Snapdragon 712

Today Qualcomm announced a new entry into its “upper mid-range” line-up of SoCs: The Snapdragon 712. The announcement is quite surprising, as it seems the chip might possibly simply be a higher bin variant of the Snapdragon 710: Qualcomm Snapdragon Upper Mid-Range SoCs SoC Snapdragon 710 Snapdragon 712 Snapdragon 675 CPU 2x Kryo 360 (CA75) @ 2.2GHz 6x Kryo 360 (CA55) @ 1.7GHz 2x Kryo 360 (CA75) @ 2.3GHz 6x Kryo 360 (CA55) @ 1.7GHz 2x Kryo 460 (CA76) @ 2.0GHz 256KB L2 6x Kryo 460 (CA55) @ 1.7GHz 64KB L2 GPU Adreno 616 Adreno 616 +10% Adreno 612 DSP Hexagon 685 ISP/ Camera Spectra 250 ISP 32MP single / 20MP dual Spectra 250 ISP triple-camera support Memory 2x 16-bit @ 1866MHz LPDDR4X 14.9GB/s 1MB system cache Integrated Modem Snapdragon X15 LTE (Category 15/13) DL = 800Mbps 3x20MHz CA, 256-QAM UL = 150Mbps 2x20MHz CA, 64-QAM Snapdragon X12 LTE (Category 12/13) DL = 600Mbps 3x20MHz CA, 256-QAM UL = 150Mbps 2x20MHz CA, 64-QAM Encode/ Decode 2160p30, 1080p120 H.264 & H.265 Mfc. Process 10nm LPP 11nm LPP On paper, the only...