Qualcomm's Snapdragon 820 exceeds Exynos & current SD

Snapdragon 820 is the latest iteration from Qualcomm which is official, the chipset is said to be clocked at the max of 3 Ghz, and it is clear that in earlier stages benchmarks will be helping you out to determine the performance, and hence SD820 just went through some benchmarks which revealed that the chipset actually performs well in relation to the earlier chipsets from Qualcomm.

Snapdragon 820 earned following scores in Geekbench tests

• Single-core: 1732
• Multi-core: 4970

The SD 810 scores just 1227 for single core while the Exynos 7420 does it just for 1486, and in comparision the SD 820 is doing much better.

Qualcomm said that in 2016 the flagships of Xiaomi, HTC, Sony will own the SD820. So for more info about the same that will be coming in future do follow us at Twitter & Facebook for more.

Update: Snapdragon 818 a 10-Core chipset from Qualcomm

Update:: 18/05/2015
Qualcomm internals said that the 10-core chipset may not be named the 818, instead an other name will be used as it will be superior to Snapdragon 820, and might also use Qualcomm's own Kyro processor. As we said that it is still in early stages hence specifications of the same may change. As of now the chipset is kind of  unnamed.

Original:: 11/05/2015
Recently Mediatek came up with Helio X which is going to be a premium lineup from MediaTek where they will be competing with processors from Qualcomm & Exynos. With the debut of Helio X20 which is the first deca-core processor, Qualcomm and Exynos might have got to think about the number count which Mediatek is rushing with. But now it looks Qualcomm is also working with the same strategy and is running with the same.

Let us clarify that there is no comment from any official sources. We have been tipped about this deca-core processor, allegedly the Snapdragon 818 by an insider from Qualcomm. We have been told that as of now the chipset is just on paper, specs may change.

As for now they are going with higher number of cores but with lesser clock speed than we are getting with MediaTek's Helio X20

• 4x Cortex A53 @ 1.2 Ghz
• 2x Cortex A53 @ 1.6 Ghz
• 4x Cortex A72 @ 2.0 Ghz

Which is not exactly what MediaTek goes with. It comes with a with 2 high performance cores at 2.3 Ghz while 4 mid performance cores at 2.0 Ghz which makes the Qualcomm's Snapdragon 818 a bit behind in the numbers, but if we see the history then it would perform better than MediaTek. So let us wait for some official statements from Qualcomm about the chipset.

MediaTek Helio X20 vs Snapdragon 810 heat test

MediaTek Helio X20 which is the first deca-core processor from MediaTek is now a real deal. But what problems will it solve for you, and will the 10 core setup be successful? These questions will not to be answered till we get a device with the Helio X20 inside it. However, MediaTek performed an internal test on their chipset and Snapdragon's 810 chipset and a copy of Internal document is what we have been able to get our hands on. We are not sure of the authenticity of the document but the numbers seem believable.
What we have with us is a graph which talks about the  which we saw with the Snapdragon 815 vs 810 heat test, but it also includes what and how they are seeking to make the heating issues over.

According to the document we get the Low powered cores in the chipset for Casual gaming and browsing, the medium power cores consists for gaming while the high powers are to control the heating issues by taking the load from medium powered cores, when the chipset starts heating, hence we get a system where we will not be getting over heating. It is a thing worth noting that while playing the Modern after 5 mins the device with Snapdragon 810 was going cooler which is surprising, and we have got no clarification over the same.

As the Note had that the handset lacked the Cellular Connectivity, Bluetooth receivers and even it might not have some sensors that might be their on a real cellular phone for users. So let us wait for a real device to be their to test them out. 

If Qualcomm is making a deca core chipset then, it might also have something like that, and it will also be a wait for Qualcomm to confirm the same.

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Xperia Z4 & LG G4 runs through GPU Benchmarking reveals the SoC used

Their are two up coming handsets that we have been waiting for a long time to get unveiled, LG G4 to be launched 28rd April, while Sony has till now not given any idea about the Xperia Z4 launch that is also soon expected to launch, both the upcoming handsets just went through GFXBench Manhattan 3.1 Benchmark tests which is for the GPU clock speed test of the phone, the list shows top 20 handsets with the best GPU.

This test is designed to measure how many frames are processed by the GPU in a set period of time allowing GFXBench to reveal the fps frame rate for the unit being tested. As said by GFXBench both the handsets have the following GPU:

• Sony Xperia Z4 (E6553) :: Adreno 430 GPU 
• LG G4 (F500x, H815) :: Adreno 418 GPU

The test have confirmed that the Xperia Z4 will have Snapdragon 810 SoC inside, while the LG G4 will be driven by the Snapdragon 808.

