC, also showing lower performance per watt.

Third: Finally, and perhaps most importantly, the Snapdragon 865 Plus features Qualcomm's new FastConnect 6900 Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity. This was announced in May 2020 and the main features it offers are support for Wi-Fi 6E (Wi-Fi 6 extending to 6GHz) and Bluetooth 5.2. Top speeds on the FastConnect 6900 Wi-Fi reach 3,6Gbps - the fastest in the industry, according to Qualcomm.

Speed ​​improvements have been made possible by the US FCC releasing 1200MHz of 6GHz Wi-Fi bandwidth.

The Snapdragon 865 Plus also has all the standard features of the Snapdragon 865, such as the Qualcomm Snapdragon Elite Gaming, Global 5G and "ultra-intuitive" AI. It is even said to offer desktop quality gaming, such as upgrading GPU drivers from desktop, gameplay via 5G up to 144fps and real HDR 10-bit gaming.

Like the regular Snapdragon 865, so is the new one Snapdragon 865 Plus has the Qualcomm Hexagon 698 with Hexagon Vector and Hexagon Tensor Accelerator extensions, the 5th generation AI Engine, Dual 14-bit Spectra 480 ISP, Snapdragon X55 5G modem-RF system , Qualcomm Quick Charge 4+ charging technology And much more. The new SoC is produced by the second generation process 7nm DUV (N7P) by TSMC.

The Snapdragon 865 Plus will be presented in the next Smartphone series, such as the ASUS ROG Phone 3 and Lenovo Legion . Qualcomm reports that the new devices will be based on Snapdragon 865 Plus are expected to be announced in the third quarter of 2020, and we know that the first devices to integrate it will be announced this month.

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