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Qualcomm's new Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 is 30% more power efficient and 10% faster

By Cookie Monster - on 21 May 2022, 10:54am

Qualcomm's new Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 is 30% more power efficient and 10% faster

Qualcomm just announced its latest flagship mobile platform, the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1.

The Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 comes with an improved Adreno GPU that offers up to 10% faster speeds and 30% power reduction than the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 released in late December 2021 and has been featured in numerous flagship phones this year. According to Qualcomm, users can expect to enjoy up to 60 extra minutes of gameplay on a Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1-powered device.

Other specs include Snapdragon Sight technologies such as 8K HDR video recording, HDR10+ format for video recording, up to 20% better performance per Watt thanks to the 7th gen Qualcomm AI engine, Snapdragon X65 modem-RF system for extra talktime of over 5.5 hours, support for CD Lossless audio quality thanks to Qualcomm FastConnect 6900.

Commercial devices powered by the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 are expected to be available in Q3. ASUS ROG, Black Shark, Honor, iQoo, Leonvo, Motorola, Nubia, OnePLus, Oppo, Osom, Realme, RedMagic, Redmi, Vivo, Xiaomi and ZTE are among the first phone brands to adopt the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1.

Source: Qualcomm

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