Qualcomm repackages final yr’s flagship SoC because the “Snapdragon 870”

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Qualcomm is repackaging a chip from final yr into the “Snapdragon 870.” Final yr’s flagship SoC was the Snapdragon 865, after which Qualcomm launched the marginally up-clocked Snapdragon 865+. The Snapdragon 870 appears to be a 865++. It is one other clock bump.

Qualcomm has a completely impenetrable product lineup, so it is onerous to know if any single non-flagship SoC announcement from the corporate is important. It seems like this chip shall be picked up by a few of the extra fascinating Android OEMs, although. The press launch says it can “energy a choice of flagship units from key prospects together with Motorola, iQOO, OnePlus, OPPO, and Xiaomi.” The actual flagship SoC is the Snapdragon 888, so Qualcomm’s use of “flagship” right here positively belongs in scare quotes.

Just like the 865, this can be a 7nm, eight-core chip. The Prime Cortex A77 core is now clocked at 3.2GHz, and maintain on to your benchmark apps, as a result of that is Three % sooner than the three.1Ghz Snapdragon 865+! Qualcomm does not say something, so we’ll assume all the opposite cores are the identical because the Snapdragon 865. Which means three extra A77 cores at 2.4Ghz and 4 A55 cores at 1.8Ghz. Like on the 865+ mannequin, it seems like there’s nonetheless the choice for Qualcomm’s newest connectivity chip, providing you with the opportunity of an 870 with Wi-Fi 6E.