Qualcomm has just announced two new processors for mobile platforms called Snapdragon 630 and Snapdragon 660. Both of them support Qualcomm Mobile Security and machine learning using the Snapdragon Neural Processing Engine SDK.
The Snapdragon 630 SoC is successor to Snapdragon 626. It has Adreno 508 GPU that offers 30% performance improvements than Adreno 506, which is found in its predecessor.
The Snapdragon 660 is the first processor lineup to feature Kryo cores. The chipset succeeds Snapdragon 653, boast 20% improvements in processing power and 30% performance improvements in terms of GPU, when compared with Adreno 510.
| Snapdragon 630 | Snapdragon 660 |
| Octa-Cores (2.2GHz Cortex A53 x 4 + 1.8GHz Cortex A53 x 4) | Octa-Cores (2.2GHz Kryo 260 x 4 + 1.8GHz Kryo 260 x 4) |
| 14nm process technology | 14nm FinFET process technology |
| Qualcomm Adreno 508 GPU | Qualcomm Adreno 512 GPU |
| Up to 8GB memory, 2×16 LPDDR4x (1333MHz) | Up to 8GB memory, 2×16 LPDDR4x (1866MHz) |
| eMMC, UFS storage, USB 3.1 | eMMC, UFS Storage, USB 3.1 |
| Supports up to QXGA Displays (1920 x 1200 pixels resolution) | Supports up to QuadHD displays (2560 x 1600 pixels resolution) |
| Hexagon 680 DSP with Always aware technology | Hexagon 680 DSP with Hexagon vector extensions |
| Supports up to 24MP single camera or up to 13MP dual camera | Supports up to 24MP single camera or up to 16MP dual camera |
| Qualcomm Spectra 160 ISP | |
| Qualcomm Clear Sight camera features with Hybrid Auto Focus, Zero Shutter Lag and Optical Zoom support | |
| Hardware HEVC (H.265) decode and encode | |
| 4K recording at 30Fps | |
| Qualcomm Quick Charge 4 technology | |
| Integrated X12 LTE Modem with support for all seven cellular modes | |
| VoLTE, SRVCC to 3G/2G, CSFB to 3G/2G, HD / Ultra HD Voice (EVS), VoWi-Fi and LTE call continuity | |
| Cat 12/13 speeds (up to 600Mbps down / 150 Mbps up) via (3x20MHz downlink, 2x20MHz uplink) | |
| Dual-band 802.11ac with MU-MIMO 1×1 | |
| Supports GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS | |
| Bluetooth V5.0 | |
The Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 will be available for customer by end of May. The 630 powered GPU’s are expected to come by Q3, 2017. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 is available for customers. Devices powered by 660 are expected to arrive this quarter.