The release of Qualcomm's new generation of Snapdragon 8 mobile platform has been sought after by many mobile phone manufacturers and consumers. After the sale of motorola edge X30, 25 minutes of sales of more than 100 million, sold for nearly a month is still difficult to find, it can be seen that consumers like this phone, the reason why Motorola Edge X30 by the majority of consumers pay attention, the fundamental reason is that edge X30 debuted the new Snapdragon 8 mobile platform.
Let's review the specifications of this chip, the new Snapdragon 8 abandoned the 10-year-old ARMV8 architecture, using the new ARMV9 architecture, integrated a 3.0Ghz new generation cortex-X2 super core, 3 2.5Ghz A710 large core, and 4 A510 small cores with the largest increase in amplitude, the main frequency of 1.8Ghz, the performance has been improved by 20%, and the power consumption has been reduced by 30%.
In terms of GPU, although the official gave a reference index of "30% performance improvement", the results given by Antutu and GPU test software show that we far underestimated the performance of the new Snapdragon 8 GPU. Under the test of multiple scenarios, the GPU performance has increased by more than 50% compared with the previous generation, and even 79% in the 3D Mark Wild Life scene. Under the system optimization of some mobile phone manufacturers, the comprehensive running score of AnTutu even exceeded a staggering 1.07 million.
It can be said that the configuration parameters are almost full, and the energy efficiency performance is still in the leading position in the industry. It is worth noting that the improvement of hardware performance has appeared in the field of mobile phone chips, and for the new Snapdragon 8, there are other very important technologies in addition to performance.
First of all, the 5G baseband, the new Snapdragon 8 integrates qualcomm's independent research and development of the fourth generation of Snapdragon X65 5G modem and RF system, using Samsung 4nm process technology, and before the release of Snapdragon 8, X65 baseband has been put into practice in many complex scenes in China, whether it is connectivity or stability, the performance is excellent, support 5G millimeter wave / sub6 dual connection, and the downward peak also broke through 10Gbps, which is also the industry's first downward peak breakthrough 10Gbps 5G soc。
As we all know, the release of the new Snapdragon 8, due to its strong performance, advanced process technology, and the advantages of 18bit ISP, this also means that the new Snapdragon 8 will occupy a favorable position in the Android camp for a long time in the future, and the mobile phone equipped with this chip will have a long "lifespan". Moreover, 5G commercialization has entered the second half, the millimeter wave industry is accelerating the landing, in addition to 5G sub6, the new Snapdragon 8 supports the function of millimeter wave, but also for consumers to do precautions, which is the competitor Tianji 9000 does not have.
Second, the upgrade of the game experience. With the rapid development of the game industry, many AAA masterpieces use Unreal Engine as a development platform, because Qualcomm is the only IC company in the Android camp that can develop its own GPU architecture, so it has a high "customization" ability for GPU architecture. It is reported that in 2022, Qualcomm will work with the Unreal Engine team to develop a mobile version of Unreal Engine 5 specifically for the new Snapdragon 8, and the game developed using the Unreal Engine 5 platform, whether it is detailed texture or real-time ray tracing, the game screen will be as realistic as a movie.
In addition, in addition to three 18-bit ISPs, the new Snapdragon 8 also has a new low-power intelligent perception ISP, which is connected with the external camera, and after integration with AI, in the case of ensuring user privacy and security, it can also achieve fast face unlocking, screen anti-peeping, smart lock screen, fast scan code and other functions, bringing great portability to the user's daily use. Of course, in addition to these, the new Snapdragon 8 has a very terrifying strength in AI, computational photography and so on.
On the whole, the reason why the new Snapdragon 8 is so popular is largely due to Qualcomm's comprehensive development in performance, photography, games and other aspects, and for Android mobile phone manufacturers, choosing a new Snapdragon 8 that supports 5G dual connectivity not only means a better 5G network experience, but also means a larger market space.