Qualcomm: Announces Snapdragon 730 and 730G at 8nm and Snapdragon 665 at 11nm

Today the Qualcomm announced two new chipsets: the Snapdragon 665 and Snapdragon 730 (which also has the version 730G, with 15% better graphics).

Snapdragon 665

ΟThe Snapdragon 665 appears to be intended as the successor to the Snapdragon 660. Compared to this, it is built to 11nm LPP, which means it should bring some improvements in battery life as well as some cost reduction.

Like its predecessor, the 665 has four Kryo 260 cores based on the ARM Cortex-A73 micro-architecture, but frequencies now reach up to 2GHz compared to 2,2 GHz on the 660. The four Kryo 260 cores are low (based on Cortex-A53) still operate at 1.8GHz.

There is also a big improvement in the graphics department, with the new Adreno 610 GPU and the Hexagon 686 DSP. The Snapdragon 665 uses the ISP Spectra 165, which supports up to a main camera at 48 MP, or dual sensors at 16 MP or even triple camera sensors (while the 660 supports a single sensor up to 24 MP). These are all differences.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 SOC Specifications

• Octa-Core - Quad 2GHz Kryo 260 (performance A73-based) + Quad 1.8GHz Kryo 260 (efficiency A53-based) CPUs
• 11nm FinFET process technology
• Up to 8GB Up to 1866 MHz LPDDR3 / LPDDR4x memory, eMMC, UFS, USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type-C & USB 2.0
• Qualcomm Adreno 610 GPU
• Qualcomm Spectra 165 ISP - up to 48 MP / up to 25 MP, MFNR,
  ZSL, 30 fps single camera, up to 16 MP, MFNR, ZSL, 30 fps dual camera, Qualcomm Clear Sight camera features, Hybrid Autofocus, Optical Zoom, Zero Shutter Lag
• Supports up to FHD + (2520 × 1080) displays, Up to FHD (1920 x 1080) external display support
• Snapdragon X12 LTE Modem with Cat 12/13 speeds of up to 600 Mbps down / 150 Mbps up via 3x20MHz downlink, 2X20MHz uplink
• Qualcomm Hexagon 686 DSP, Qualcomm All-Ways Aware technology, Qualcomm Neural Processing SDK, Caffe, Caffe2, and Tensorflow support
• Up to 4K Ultra HD playback @ 30 FPS, Up to 4K UltraHD capture @ 30 FPS, Up to 1080p video capture @ 120 FPS, H.264 (AVC), H.265 (HEVC), VP9
• Dual-band 802.11ac (Wi-Fi 5) MU-MIMO, GPS, Glonass, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS, and SBAS and Bluetooth 5
• Qualcomm Quick Charge 4 + technology

Snapdragon 730 and 730G

ΣCompared to the 710 which it replaces, the Snapdragon 730 upgrades the two large CPU cores from the Kryo 360 (based on the ARM Cortex-A75) to the Kryo 470 (Cortex-A76), while maintaining the same maximum clock speed of 2,2, 55 GHz. The six "small" high-performance cores are still based on the Cortex-A1.8, but reach up to 100GHz now, 35MHz more than before. All of this must translate into a XNUMX% jump in CPU performance.

Also in the new 730 the GPU is the Adreno 618 (which promises 25% increased performance), the Hexagon 688 DSP and the Spectra 350 ISP, the latter of which can support up to a single main camera at 36 MP or a dual 22 MP and 720p camera for slo-motion video capture as well as Portrait video mode in 4K HDR.

The new DSP includes Qualcomm Tensor Accelerator modules for learning machines - these so far have features that have been downgraded to the top 8xx Snapdragon SoCs series.

The Snapdragon 730 is built with Samsung 8nm LPN process, which is currently the second best and - as it is a mid-range chipset in price, and that is impressive. The new process will bring some improvements in battery life compared to the Snapdragon 710 which was built in a 10nm process, but we will have to wait to see it in the new devices to see its true performance.

