SNAPDRAGON PROCESSORS

 

Predecessor	Scorpion processors
Founded	November 2007; 12 years ago
Products	Snapdragon 200, 400, 600, 700 and 800 series Qualcomm Snapdragon LTE modem List of Qualcomm Snapdragon SoC Qualcomm Adreno Qualcomm Hexagon Qualcomm Spectra
Owner	Qualcomm
Website	www.qualcomm.com/snapdragon/

            Snapdragon is a suite of system on a chip (SoC) semiconductor products for mobile devices designed and marketed by Qualcomm Technologies Inc. The Snapdragon central processing unit (CPU) uses the ARM RISC. A single SoC may include multiple CPU cores, an Adreno graphics processing unit (GPU), a Snapdragon wireless modem, a Hexagon Digital signal processor (DSP), a Qualcomm Spectra Image Signal Processor (ISP) and other software and hardware to support a smartphone's global positioning system (GPS), camera, video, audio, gesture recognition and AI acceleration.

The first Snapdragon product to consumer device manufacturers was the QSD8250, which was released in December 2007. It included the first 1 GHz processor for mobile phones. Qualcomm introduced its "Krait" microarchitecture in the second generation of Snapdragon SoCs in 2011, allowing each processor core to adjust its speed based on the device's needs. At the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show, Qualcomm introduced the first of the Snapdragon 800 series and renamed prior models as the 200, 400 and 600 series. Several new iterations have been introduced since, such as the Snapdragon 805, 810, 615 and 410. Qualcomm re-branded its modem products under the Snapdragon name in December 2014.

32-bit ARM era (2010-2015) :

In June 2010, Qualcomm began sampling the third generation of Snapdragon products; two dual-core 1.2 GHz system on chips (SoC) called the Mobile Station Modem (MSM) 8260 and 8660. The 8260 was for GSM, UMTS and HSPA+ networks, while the 8660 was for CDMA2000 and EVDO networks. That November Qualcomm announced the MSM8960 for LTE networks.

Custom 64-bit ARM era (2016-current) :

             After, Qualcomm's first attempt at 64-bit system on a chip, they created a new in-house architecture, that in later models showed better thermal performance, especially when compared to the Snapdragon models launched after 2015, like the Snapdragon 820.

In early 2016, Qualcomm launched the Snapdragon 820, an ARM 64-bit quad-core processor using in-house designed Kryo cores. Qualcomm launched an updated Snapdragon 821, later in the year with higher clock speeds and slightly better performance. The Snapdragon 820 family uses Samsung's 14-nanometer FinFET process. Qualcomm also released the Qualcomm Snapdragon Neural Processing Engine SDK which was the first AI acceleration on smartphones.

            Qualcomm announced the octa-core Snapdragon 835 SoC on 17 November 2016.

That no other phone maker was able to manufacture products containing the Snapdragon 835 until Samsung released its flagship device of the year, the Galaxy S8.

In December 2017, Qualcomm announced the octa-core Snapdragon 845.

            In early 2018, Qualcomm introduced the 7 series, which sits between the 6 and 8 series in terms of pricing and performance. The 700 launched with octa-core models Snapdragon 710 and 712, using the Kryo 360 processor architecture, and built on a 10-nanometer manufacturing process.

             In 2019, Qualcomm released new variants of its mobile processors, with the Snapdragon 855 replacing the 845

            Along with the Snapdragon 730 and 730G replacing the 710 and 712. The newer 730 and 730G feature Kryo 460 cores, built on Samsung's 8-nanometer process.

In December 2019, Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon 865 and Snapdragon 765, which will succeed the Snapdragon 855/855+ and Snapdragon 730/730G respectively. The Snapdragon 765 will have integrated 5G, while the Snapdragon 865 will be assisted by a separate Qualcomm X55 5G modem. Despite lacking integrated 5G, the Snapdragon 865 will be incompatible with 4G phones.

In May 2020, Qualcomm announced the new Snapdragon 768G 5G processor, an upgraded version of the 765G processor. The main difference between the 765G and 768G is that the 768G will offer 15 percent increase in performance and higher clock speed on the CPU, up to 2.8GHz from 2.4GHz.

Snapdragon Processors Rnking List :

CENTURIAN MARKS OF SNAPDRAGON   PROCESSORS :

RANK     PROCESSOR NAME        MARK

#1        Snapdragon 865          150*

#2        Snapdragon 855+        145

#3        Snapdragon 855          144

#4        Snapdragon 765G       134*

#5        Snapdragon 765          133*

#6        Snapdragon 845          127

#7        Snapdragon 730G       124

#8        Snapdragon 720G       123

#9        Snapdragon 730          123

#10      Snapdragon 835          117

#11      Snapdragon 712          114

#12      Snapdragon 710          113

#13      Snapdragon 675          112

#14      Snapdragon 670          111

#15      Snapdragon 821          108

#16      Snapdragon 820          107

#17      Snapdragon 660          101

#18      Snapdragon 665          101

#19      Snapdragon 662          101*

#20      Snapdragon 460          99*

#21      Snapdragon 636          97

#22      Snapdragon 632          92

#23      Snapdragon 630          88

#24      Snapdragon 810          80

#25      Snapdragon 653          74

#26      Snapdragon 626          72

#27      Snapdragon 625          71

#28      Snapdragon 650          70

#29      Snapdragon 439          70

#30      Snapdragon 652          69

#31      Snapdragon 450          69

#32      Snapdragon 808          68

#33      Snapdragon 429          65

#34      Snapdragon 435          59

#35      Snapdragon 430          57

#36      Snapdragon 617          55

#37      Snapdragon 616          52

#38      Snapdragon 615          51

#39      Snapdragon 610          50

#40      Snapdragon 427          50

#40      Snapdragon 425          49

#42      Snapdragon 415          47

#43      Snapdragon 412          46

#44      Snapdragon 410          45