Qualcomm Announces Snapdragon 780G 5G – First 5nm Chip System for Intermediate Market

Snapdragon 780G (XDA source)

Cellular chip maker Qualcomm has announced Snapdragon 780G 5G, The company’s newest and most up-to-date platform from the Snapdragon 700 series, designed for mid-range devices, when it comes with the Snapdragon X53 5G modem and uses for the first time for the series in production in the latest 5 nm process.

The new Snapdragon 780G chip comes as a sequel to the company’s previous 766G and 768G chips, offering up to 40% processing performance improvement and up to 50% graphics performance improvement over the previous generation. The new chip also comes with a significant upgrade in the manufacturing process. Qualcomm is now moving into production in the 5 nm process, which was hitherto only available in the premium market Snapdragon 888, with the Snapdragon 780G incorporating the Snapdragon X53 5G modem offering a download speed of up to 3.3Gbps.

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The processor in the new 780G platform is built in a 4 + 4 configuration, with a pair of powerful Kryo 670 Gold cores based on the Cortex-A78 and operating at a frequency of up to 2.4GHz, and 6 cost-effective Kryo 670 Silver cores based on the ARM Cortex-A55 cores. On the graphics side you can find the Adreno 642 chip, which comes with support for Qualcomm’s driver updates on cellular screens with a refresh rate of up to 144Hz.

Snapdragon 780G Detail (XDA Source)

Another pair of upgrades compared to previous 700 chips includes the first use of a triple image processing chip (ISP) model Spectra 570, which comes with support for simultaneous shooting from 3 cameras, and the FastConnect 6900 communication chip that comes with support for WiFi 6 / 6E, Bluetooth 5.2 and audio technology The company’s new Snapdragon Sound.

Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 780G 5G chipset will arrive for the first time with Shiomi’s Mi 11 Lite, which is expected to be officially unveiled in a few days, and will be available on more devices during the second quarter of 2021.

Qualcomm’s new 780G chip comes as another example of how technology designed for the high-end market, and in this case manufacturing in the 5 nm process, is also finding its way into mid-range devices.