If you prefer long nomenclatures, despite having already gotten used to Qualcomm’s segmentation, make way for the Snapdragon 7 Gen 1, announced today by the technology, along with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1+.
The Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 comes with 8 Cortex A70 cores and four Cortex A510 cores. They are the latest cores available, and they just lack a great performance Prime core, reserved for now for the Snapdragon 8. Accompanying the processor is a new Adreno 662, both promising many improvements over the Snapdragon 7 so far. It is manufactured in 4nm.
The photographic capabilities will undoubtedly be a highlight of this new chip, which can accept up to a 200MP sensor, or various combinations such as 64+20MP or three 25MP cameras. Either one will be able to capture 4K HDR video at 30 fps, there is support for 10-bit HEIC and HEVC.
5G connectivity is guaranteed via Snapragon X62 5G with a maximum speed of 4.4Gbps, and it also includes Bluetooth 5.3. and WiFi 6E.
On the display side, it even supports QHD+ video at 60Hz or FHD at 144Hz.
Despite the announcement, it is not entirely clear where the Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 is located, compared to the current Snapdragon 870. What is certain is that the main brands have already professed their support for the chip, with the first smartphones to be announced in the coming weeks. Oppo Reno8 should be the first to debut the new processor, on the 23rd of May.
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