The Snapdragon 8 Gen 1+ gets detailed one day before its launch
Qualcomm scheduled a press event in China for May 20. We do know this is a Snapdragon event, but we still didn’t get a confirmation that the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1+ will launch. That seems quite certain at this point, though. Not only did the SoC’s details surface, but it’s just the right time to launch it. It is worth noting that the Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 will probably launch alongside the company’s flagship SoC. In any case, let’s check out the details that leaked. The Snapdragon 8 Gen 1+ is a 4nm processor. That’s something that we already knew, but it’s worth noting regardless. This processor will be made by TSMC. The Snapdragon 8 Gen 1+ will be comprised out of one Cortex X2 core, three Cortex A710 cores, and four Cortex A510 cores. Its GPU will see a slight update compared to the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, it seems. The Adreno 730 GPU will be included, by the way.
The performance will increase by 10%, power consumption decrease by 30%
The performance will be increased by 10-percent, while the power consumption will be decreased by 30-percent. The Cortex X2 will be clocked at 3.2GHz, while the Cortex A710 cores will be clocked at 2.75GHz. The Cortex A510 cores are said to utilize a 2.0GHz clock speed. This variant of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 is expected to deliver better thermals. So, in addition to these performance boosts, it’s also expected to heat up less. It remains to be seen what will the difference be. The Snapdragon 7 Gen 1, on the other hand, will be a mid-range processor. We don’t know much about it at this point, but it will likely be used by many smartphones in H2 2022.
