Qualcomm reveals performance benchmarks of Snapdragon 888 chipset

Qualcomm demonstrated the performance of their new flagship Snapdragon 888 5G mobile chipset by revealing the benchmark scores using the company’s reference design. The company did this through a series of synthetic industry benchmark tests. The Snapdragon 888 will be next year’s flagship chip from the company which will make debut in January 2021.

The Snapdragon 888 is manufactured using the 5nm process technology. According to a statement released by the company, the Qualcomm Kryo 680 generates up to a 25% uplift in overall CPU performance compared to the previous generation and allows top frequencies of up to 2.84GHz. Qualcomm also claims that it is the first commercial CPU subsystem to be based on the Arm Cortex-X1.

The Adreno 660 GPU, according to Qualcomm. delivers 35% faster graphics rendering compared to the previous generation. Adreno 660 GPU was designed to allow for flexibility and higher power in gaming phones with a larger thermal envelope.