There will also be a Snapdragon 730G, which promises 15% better graphics performance compared to the 730, due to the use of higher clock speeds. All new chipsets are announced to be available in mid-2019.

Features of the Snapdragon 730G Mobile Platform:

• Up to 15% faster graphics rendering over the Snapdragon 730 and up to 25% faster graphics rendering over the Snapdragon 710, featuring an overclocked Adreno 618 GPU
• Qualcomm Technologies' in-house game studio has collaborated with popular game-makers to optimize Snapdragon 730G for a selection of the world's top-rated games.
• True HDR gaming for extreme realism with rich graphics and cinema-quality processing with over 1 billion shades of color.
• Jank Reducer feature reduces janks by up to 90% in games running at 30fps
• Anti-Cheating Extensions help keep gamers on the same level playing field.
• Wi-Fi latency manager optimizes network settings and Wi-Fi configurations to support efficient online gaming and provide smooth, fast gameplay.
• Improvements in the camera pipeline, adding support for Cinemagraph, low power voice activation and HD super slow-mo at 960fps.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 730 Mobile Platform Features:

• Octa-Core - Dual 2.2GHz Kryo 470 (performance A76-based) + Hexa 1.8GHz Kryo 470 (efficiency A55-based) CPUs
• 8nm process technology
• Up to 8GB memory, 2 × 16 LPDDR4x 1866MHz, eMMC, UFS 2.1 hear 3 1-lane, SD 3.0, USB 3.1
• Qualcomm Adreno 618 GPU
• OpenCL 2.0 Full, DirectX 12, OpenGL ES 3.2, Vulkan 1.1 API support
• Qualcomm Spectra 350 ISP - Up to 192 MP / up to 48 MP with MFNR / up to 36 MP, MFNR, ZSL, 30 fps single camera, up to 22MP dual camera, Dual 14-bit ISPs, Zero Shutter Lag, Hybrid Autofocus, Ultra HD 4K video capture at 30fps, Rec. 2020 color gamut video capture, Up to 10-bit color depth video capture, Multi-Frame Noise Reduction (MFNR), Video Capture Formats: HDR10, HLG, 4K HDR Video Capture with Portrait Mode, (Bokeh, 4K at 30 fps), Hybrid Autofocus with support for dual phase detection (2PD) sensors, Real-time object classification, segmentation and replacement
• Supports up to FHD + (2520 x 1080) displays with HDR10
• Qualcomm Hexagon 688 DSP, Qualcomm All-Ways Aware technology, Neural Processing SDK
• Qualcomm Aqstic audio codec (up to WCD9341) and speaker amplifier
  (up to WSA8815), Native DSD support, PCM up to 384 kHz / 32-bit, Supports two wake words simultaneously, Qualcomm aptX Adaptive audio
  technology, Qualcomm TrueWireless Stereo Plus technology
• Up to 4K HDR10 PQ and HLG Video Playback (10 bit color depth, Rec. 2020 color gamut), Up to 4K UltraHD capture @ 30 FPS, Up to 1080p video capture @ 120 FPS, H.264 (AVC), H.265 (HEVC) VP8 and VP9 playback
• Qualcomm Snapdragon X15 LTE modem with up to 800 Mbps DL and 150 Mbps UL, LAA and 4 × 4 MIMO
• Multi SIM: LTE Dual SIM, VoLTE with SRVCC to 3G and 2G, Voice over Wi-Fi (VoWiFi) with LTE call continuity, HD and Ultra HD Voice (EVS)
• Wi-Fi 6-ready, 802.11ax-ready, 802.11ac Wave 2, 2 × 2 (2-stream) MU-MIMO, Wi-Fi: 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz with Dual Band Simultaneous (DBS) + 60 GHz GPS, GPS, GLONASS, BEIDOU, GALILEO, QZSS, and SBAS and Bluetooth 5.0
• Qualcomm Quick Charge 4 + technology

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