Qualcomm has finally announced the Snapdragon 865 Plus processor for smartphones. The new chip comes with almost 10 percent improvement in performance over the predecessor.
Qualcomm claims that this new chop aims to deliver “increased performance across the board for superior gameplay and insanely fast Qualcomm Snapdragon Elite Gaming experiences, truly global 5G, and ultra intuitive AI.”
There are mainly three improvements in the new chip as compared to Snapdragon 865. The clock speed of Kryo 585 has been boosted up to 3.1GHz. Adreno 650 GPU now offers 10 percent faster graphics rendering. The new chip is also compatible with Qualcomm’s FastConnect 6900, the company’s new Wi-Fi 6 chipsets with 6GHz band capability (Wi-Fi 6E).
So, it can deliver speeds of up to 3.2 Gbps and latency under 3 ms. It also enabled Bluetooth 5.2 with apt X Adaptive for 96 kHz audio. external X55 modem to deliver 5G.The chipset still uses
| SoC | Snapdragon 865 | Snapdragon 865+ |
| CPU | 1x Cortex A77 @ 2.84GHz 1x512KB pL2 3x Cortex A77 @ 2.42GHz 3x256KB pL2 4x Cortex A55 @ 1.80GHz 4x128KB pL2 4MB sL3 @ ?MHz | 1x Cortex A77 @ 3.1GHz 1x512KB pL2 3x Cortex A77 @ 2.42GHz 3x256KB pL2 4x Cortex A55 @ 1.80GHz 4x128KB pL2 4MB sL3 @ ?MHz |
| GPU | Adreno 650 @ 587 MHz | Adreno 650 @ ? |
| DSP / NPU | Hexagon 698 15 TOPS AI (Total CPU+GPU+HVX+Tensor) | |
| Memory Controller | 4x 16-bit CH @ 2133MHz LPDDR4X / 33.4GB/s or @ 2750MHz LPDDR5 / 44.0GB/s 3MB system level cache | |
| ISP/Camera | Dual 14-bit Spectra 480 ISP 1x 200MP 64MP ZSL or 2x 25MP ZSL 4K video & 64MP burst capture | |
| Encode/ Decode | 8K30 / 4K120 10-bit H.265 Dolby Vision, HDR10+, HDR10, HLG 720p960 infinite recording | |
| Integrated Modem | none (Paired with external X55 only) (LTE Category 24/22) DL = 2500 Mbps 7x20MHz CA, 1024-QAM UL = 316 Mbps 3x20MHz CA, 256-QAM (5G NR Sub-6 + mmWave) DL = 7000 Mbps UL = 3000 Mbps | |
| Mfc. Process | TSMC 7nm (N7P) | |
Asus has already announced that ROG 3 will be the first phone to come with Snapdragon 865 Plus. ROG 3 is coming later this month.
