20 PCWorld JANUARY 2021NEWS INSIDE THE SNAPDRAGON^888
capabilities at its virtual Snapdragon
Technology Summit opening keynote on
December 1. The company spent the next
day diving deeper into the chip’s capabilities.
The Snapdragon 888 will continue
expanding on its various axes: computational
performance, graphics performance, AI, and
more. Qualcomm says the chip will be
manufactured on a new 5nm process, helping
its new Kryo 680 CPU core achieve 25 percent
faster performance than its predecessor, and
the new Adreno 660 core perform 35 percent
faster than before. The 888 also includes the
Hexagon 780, the new Spectra 580 ISP, and
the integrated X60 5G modem—the first time
an 8-series Snapdragon has had an integrated
5G modem.WHAT’S INSIDE THE
SNAPDRAGON 888
Below is a high-level overview of the
Snapdragon 888. For more granular
comparisons, you can refer back to our
coverage of the prior Qualcomm
Snapdragon 865 (go.pcworld.com/sp86).
Kryo 680 CPU: Octo-core architecture; 1
ARM Cortex-X1 (go.pcworld.com/ctx1)
(2.84GHz, prime) + 3 ARM Cortex A-
(2.4GHz, performance) + 4 ARM Cortex-A
(1.8GHz, efficiency)
Memory support: embedded LPDDR
(3200MHz), LPDDR4x (2133MHz); up to 16GB
Adreno 660 GPU: internal/external
displays up to 4K/60Hz, or 3200x1800/
144Hz; HDR10+ support; HDR gamingA summary of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 5G platform.