Snapdragon 420 to be hotter than Snapdragon 410 as indicated by Tests

It looks like Qualcomm is in the final stage of the new gen chipset like we just published the leaked graphs of the tests that were performed on :

• Snapdragon 815 with Snapdragon 810 & Snapdragon 801
• Snapdragon 620 with Snapdragon 615

Today we got the graphs of the Snapdragon 420 chipset compared with Snapdragon 410. The Snapdragon 410 has not been reported have any performance or heating issues. We have seen the chipset being used in popular phones like Samsung Grand Prime, Xiaomi Redmi 2, and even in the recently launched Moto E 2nd Gen. But the Snapdragon 420 which is the next iteration of the Snapdragon 410 seems to be heating more than its predecessor.

As the chipsets are currently in development, the final variant may have the issues resolved but as of now the chipsets are having some heating issues and Qualcomm may even delay the launch of the Snapdragon 420 to try and rectify the problem.

From the graphs we can see that Snapdragon 410 is cooler at 41 degrees than the Snapdragon 420 which touched 44 Degree Celcius. Both the test devices had no Cellular or Wifi antennae nor Bluetooth, and featured a qHD display with 4.7 inches of screen size. The test game played on the devices was Asphalt 8 on Medium Graphics setting. 

Seeing the results of all the ranges of chips, it looks like Qualcomm is working to improve the chips but in the Mid-Low Segment they haven't been successful in keeping the temperatures under control and we may see the new devices with the Snapdragon 420 to be getting heated more than the Snapdragon 410 chips. That being said, Qualcomm is probably working on optimizing the chips and trying to get all the issues fixed.

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 620 to be much cooler than 615, Snapdragon improving future chipsets

Recently we updated you with the Qualcomm chipset's heating issues seems to be solved at the next upcoming chipset from Qualcomm Snapdragon 815, now it looks like that Qualcomm has even done the same with the Snapdragon 615 which is the current top chipset for a Mid-ranged device. Snapdragon 615 featuring Yureka Yu, Galaxy A7 both had heating issues, and hence it is clear the faulty is Snapdragon 615 chipset, now it looks that the Snapdragon 620 which is the successor of the Snapdragon 615, is having the issues to be solved. We have got hold on some more leaked documents from Qualcomm which states that Snapdragon 620 seems to have the issues solved. 

Unlike the previous tests they didn't run the Asphalt 8, they indeed ran Modern Combat 5, which is a FPS based game, the game was well played on both the handsets. But it's kinda surprising that Engineers at Qualcomm ran a much hardware intensive game on a mid ranged chipset while a less intensive game on a Flagship Chipset. Both the Chipsets were made to play for 20 mins, then the phone was made to rest taking a note of Temperature after the tests too.

In the above results Snapdragon 615 reached about 46 Degree Celsius while the Snapdragon 620 reached a max of 42 Degree Celcius which is very high compared to Snapdragon 815 as we saw in the tests. Snapdragon 620 cools constantly, while the Snapdragon 615 cools constantly for first 15 degree then it gets a bit low in cooling down. The Snapdragon 615 after 5 mins of still run it reached 28 / 27 degree Celsius and for some 3 odd minutes the temperature was getting a bit unstable, we may say there are some problems in the Snapdragon 615 chipsets which seem to be solved in its successor Snapdragon 620.

The demo units on which the chipsets where placed had the following specs

• 4.7" IPS HD Display
• 1.5 GB RAM
• No Cellular Antenas

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Snapdragon 815 to be cooler than Snapdragon 810 & 801, Test Reveals

With Snapdragon 810 reported to be riddled with heating issues, reasons of which were not disclosed by Qualcomm. But they indeed did some internal tests on the Snapdragon 801, Snapdragon 810, and the new upcoming chipset which is not yet introduced in the market, the Snapdragon 815. These are some documents which we were able to get hold of, and we found from the results that the Snapdragon 815 is cooler compared to Snapdragon 810 and 801 as well, which means its powerful and a the same time optimised to be cooler then its predecessors.


Likewise it was done in the previous tests they ran the same Asphalt 8 Airborne, which is a graphics intensive game, and it was found that Snapdragon 810 touched 45 degree mark which was not accepted as last time the Snapdragon 810 touched just 42 degree mark, but we came to know that, Asphat 8 was tested with medium graphics settings and this time to make the Snapdragon 815 use to it fullest they ran the Asphalt 8 on High Graphics settings which gave us the following results. 

In the results, we can see that the Snapdragon 815 reached a Max Temperature of 38 degrees which is quite low with respect to the 42 degrees of Snapdragon 801 and 44 degrees of Snapdragon 810. Hence we can conclude that the new architecture design of Qualcomm is right and the devices based on Snapdragon 815  will be much cooler then the devices we are having now in the market with the Snapdragon 810 and 801.

The above tests were conducted with following specs:

• 3 GB RAM
• 5.0" FHD Display

All the three devices were assembled specifically for the tests and they were not having any cellular antennas nor any WiFi antenna. The devices only had some sensors which were used to play the above stated games, hence the real unit may have a bit higher temperature, but they will be cooler then the Snapdragon 801 & 810 featuring handsets.

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