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Semiconductor giant announced new low-cost smartphone SoCs

Last night, Qualcomm unveiled new SoCs for low-end smartphones: Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 and 4 Gen 1. Qualcomm didn't reveal all the details, but third-party sources have them, so we can better understand what the company has announced.

Let's start with the older SoC. The Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 received four Cortex-A78 processor cores clocked at 2.2 GHz and four Cortex-A55 processor cores clocked at 1.8 GHz. This is a much more powerful setup than any other Snapdragon 6 platform and generally the same set of cores in the Snapdragon 778G, only the latter has a slightly higher frequency. That is, the Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 in terms of performance should significantly outperform all Qualcomm platforms in its own line and most platforms in the Snapdragon 7 line. True, so far we can only talk about this with regard to the processor part, as there are no details about the GPU.

As for the Snapdragon 4 Gen 1, this SoC received two Cortex-A78 cores at 2 GHz and six Cortex-A55 cores at 1.8 GHz. It's also much better than any other SoC in the Snapdragon 4 lineup. In fact, it's almost identical to the Snapdragon 695 and is aimed at budget smartphones. Of course, here again we're just talking about the CPU.

As a result, Qualcomm has at once brought new platforms to a new level: the Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 should be close to or even surpass all Snapdragon 600 solutions in performance, and the Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 will be able to compete with the best SoCs in the range Snapdragon 700. part of the processor. Also, so far neither MediaTek nor Samsung has anything similar in terms of configurations in these classes.

Also, don't forget that the Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 will be produced using the latest 4nm process technology, and the Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 will use 6nm standards.

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