In December, Qualcomm had launched the Snapdragon 855 mobile platform as the first 7nm chipset for mobile devices. The 2.84GHz SD855’s enhanced version dubbed as Snapdragon 855+ with 2.96GHz clocking speed was announced in the previous month. It is speculated that the Snapdragon 865 will be announced by the end of the year. It appears that the SD865 is being tested since a couple of listing of a testing device powered the same processor has appeared on Geekbench.
On Geekbench, a testing device labelled as ‘Qualcomm Kona’ has appeared. Its single-core and multi-core benchmarking scores are better than that of Snapdragon 855. The SD855 usually scores around 3.5k in the single-core test of Geekbench. In its multi-core test, the SD855 has scored around 11k. The codename of the chipset is ‘msmnile.’ Interestingly, the Qualcomm Kona device is also powered by ‘msmnile’ processor, but its benchmarking scores are better than SD855.
In the single-core test, the testing device has recorded a benchmarking score of 4149. The multi-core score of the device is 12915. The device is running on Android 10 OS which is nothing but the upcoming Android Q OS. The SoC of the device is coupled with 6 GB of RAM. In the Geekbench listings of SD855 powered phones, the base frequency is usually mentioned as 1.78GHz. However, the multiple listings of Qualcomm Kona show that its processor has a different base frequency of 1.8GHz.
Hence, it appears that the device shown in the newly spotted Geekbench listings could be powered by the upcoming Snapdragon 865 SoC. Popular tipster Roland Quandt had revealed in June that Qualcomm may announce two editions of the chipset. One will come packed with 4G LTE modem and the other one will be integrated with a 5G modem. Previous leaks have revealed that Huracan and Kona are the names of the two variants of the Snapdragon 865. As it can be seen, the newly spotted Geekbench listing has ‘Kona’ moniker in its name.
The Snapdragon 865 is expected to carry support for LPDDR5X RAM, UFS 3.0 storage and HDR10+ standard. It could be the second-generation 7nm chipset from Qualcomm after the Snapdragon 855. Samsung has reportedly bagged the orders for manufacturing the SD865 SoC. The US based chipset maker may hold an unveil event in December this year to unleash the Snapdragon 865 SoC.
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