Qualcomm had announced Snapdragon 865 mobile platform back in December. Now company has unveiled its latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 865+ 5G Mobile Platform.
It has basically an enhanced version of SD865 SoC. The SD865+ sports Kryo 585 prime CPU cores with up to 3.1GHz clock speeds. Qualcomm says that it offers 10% increased CPU performance.
The chipset includes Adreno 650 GPU which company claims 10% fast graphics when compared with its predecessor. Other changes include support for Qualcomm FastConnect 6900, 6Ghz operation with Wi-Fi 6E, quad-stream dual band Simultaneous DBC and Bleutooth V5.2.
This Qualcomm Chipset can handle up to 3.6Gbps Wi-Fi speeds which is fast in mobile Wi-Fi category. It supports up to 4K displays at 6Hz or 1080p display at up to 144Hz refresh rate. It also includes Snapdragon Elite Gaming features.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 865+ 5G specifications
- General Specifications:
- Full Suite Snapdragon Elite Gaming features
- 7 nm Process Technology
- USB Version 3.1; USB Type-C Support
- Part Number: SM8250-AB
- CPU:
- Kryo 585, Octa-core CPU
- Up to 3.1 GHz
- 64-bit Architecture
- Visual Subsystem:
- Adreno 650 GPU
- Vulkan® 1.1 API support
- HDR gaming (10-bit color depth, Rec. 2020 color gamut)
- Physically Based Rendering
- API Support: OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 2.0 FP, Vulkan 1.1
- Hardware-accelerated H.265 and VP9 decoder
- HDR Playback Codec support for HDR10+, HDR10, HLG and Dolby Vision
- Display:
- On-Device Display Support:
- 4K @ 60 Hz
- QHD+ @ 144 Hz
- Maximum External Display Support: up to 4K @ 60 Hz
- 10-bit color depth, Rec. 2020 color gamut
- HDR10 and HDR10+
- On-Device Display Support:
- Memory:
- Support for LP-DDR5 memory up to 2750 MHz
- Support for LPDDR4x memory up to 2133 MHz
- Memory Density: up to 16 GB
- Artificial Intelligence:
- Hexagon 698 Processor
- Hexagon Tensor Accelerator
- Hexagon Vector eXtensions
- Hexagon Scalar Accelerator
- Qualcomm Sensing Hub
- Ultra low power hub for audio, voice and sensors
- Supports AI algorithms at low power
- Support for fusing contextual data streams including sensors, audio and voice
- Supports multiple voice assistants
- Multi-mic far-field detection and echo cancellation
- Hexagon 698 Processor
- 5G Modem-RF System:
- Snapdragon X55 5G Modem-RF System
- 5G mmWave and sub-6 GHz, standalone (SA) and non-standalone (NSA) modes, FDD, TDD
- Dynamic Spectrum Sharing
- mmWave: 800 MHz bandwidth, 8 carriers, 2×2 MIMO
- Sub-6 GHz: 200 MHz bandwidth, 4×4 MIMO
- Qualcomm 5G PowerSave
- Qualcomm Smart Transmit technology
- Qualcomm Wideband Envelope Tracking
- Qualcomm Signal Boost adaptive antenna tuning
- Global 5G multi-SIM
- Downlink: Up to 7.5 Gbps
- Uplink: Up to 3 Gbps
- Multimode support: 5G NR, LTE including CBRS, WCDMA, HSPA, TD-SCDMA, CDMA 1x, EV-DO, GSM/EDGE
- Camera:
- Qualcomm Spectra 480 Image Signal Processor
- Dual 14-bit ISPs
- Up to 2 Gigapixels per Second
- Hardware accelerator for computer vision (CV-ISP)
- Up to 200 Megapixel Photo Capture
- Up to 25 MP dual camera @ 30 FPS with Zero Shutter Lag
- Up to 64 MP single camera @ 30 FPS with Zero Shutter Lag
- Rec. 2020 color gamut video capture
- Up to 10-bit color depth video capture
- 4K Video Capture + 64 MP Photo
- 8K Video Capture @ 30 FPS
- Slow-mo video capture at 720p @ 960 FPS
- HEIF: HEIC photo capture, HEVC video capture
- Video Capture Formats: HDR10+, HDR10, HLG, Dolby Vision
- 4K Video Capture @ 120 FPS
- 4K HDR Video Capture with Portrait Mode (Bokeh)
- Multi-frame Noise Reduction (MFNR)
- Real-time object classification, segmentation and replacement
- Security:
- Secure Processing Unit: Mobile Payment, Dual SIM/Dual Standby
- Qualcomm 3D Sonic Sensor and Qualcomm 3D Sonic Max
- Biometric Authentication: Fingerprint, Iris, Voice, Face
- On-Device: Qualcomm® Mobile Security, Key Provisioning Security, Qualcomm Processor Security, Qualcomm Content Protection, Qualcomm Trusted Execution Environment, Camera Security, Crypto Engine, Malware Protection, Secure Boot, Secure Token
- Location:
- GPS, Glonass, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS, and SBAS
- Dual Frequency Support
- Low Power Geofencing and Tracking, Sensor-assisted Navigation
- Near Field Communications (NFC): Supported
- Audio:
- Hexagon Voice Assistant Accelerator for hardware accelerated voice signal processing
- Qualcomm Aqstic audio codec (Up to WCD9385)
- Total Harmonic Distortion + Noise (THD+N), Playback: -108dB
- Native DSD support, PCM up to 384 kHz/32-bit
- Customizable “Golden Ears” filter
- Qualcomm Aqstic smart speaker amplifier (up to WSA8815)
- Wi-Fi and Bluetooth:
- Qualcomm FastConnect 6800 Subsystem
- Wi-Fi Standards: Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax), 802.11ac Wave 2, 802.11a/b/g/n
- Wi-Fi Spectral Bands: 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, 6GHz
- Peak speed: 3.6 Gbps
- Channel Utilization: 20/40/80/160 MHz
- 8-stream sounding (for 8×8 MU-MIMO)
- MIMO Configuration: 2×2 (2-stream)
- MU-MIMO (Uplink & Downlink)
- 4K QAM
- OFDMA
- Dual-band simultaneous (2×2 + 2×2)
- Wi-Fi Security: WPA3-Enterprise, WPA3-Enhanced Open, WPA3 Easy Connect, WPA3-Personal
- Integrated Bluetooth
- Bluetooth Version: Bluetooth 5.2
- Bluetooth features: LE Audio Features (one-to-many broadcast, audio sharing), Dual Bluetooth antennas
- Bluetooth audio: Qualcomm aptX Voice audio for super wide band voice calls, Qualcomm aptX Adaptive audio for robust, low latency, high quality audio, Qualcomm TrueWireless Technology
- Qualcomm 60 GHz Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi Standards: 802.11ad, 802.11ay
- Wi-Fi Spectral Band: 60 GHz
- Peak speed: 10 Gbps
- Ambient Wi-Fi sensing
- Charging:
- Quick Charge 4+ technology
- Quick Charge AI
Upcoming ASUS ROG Phone 3 and Lenovo Legion gaming phone will come with Snapdragon 865+ SoC. Other smartphones powered by Snapdragon 865 Plus SoC are expected in Q3 2020.