Qualcomm reclaims the clock speed title with the Snapdragon 870 5G chipset and its 3.2 GHz CPU

19 January 2021
It is based on the S865, the plus version of which ran its prime core at 3.1 GHz. This also means that this is a 7 nm chip and uses an older architecture.

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  • Fnnoobee
  • IbF
  • 19 Jan 2021

That may be the record for highest mobile chip clocks, but it's not really painting the whole picture. Have to wonder if these are boost clocks at peak or if they're able to sustain these clocks without overheating. Also is this multi core on the BIG cores (high performance) or single clock peak clock. SD chips are notorious for throttling down and/or getting hot in certain scenarios.

    Anonymous, 19 Jan 2021CPU does not determinate price of phone. A $1200 phone wi... morethe high refresh rate imo is the worst gimmick of them all, i would rather take an amazing 1080p screen with a 60hz and than get those gimmicky high refresh rates just to see the UI goes 'weeeeeeeee' pretty fast.
    if they stop this nonesens with refresh rates and try to develop better battery tech that would be great. also a 700 series soc is great for 99% of what people use their phones for.

      dude111, 19 Jan 2021Didn't you read? This is a 865++ And if the 865+ w... moreYup, since Qualcomm is doing well in the past few years they'll do anything at this point. I can't wait for the competition to heat up and alarm Qualcomm.

        YUKI93, 19 Jan 2021I might stay with 865 if I were you. The only difference be... moreExactly, just stick with 865 to save time and energy.

          Qualcomm's tactical to fight against Exynos 1080 and Meditek Demsity 1200
          I am not fimilar with global market,but in Chinese market,high value mid range phone,like Redmi K40(may renamed as Poco X4) will use it,price will be around 300 USD.

          It is really good,since Sd 888 do not make huge improve compare to Sd865 running at same power(only 10%,if you need to reach 35% as Qualcomm said,u need double the power,causing heat problem)

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            • Anonymous
            • 8Kf
            • 19 Jan 2021

            www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/kzqkje/exynos_2100_benchmarks_by_beebom/

            1) single core
            - exynos 2100 : 1074
            - sd888: 1139

            2) multicore
            - exynos 2100: 3335
            - sd888: 3810

            3) antutu
            - exynos 2100: 175.917 cpu, 266.031 gpu, 118.303 mem, 83.077 ux = 643.328
            - sd888: 197.454 cpu, 319.439 gpu, 124.036 mem, 99.918 ux = 740.847

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              • JDK
              • ybx
              • 19 Jan 2021

              YUKI93, 19 Jan 2021I'll just stay with the vanilla 865 all day.Sorry, I meant an underclocked 888, my mistake!

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                • Anonymous
                • 0Tv
                • 19 Jan 2021

                Anonymous, 19 Jan 2021CPU does not determinate price of phone. A $1200 phone wi... moreExactly. I can't hear anymore about these childish demands either. They want basically mobile gaming consoles and not Smartphones. The future of the smartphones should be a Replacement or an Addition to the standard Desktop & Laptop PC. Not a replacement to a gaming console... The funny part is, that there aren't any quality games in Google Play either. 95% of all Android games are pay2win, pay2progress low quality titles. Very few games are PC ports. But why playing these PC ports on a small screens (with less functions), when you can play them on PC with better graphic fidelity (and getting them with a better price from Steam)...
                The smartphone industry took a wrong way the last few years.

                  JDK, 19 Jan 2021Why would anybody use this chipset? Instead of making an... moreI'll just stay with the vanilla 865 all day.

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                    • JDK
                    • ybx
                    • 19 Jan 2021

                    Why would anybody use this chipset?

                    Instead of making an overclocked 865+, just make an underclocked 888 as that also uses less battery.

                      Shellyman Infinity, 19 Jan 2021It's just a tweaked Snapdragon 865, with a little bit ... moreDidn't you read?
                      This is a 865++

                      And if the 865+ was power-hungry and inefficient, this will be worse.

                      Qualcomm is becoming the mobile intel...

                        Davy Jones, 19 Jan 2021I think the upcoming moto g will be first to utilise itI think it could be the Edge S as there is a story of Motorola's brand new upcoming smartphone utilizing a brand new Snapdragon 800 chipset*. This could look like it.

                        * https://www.gsmarena.com/motorola_edge_s_tipped_to_launch_with_allnew_snapdragon_800_series_chipset-news-47199.php

                          The 888 is perfect for a proper gaming phones, like black shark, red magic, RoG phone, Legion...

                          Why? Cooling.... Super cooled.

                            AnonD-940827, 19 Jan 2021Not according to Samsung and exynos 2100. Lol. Exynos smoke... moreWe're still yet to see real-world benchmarks and performance, so I wouldn't hold my breath.

                              Dometalican, 19 Jan 2021I fail to see the point of having so many processors when 1... moreDifferent chipset class possess different internal elements and readouts such as ISP. So even though SD 400 series chipset sounds more than enough, it won't have the same photography capability and computation as the flagship SD 800 series chipset where basically Qualcomm can run wild.

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                                • AnonD-940827
                                • 8pQ
                                • 19 Jan 2021

                                Not according to Samsung and exynos 2100. Lol. Exynos smoked sd out of the tech world, remember? The article is on this website, a few days old.

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                                  • KZK
                                  • 19 Jan 2021

                                  Real snapdragon 865 upgrade coming. Qualcomm please dont assign anymore flagship soc to exynos factory.

                                    Shellyman Infinity, 19 Jan 2021It's just a tweaked Snapdragon 865, with a little bit ... moreI might stay with 865 if I were you. The only difference between the 865+ and the 865 is the overclocked Prime core, and that's about it. Everything else remains the same.

                                      So basically, the 870 is an overclocked version of the 865+, which is the overclocked version of 865. At this point, any future smartphones with Snapdragon 865 or 865+ chipsets are rendered DOA. Sorry, HMD Nokia (unless you make another delay in favour of this upgraded chipset).

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                                        • Anonymous
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                                        • 19 Jan 2021

                                        I don't see the point of this chip except that they weren't planning on releasing the 888 this early. They were going to release this chip as the 875 instead. Hurray for competition from Samsung and MediaTek.

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