Qualcomm announces Snapdragon 870, a juiced-up Snapdragon 865+ with 3.2GHz peak clock speed: everything to know

Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 for mobiles: Chipmaker Qualcomm has announced Snapdragon 870 5G mobile platform, building up on its Snapdragon 865 and 865+ flagship products. The new mobile processor is not exactly following up Snapdragon’s 865 models as a next-gen model, but only as a slightly faster one. The chip has the same design as those of Snapdragon 865 and 865+ models, with an Adreno 650 GPU and Kryo 585 CPU. The mobile platform also brings with it 5G support. The only enhancement in Snapdragon 870 is that it can clock ‘faster’ at 3.2GHz. This makes the new model 10% faster than the 2.84GHz of the 865 model, and around 3% faster than the speed offered by 865+ at 3.1GHz.

According to a statement by Qualcomm, the Snapdragon 870 has been designed to enhance the performance across the board for geared-up gameplay.