Snapdragon 660 & 630 Chipset Officially Launched With Faster LTE

Qualcomm has announced two additions to its range of
mobile processors, the
Snapdragon 660 and the
Snapdragon 630. These will
be succeeding the
Snapdragon 653 and the Snapdragon 626, respectively
that not only offers better
performance but also
promises faster LTE
connectivity and enhanced
battery life.Snapdragon 660 The Snapdragon 660 is based
on 14nm technology and has
8x Kryo 260 CPU cores clocked
at 2.2GHz, and is the first 600-
series Snapdragon SoC to
have Kryo CPU. The CPU is said to be 20% faster than
the one on the Snapdragon
653. The GPU is Adreno 512,
which is 30% faster than the
Adreno 510 on the 653.It also has the latest
Snapdragon X12 LTE modem,
Wi-Fi 802.11ac Wave 2, 2x2
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. Snapdragon 630 The Snapdragon 630 is based
14nm technology and has 8x
ARM Cortex-A53 CPU clocked
at 2.2GHz that is 10% faster
than the Snapdragon 626 and
Adreno 508 GPU that is 30% faster. It also has the latest
Snapdragon X12 LTE modem,
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.Also, both chipsets have been
built to deliver improved
battery performance. For
example, while using location
based services, users can
experience around 50 to 75 percent lower consumption of
battery. Even the power
consumption during
downloading on Wi-Fi has
been reduced by 60 percent
on Snapdragon 660. Snapdragon 660 is available
now to hardware partners
and devices will be shipping
end of this quarter.
Snapdragon 630 will be
available end of May and devices will start shipping
next quarter. Some of the
smartphones that are
rumored to be powered by
Snapdragon 660 include OPPO R11, Samsung Galaxy C10,
Sony Xperia X Ultra, Vivo X9s
Plus, Xiaomi Redmi Pro 2,
Xiaomi Mi Max 2, and Nokia 7/8