Although Qualcomm’s new high-end chip, the Snapdragon 888, has formally been announced, we won’t see it in action until early next year. The chip is based on the 5nm process and features the Kryo 680 CPU which is 25 percent more powerful and 25 percent more power-efficient than the Snapdragon 865 according to Qualcomm.
The tipster claims that Snapdragon 888’s power consumption is excellent, and suggests that it would be the biggest performance leap we have seen since the Snapdragon 835.
The power consumption of the Snapdragon 888 processor is excellent, the best performance in recent years. Just like the Snapdragon 835.
In addition, its GPU performance has also exceeded expectations.— Ice universe (@UniverseIce) December 17, 2020
Ice also says that Snapdragon 888’s GPU performance will surpass expectations. For reference, Qualcomm’s new silicon is integrated with the Adreno 660 GPU and the chipmaker says it offers 35 percent faster graphics and 20 percent increased power efficiency when compared to the previous generation.
The chipmaker also says that the Snapdragon 888 will deliver sustained performance over long periods of time without exhibiting throttling issues.
Will the Snapdragon 888 help Qualcomm maintain its lead over Samsung Exynos chips
That said, benchmark results are easy to spoof, and only tell part of the story. We will have to wait for Snapdragon 888 based smartphones to come out to see how it performs in real life.
