The Snapdragon 820 is also significantly quicker than the Exynos 7420 chip inside the Samsung Galaxy S6, which is itself faster the Snapdragon 810. In the 1080p offscreen Manhattan test, it achieves double the frame rate of the OnePlus Two, in the single-core Geekbench test the score is 95% higher and, in the multi-core test, it’s 15% higher. In fact, the Snapdragon 820 is an order of magnitude quicker in every single test than the Snapdragon 810.

The margin of the advantage, however, is what catches the eye. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 is quicker than its predecessor, which is exactly what I expected. GFXBench GL 3.0 Manhattan Offscreen (1080p) With significant power draw coming from other components, notably the screen, storage and camera, battery life is likely to improve, but not by a huge amount. What it does mean is that 2016’s smartphones won’t last 30% longer than 2015’s, and that’s because the SoC isn’t the only power-hungry component inside a smartphone. How much impact will this have on battery life? Alas, not as much as you might think. Overall, Qualcomm is claiming the new SoC will consume 30% less power than the 810. On the connectivity front, the Snapdragon 820 also builds in support for MU-MIMO 802.11ac Wi-Fi and the upcoming 802.11ad protocol, although the latter standard is a long way from being ratified and appearing in your home wireless router. The new X12 4G modem component gets a 33% performance, and a 20% efficiency boost, and there are improvements to the Hexagon 680 DSP and Spectra ISP parts, used for audio and image processing respectively. There are also performance and efficiency improvements elsewhere, though. For the Adreno 530 – the part critical for graphics-heavy gaming – it’s touting a 40% performance and power efficiency bump. Qualcomm’s claims are as eyebrow-raisingly positive as always, but there’s a renewed emphasis on efficiency as much as raw performance this time around, with the new chip built using the same 14nm manufacturing process as Samsung’s latest Exynos processors.įor the Kryo CPU, Qualcomm is promising “up to 2X performance” and “2X power efficiency”. So, instead of using off-the-shelf ARM Cortex A53 and A57 CPUs, as the 810 did, the Snapdragon 820 debuts the company’s shiny new 2.2GHz quad-core 64-bit Kryo CPU and superfast Adreno 530 GPU. Qualcomm’s solution to this has been to revert to its own CPU designs. Since its inception, the Snapdragon 810 has been plagued by overheating problems, with several phones employing the chip running uncomfortably hot – affecting both performance and battery life. Officially unveiled in November, Qualcomm will be hoping the Snapdragon 820 both sets new standards in the mobile processor space, and overcomes the problems that have dogged its predecessor. Best smartphones of 2016: The 25 best mobile phones you can buy today

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