Qualcomm has quietly announced the platformSnapdragon 860, An upgraded and updated version of its flagship platform from 2019, the Snapdragon 855, which will be available for the first time on Shiomi’s new POCO X3 Pro device.
Qualcomm’s Snapdragon family of chips is becoming more “complicated” than ever with the launch of the new Snapdragon 860. While Qualcomm’s latest flagship platform remains the Snapdragon 888, the new Snapdragon 860 comes as a version refresh for the company’s Snapdragon 855, similar to that of the Snapdragon 870 which came as a version refresh for the Snapdragon 865, when it could arrive with the modem. -Snapdragon X50 for fifth generation support (5G) or Snapdragon X24 for fourth generation support (LTE).
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In fact, the Snapdragon 860 can be considered as a newer version of the + Snapdragon 855, while similarly, the new 860 will come in the older 7 nm production, compared to the 5 nm of the 888. The processor will arrive in the company’s standard 4 + 4 configuration, with the powerful Cortex-A76-based Kyro 485 cores coming at a frequency of up to 2.42GHz with a more powerful “Prime” core at 2.96GHz, in addition to 4 weaker based cores 1.8GHz Cortex-A55 with Adreno 640 graphics chip at 672MHz.
The only practical difference between the 860 and + 855 is support for up to 16GB of memory and the new photography systems that include, among other things, ultra-wide night photography, night photography with the selfie camera and dual video photography.
Snapdragon 855/860 (Qualcomm source)
While the POCO X3 Pro is the first device to come with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 860 platform, we can expect to see more mid-range devices coming with the company’s updated chipset.
Qualcomm takes a very practical approach in response to the cellular market. Why create a new chipset for the middle market if it is possible to recycle a chipset designed for the high market two years ago. Is this something wrong? The truth is that it is not possible to say that the Snapdragon 855 on which the latest Snapdragon 860 is based is a weak or problematic chipset.
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