Xiaomi is all set to launch its next-generation flagship smartphone — Mi 11 at an event on 28th December in China. Ahead of the official launch, the device is up for pre-orders in China but the pricing details will be revealed on the day of launch.

Some of the key features and specifications of this upcoming smartphone have already been leaked online. But as the launch day nears, we expect the company to keep sharing more information about the device.

Now, a Weibo user has shared an image of the invitation for the upcoming Mi 11 launch event that comes with a genuine Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 chipset. Given that the cost of the chipset is pretty high, it is said that there are only 100 such invitations worldwide.

For those who are unaware, instead of Snapdragon 875 SoC, Qualcomm launched the Snapdragon 888 chipset this time, as a successor to the current-generation Snapdragon 865 SoC. Explaining the reason behind this, the company had revealed that 888 is considered a lucky number in China.

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 is the most powerful offering from the company so far. It packs one Cortex X1 core, three Cortex A78 cores, and four Cortex A55 cores, along with Adreno 660 GPU.

It has an integrated Snapdragon X60 5G modem with support for mmWave and sub-6GHz 5G with support for most of the bands worldwide. The new SoC also supports Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.2 and connectivity features. Here are the detailed specs of the chipset.

As for the Mi 11, the phone is expected to come with a 6.67-inch AMOLED QHD+ display, 120Hz refresh rate, SD888 SoC, up to 12GB RAM, 108MP triple-rear cameras, MIUI 12 based on Android 11 OS, and 4,780mAh battery with 50W fast charging support.

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US tech giant and leading chipmaker, Qualcomm has released further details about its latest chipset, the Snapdragon 888 which was announced on December 1 and detailed specifications provided on December 2. Today, the US chipmaker outlined the official benchmarking results for its high-performance chipset.

The initial reviews point in the direction that this latest offering by Qualcomm comes well recommended for high performance. The tests were carried out on a reference device powered by the Snapdragon 888 and conducted up to three times with average scores computed for the various performance metrics.

The benchmarks tested by the chipmaker include AnTuTu, GeekBench, GFXBench Aztec Normal and Manhattan 3.0, Ludashi AiMark, AITuTu, MLPerf and UL Procyon.

Starting off with AnTuTu (version 8.3.4) the Snapdragon 888 obtained an average score of 735,439 points which is a milestone score on the platform. The reference device, Huawei’s Mate 40 Pro+ chalked 698,654 points while the highest performing Snapdragon 865 phone so far was Xiaomi’s Mi 10 Ultra with 671,045 points.

The Geekbench (version 5.0.2) tests revealed 1,135 points in the single-core test and 3,794 for the Snapdragon flagship, marginally higher than that of SD 865 at about 900 on the single-core test and 3,400 points in the multi-core test. This result puts the SD 888 ahead by about 20% and 10% in single-core and multi-core performance, respectively compared to its predecessor, the SD 865.

Further details show that the SD 888’s Adreno 660 GPU averaged 86 frames per second on the Aztec Ruins Vulcan test and 169 fps on the Manhattan 3.0 test, both done at a resolution of 1080p offscreen. This result outclasses that of the Snapdragon 865+ whose maximum score was 133fps on Manhattan 3.0 runs.

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