Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 to power ROG Phone 6, realme GT 2 Master Explorer Edition and more; OPPO Reno8 Pro first to use Snapdragon 7 Gen 1

Qualcomm today introduced its Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 Mobile Platform that promises 10% improvements in CPU and GPU performance and 30% improvements in power efficiency. It also confirmed that several OEMs including ASUS ROG, Black Shark, HONOR, iQOO, Lenovo, Motorola, Nubia, OnePlus, OPPO, OSOM, realme, RedMagic, Redmi, vivo, Xiaomi, and ZTE. Continue reading “Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 to power ROG Phone 6, realme GT 2 Master Explorer Edition and more; OPPO Reno8 Pro first to use Snapdragon 7 Gen 1”

Qualcomm Snapdragon Night event on May 20 — Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 and Snapdragon 8 Gen 1+ expected

Qualcomm has scheduled its Snapdragon Night event in China on May 20th. It has confirmed that the company will unveil the new Snapdragon Mobile Platform at the event, which should be the most expected Snapdragon 7 Gen 1, months after it introduced the Snapdragon 778G+. Continue reading “Qualcomm Snapdragon Night event on May 20 — Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 and Snapdragon 8 Gen 1+ expected”

Snapdragon 8 Gen 1+ 4nm SoC said to be introduced in early May

Qualcomm introduced its flagship Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Mobile platform at its Snapdragon Tech Summit 2021 in December. Today, rumours about the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Plus have surfaced which reveals that it will be introduced in early May, according to tipster Yogesh Brar. We can expect higher clock speeds and possibility an upgrade in gaming performance. Continue reading “Snapdragon 8 Gen 1+ 4nm SoC said to be introduced in early May”

Qualcomm could shift some Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 production from Samsung to TSMC

Qualcomm already confirmed that its flagship Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC is built using Samsung’s 4nm process tech. Now, a new report from DigiTimes says that Qualcomm could shift some production to TSMC due to low yields from Samsung Foundry’s 4nm fabrication process. Continue reading “Qualcomm could shift some Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 production from Samsung to TSMC”

Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Benchmarks: How good is this compared to Snapdragon 888 / 888 Plus?

Qualcomm introduced its flagship Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Mobile platform at its Snapdragon Tech Summit 2021 last week. The latest flagship SoC has a Kryo Prime Arm Cortex-X2-based CPU at up to 3.0GHz, 3 x Kryo  Performance A710-based CPUs at up to 2.50GHz and 4x Kryo Efficiency A510-based CPUs at up to 1.8GHz. It is fabricated using the Samsung 4nm Process Technology. We got to check out the smartphone at the event, and here are the official benchmark scores. Continue reading “Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Benchmarks: How good is this compared to Snapdragon 888 / 888 Plus?”

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 4nm Mobile Platform official: 30% faster GPU, 8K HDR video capture, 10Gbps 5G modem

Qualcomm just made the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, the company’s latest flagship Mobile Platform official at the Qualcomm Snapdragon Tech Summit 2021 event, as it had announced. It has world’s first 10 Gigabit 5G Snapdragon X65 5G Modem-RF System, Qualcomm FastConnect 6900 Mobile Connectivity System for Wi-Fi speeds of up to 3.6 Gbps, over Wi-Fi 6 and 6E. Continue reading “Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 4nm Mobile Platform official: 30% faster GPU, 8K HDR video capture, 10Gbps 5G modem”