As Qualcomm's latest masterpiece in the field of mobile processors, Snapdragon 888 and Snapdragon 8+ have attracted much attention. Before conducting an in-depth analysis of these two chips and comparing them with their competitors, we should first familiarize ourselves with and understand their core parameters and some attributes.
First of all, in the case of the Snapdragon 888, it is designed with the Kryo 680 core architecture, with a built-in Adreno 660 image processing unit, full support for 5G networks and Quick Charge 68W fast charging solutions. The emergence of Snapdragon 8+ reduces power consumption and makes further optimizations and improvements on the basis of the original advantages of Snapdragon 888. What is particularly striking is that the chip is built by Samsung using ***4nm process technology, and it is also the world's first Qualcomm mobile platform developed in TSMC's 4nm production environment.
In terms of performance, the Snapdragon 888 and Snapdragon 8+ have shown significant improvements in both the CPU and GPU. Among them, the Snapdragon 888 is equipped with the Kryo 680 core architecture. This architecture is the first time that Qualcomm has adopted Arm's latest Cortex-X1 core design concept, building an eight-core system that includes two Cortex-X1 ultra-large cores, two Cortex-A78 performance large cores, and four Cortex-A55 energy-efficient small cores. Compared to the previous generation, the KYO 680 achieves a leap of about 25% in single-core performance, while significantly reducing power consumption by about 50%.
The Snapdragon 8+ is unique in that it has been further upgraded on the basis of the Snapdragon 888. The new chip is based on Arm's Cortex-X2 and A710 architectures, and includes a Cortex-X2 ultra-large core from Samsung's fourth-generation 4nm process, as well as three Cortex-A710 high-performance large cores and four Cortex-A510 power-saving small cores. It is worth mentioning that the CPU performance of the Snapdragon 8+ has been improved by about 20% compared to the previous one, while the power consumption has been reduced by about 30%.
As for the GPU, the Snapdragon 888 is equipped with an Adreno 660 image processing unit, which can support up to 144Hz screen refresh rate, HDR10+ high-quality** format, as well as 10-bit color depth and dynamic frame rate adjustment, and many other high-end features. In comparison, the Adreno 730 image processing unit used in the Snapdragon 8+ is only stronger than the Adreno 660, which not only improves performance by about 30%, but also reduces power consumption by about 25%.
In addition, both the Snapdragon 888 and Snapdragon 8+ support 5G networks in all aspects, ensuring that users can enjoy a blazing-fast network experience while reducing latency. It's worth emphasizing that the Snapdragon 8+ is not only Qualcomm's first mobile platform to support the full LPDDR5X overclocking memory (HyperXDR) technology, but it also has much higher storage bandwidth than LPDDR5 and lower latency.
Overall, the Snapdragon 888 and Snapdragon 8+ show impressive progress in performance, especially at the CPU and GPU level. In particular, the Snapdragon 8+ breakthrough combination of Samsung's ***4nm process technology and the world's leading TSMC***4nm process technology has achieved a significant increase of about 20% in CPU performance, and at the same time, it has made great efforts in power consumption control, achieving a reduction of about 30%. In addition, the Snapdragon 8+ is the industry's first mobile platform to feature the full LPDDR5X OC memory technology, which not only has more storage bandwidth, but also achieves lower latency, resulting in a smoother operation experience for users. All in all, if you're looking for a good 5G smartphone in terms of performance, power consumption, and 5G network support, there's no doubt that the Snapdragon 8+ is the right smartphone for you.