Snapdragon 870 5G comes as a bit of a surprise on this day dedicated to leaks. This is an unannounced launch which, however, tears a smile to lovers of low-cost but super-performing devices. As the name suggests this is the SoC heir to Snap 865 (last year's flagship processor) which brings numerous improvements both from a performance and cost point of view.
Qualcomm's Snapdragon 870 is official: an ultra-performing SoC, 5G and above all poco expensive. Better than this!
With the new processor Snapdragon 870 the US brand wants to answer the question of users who ask for a powerful SoC but not too expensive. Currently it Snapdragon 888 is the best around in terms of performance but honestly it's still too expensive. For this reason the company has decided (perhaps at the last) to introduce this new chipset. Without getting lost in small talk, let's go and see all the details. The basis of this processor is again one Kryo 585 CPU assisted by an Adreno 650 GPU and a Snapdragon X55 5G modem. The most prepared will have understood that we have nothing new to face compared to last year.
What changes?
To be honest it is true, the news are few. Although the architecture remains unchanged, only the core clock frequency changes compared to the 865 and 865 Plus. It goes from 3.1 GHz to 3.2 GHz. The Snapdragon X55 5G modem, in combination with Snapdragon 870 5G, ensures that 5G is also supported in sub-6 GHz and mmWave networks. The configuration is: 1 x Cortex A77 at 3,2 GHz + 3 x Cortex A77 at 2,40 GHz + 4 x Cortex A55 at 1,80 GHz. For the rest we find Hexagon 698 processor for AI activities and dual 480-bit Spectra 14 ISPs.
Who will use this processor?
As revealed, OnePlus will be the first to use the brand new processor. There is no doubt that it will be integrated on a model belonging to the series OnePlus 9, probably the Lite. Models equipped with this SoC will arrive by the end of this first quarter and the other partner companies with Qualcomm will be Oppo, Motorola, Xiaomi e iQOO.
