Qualcomm today presented the Snapdragon 870, its new processor for the high-end of 2021 designed for the most competitive models on the market with a minimum reduction in performance.
This new chipset would be the replacement for the Snapdragon 865 presented last year. The objective that Qualcomm intends to achieve with this new chip is to offer a cheaper alternative to high-end smartphones to prevent MediaTek from stepping on it in the field of 5G connectivity.
We are facing an 8-core processor manufactured in 7 nanometers FinFET technology. Specifically, it will consist of a Cortex-A77 core at 3.2GHz, 3 Cortex-A77 cores at 2.4GHz and 4 Cortex A55 cores at 1.8GHz.
It will be complemented by an Adreno 650 GPU that offers support for 4K 60Hz or QuadHD + 144Hz displays with support for up to 16GB LPDDR5 of RAM. For artificial intelligence, it has the Hexagon 698. It will also be able to support cameras up to 200 MP and will have support for 8K video recording at 30 fps.
In the connectivity section, in addition to being compatible with 5G technology that is increasingly present in our day to day life, it can reach speeds of up to 7.5Gbps. It also offers WiFi 6 (802.11ax) connectivity, Bluetooth 5.2, Bluetooth aptX, support for NFC and geolocation thanks to GPS, Glonass, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS, NavIC and SBAS satellites. In the charging section, the compatibility with QuickCharge 4+ remains.
The first Xiaomi smartphone in which we see the Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 mounted may be one of the versions of the Redmi K40 series that will be presented soon in China.