Qualcomm has announced a new flagship mid-range chipset, Snapdragon 780G 5G chipset. The SoC(System-on-Chip) is based on a 5nm fabrication process, the same as the Snapdragon 888 chipset.
The upcoming 780G chipset is an upgrade over the existing 765G and 750G chipsets. The 780G chipset features Kryo 670 CPU, which the company claims can deliver up to a 40% increase in performance as compared to predecessors like 768G chipset, which was based on Cortex-A78 core. The cores are clocked up to a speed of 2.4 GHz.
The 780G chipset has Adreno 642 GPU with Hexagon 770 processor, which is capable to deliver up to 12 tera operations per second (TOPs) AI performance that will considerably improve the mid-range computational photography. This is almost double what 768G processor could deliver (5.4 TOPs) and almost close to the 865G chipset’s 15 TOPs. The Adreno 642 allows the chipset to support updatable drivers, HDR10 display, and 1,080+ displays with a 144Hz refresh rate.
The chipset also features triple spectra 570 ISP, which is capable to process the image streams from three cameras simultaneously. This feature is only seen in the flagship 888-based smartphones. The ISP supports 10-bit color that can record in HDR10, HDR10+, and HLG formats. The processor can handle up to 84MP camera sensors.
The Snapdragon 780G chipset ships with Snapdragon X53 5G Modem-RF System, which can deliver a top download speed of 3.3Gbps. The chipset also comes with FastConnect 6900, first seen on Snapdragon 888 chipset, which supports Wi-Fi 6 NS Wi-Fi 6E. In addition to this, Bluetooth v5.2 is also on offer with Qualcomm advanced audio technology for an enhanced audio experience.
The 780G chipset supports LPDDR4 RAM up to a clock speed of 2.1GHz and can handle up to 16GB of RAM. Quick Charge 4.0 is offered for fast-charging.
Kedar Kondap, Vice President and Product Management of Qualcomm Technologies, claimed that the Snapdragon 7-series has been used in over 350 smartphone models since its launch in 2018. He revealed that the chipset will be out in the market within three months.
Taking the features and image processing capabilities of the 780G chipset, this could be the first choice for the upcoming premium mid-range smartphones. Camera-centric smartphones could also eye the chipset for the capabilities.