Snapdragon 660 and Snapdragon 630 unveiled, with impressive performance


Qualcomm unveiled today its Snapdragon 660 and 630 SoC, scheduled to replace last year’s models, the Snapdragon 653 and 626 respectively.

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The most powerful of the duet is the SD660, based on the 14nm technology, packing 8 Kryo 260 cores clocked at 2.2GHz – making it the first 6xx SoC that relies on the powerful Kryo cores and almost 20% more powerful than its predecessor. The SD660 SoC uses an Adreno 512 GPU which proves to be 30% faster than the Adreno 510 on the 653 and is compatible with the top-end Snapdragon X12 LTE modem along with full compatibility for Wi-Fi 802.11ac Wave 2, 2×2 MIMO, Bluetooth 5.0, Qualcomm TruSignal adaptive antenna tuning, 600Mbps data and 867Mbps Wi-Fi peak download speed, USB 3.1, Qualcomm Spectra 160 ISP, 4K video capture, QHD display support, Qualcomm Aqstic audio codec support, Qualcomm Hexagon 680 DSP, Qualcomm Hexagon Vector eXtensions (HVX), Qualcomm All-Ways Aware, and QuickCharge 4.0.

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On the other hand, the Snapdragon 630 SoC packs 8 Cortex A53 cores and is based on the same 14nm technology, clocked at 2.2GHz and proving to be 10% faster than the previous model. It also uses the Adreno 508 GPU which is also 30% faster than the previous GPU chipset. The SD630 SoC offers support for the Snapdragon X12 LTE modem along with full compatibility for Wi-Fi 802.11ac Wave 2, Bluetooth 5.0, Qualcomm TruSignal adaptive antenna tuning, 600Mbps data and 433Mbps Wi-Fi peak download speed, USB 3.1, Qualcomm Spectra 160 ISP, 4K video capture, 1080p display support, Qualcomm Aqstic audio codec support, Qualcomm Hexagon 642 DSP, Qualcomm All-Ways Aware, and QuickCharge 4.0.

We can expect to see the first Snapdragon 660 SoC smartphones appear by the end of June, but we will have to wait for mid-range phones packing the Snapdragon 630 SoC until the 3rd quarter of 2017.

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10 Comments

  1. Mr.Flying Zoom3rz
    May 9, 2017

    That SD660! Finally! ?

  2. NextHype
    May 9, 2017

    Good work from QC.
    Now I don’t really see the point of buying a SD8xx device.

    • Muhammad Yasir
      May 9, 2017

      660 is good enough ?

      Mi Max 2 should equip it !

  3. Mr.Flying Zoom3rz
    May 9, 2017

    That SD660! Finally! 💙

  4. NextHype
    May 9, 2017

    Good work from QC.
    Now I don’t really see the point of buying a SD8xx device.

    • Guest
      May 9, 2017

      660 is good enough ?

      Mi Max 2 should equip it !

  5. Wolvie
    May 9, 2017

    The only problem is the stupid shitty greedy unfair licensing fee that qualcomm enforce their partner to pay if they using qualcomm on their products.

  6. Muhammad Yasir
    May 9, 2017

    MI MAX 2 plz go with 660 !

  7. Guest
    May 9, 2017

    The only problem is the stupid shitty greedy unfair licensing fee that qualcomm enforce their partner to pay if they using qualcomm on their products.

  8. Guest
    May 9, 2017

    MI MAX 2 plz go with 660 !