Qualcomm has officially introduced its latest Snapdragon 888+ 5G mobile platform for mobile devices. It is basically a beefed up version of Snapdragon 888 and offers slightly better performance and AI capabilities.
The Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus 5G mobile platform offers AI-enhanced gameplay, streaming, photography and much more. It comes with an increased Qualcomm Kryo 680 CPU prime core clock speeds at up to 3.0GHz and is paired with 6th Qualcomm AI Engine offering up to 32 TOPS AI Performance (20% improvement).
The Snapdragon 888+ SoC comes with Snapdragon Elite Gaming features for ultra-smooth responsiveness and color rich HDR graphics. It houses Snapdragon X60 5G modem which offers up to 7.5Gbps top DL speeds. It also boasts FastConnect 6900 enabling latest Wi-Fi standards for faster speeds.
Qualcomm has confirmed that upcoming Honor Magic3 series flagships will be powered by new Snapdragon 888 Plus. Additionally, OEMs like Motorola, Xiaomi and VIVO has also confirmed smartphones powered by this flagship SoC.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888+ 5G – Full Specifications
- Process: Samsung 5nm (5LPE) process technology
- CPU: Kryo 680 CPU
- Up to 3GHz (2.995GHz) with ARM Cortex-X1 technology
- 64-bit Architechture
- Octa-cores
- Visuals and Graphics: Adreno 660 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
- Memory:
- Support for LP-DDR5 memory up to 3200 MHz
- Support for LP-DDR4x memory up to 2133 MHz
- Memory Density: up to 16 GB
- Artificial Intelligence: Hexagon 780 processor
- Fused AI Accelerator
- Hexagon Tensor Accelerator
- Hexagon Vector eXtensions
- Hexagon Scalar Accelerator
- Qualcomm Sensing Hub (2nd Generation)
- Display:
- On-device display support
- 4K @ 60Hz
- QHD+ @ 144Hz
- Maximum External Display support: up to 4K @ 60Hz
- 10-bit color depth, Rec. 2020 color gamut
- HDR10 and HDR10+
- Demura and subpixel rendering for OLED Uniformity
- On-device display support
- 5G Modem-RF system:
- Snapdragon X60 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 AI-Enhanced Signal Boost
- Global 5G multi-SIM
- Downlink: Up to 7.5 GbpsUplink: Up to 3 Gbps
- Multimode support: 5G NR, LTE including CBRS, WCDMA, HSPA, TD-SCDMA, CDMA 1x, EV-DO, GSM/EDGE
- Camera:
- Qualcomm Spectra 580 Image Signal Processor
- Triple 14-bit ISPs
- Up to 2.7 Gigapixels per Second computer vision ISP (CV-ISP)
- Up to 200 Megapixel Photo Capture
- Up to 28 MP triple camera @ 30 FPS with Zero Shutter Lag
- Up to 64+25 MP dual camera @ 30 FPS with Zero Shutter Lag
- Up to 84 MP single camera @ 30 FPS with Zero Shutter Lag
- Rec. 2020 color gamut photo and video capture
- Up to 10-bit color depth photo and video capture
- 10-bit HDR HEIF photo 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
- Locally compensated Multi-Frame Noise Reduction
- Multi-Frame and Staggered HDR sensor support
- Low light photography architecture
- Video super resolution
- AI-based auto-focus and auto-exposure
- Advanced HW-based face detection with deep learning filter
- Qualcomm Spectra 580 Image Signal Processor
- 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
- New Qualcomm Aqstic smart speaker amplifier (up to WSA8835)
- Security:
- Platform Security Foundations, Trusted Execution Environment & Services, Secure Processing Unit (SPU)
- Qualcomm wireless edge services (WES) and premium security features
- Qualcomm 3D Sonic Sensor and Qualcomm 3D Sonic Max (fingerprint sensor)
- Qualcomm Type-1 Hypervisor
- Wi-Fi & Bluetooth:
- FastConnect 6900 System
- Wi-Fi Standards: Wi-Fi 6E, Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax), Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac), 802.11a/b/g/n
- Wi-Fi Spectral Bands: 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, 6 GHz
- 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 (Uplink & Downlink)
- 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), Dual Bluetooth antennas
- Bluetooth audio: Qualcomm aptX Voice audio for crystal-clear voice calls, aptX Adaptive audio for robust, low latency, high quality audio, Qualcomm TrueWireless™ Mirroring
- FastConnect 6900 System
- Charging: Qualcomm Quick Charge 5 Technology
Commercial devices based on Snapdragon 888 Plus are expected to be announced in the third quarter of 2021.