Qualcomm has launched the Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2 processor. It arrives as the successor to the last year’s Snapdragon 7 Gen 1. The newly announced chipset is a mid-range premium flagship processor for smartphones. It is said to pack a host of improvements over its predecessor. Read on to know more about it below.
The Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2 is based on TSMC’s 4nm process technology. It comprises a primary Cortex X2 core clocked at 2.91GHz, three Cortex A710 performance CPUs at 2.49GHz, and four energy-efficient Cortex A510 cores ticking at 1.80GHz. Qualcomm says that the CPU configuration offers a 50 percent jump in performance compared to the Snapdragon 7 Gen 1. The Adreno GPU remains unnamed and is said to offer 2x performance increase and power efficiency also increases by 13 percent in various scenarios. The latest chipset comes with an integrated X62 5G modem-RF system with support for 4G/5G Dual SIM Dual Active. It also supports WiFi-6 and Bluetooth 5.3 connectivity.
The Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2 is capable of supporting up to QHD+ resolution at 120Hz and Dolby Vision, HLG, and HDR10+ formats. It has an 18-bit triple ISP with support for a 200MP sensor and HDR video capture from two cameras simultaneously. The chipset comes with Snapdragon Elite gaming features like auto-variable refresh rate shading, volumetric rendering, and Snapdragon Sound with Qualcomm aptX for lossless music streaming.
At the announcement, Qualcomm said that Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2-powered phones will launch from this month. Xiaomi sub-brand Redmi and Realme confirmed that they will launch two smartphones with the latest chipset. These are the Redmi Note 12 Turbo and Realme GT Neo 5 SE respectively. Both smartphones are set to launch in China later this month.
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