Snapdragon 820 is twice as friendly to your battery

[jos]

The company has revealed that the Kryo CPU at the heart of the chip is up to twice as power-efficient as the Snapdragon 810, even though it's up to two times faster. Part of this leap comes through the use of energy-efficient 14-nanometer FinFET manufacturing and a truly customized 64-bit CPU. However, the real party trick is the 820's use of heterogenous computing, where the chip doesn't have to rely as heavily on its main processor as in past designs. It can ask for the help of the graphics core (the Adreno 530), digital signal processor (the Hexagon 680) and imaging processor (Spectra) in combinations that make the most of what each part can do. Snap a photo, for example, and it'll put all of the above components to work (plus a few more) in relative harmony. That should help the new Snapdragon both reach its peak performance and save power, since it can operate multiple processors in short bursts and quickly shut down those elements it doesn't need. 

 

 

I hope after all these hypes, it wont be a disappointing one.

 

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2015/09/02/snapdragon-820-power-efficiency/

[HeathCliff]

*overheats and melts through your phone*

 

OT: I feel as though were headed in a direction where the screen will use more of the battery than the CPU.

 

But, then again, this may be more word play in regard to it only being twice as efficient in very specific scenarios. Gimme some real world benchmarks.

[shymi]

Well, the 810 was(and still is) a disaster in every aspect. I hope, that this will be their correct step in the x64 market.

[asim1999]

When will we see it in phones? By the end of this year or beginning of 2016?

[SirNumbers]

*overheats and melts through your phone*

 

OT: I feel as though were headed in a direction where the screen will use more of the battery than the CPU.

 

But, then again, this may be more word play in regard to it only being twice as efficient in very specific scenarios. Gimme some real world benchmarks.

The screen already uses a shit ton more battery then the CPU 

 

or atleast im pretty sure it does

[Mew]

I thought 820 was going to be a true 8 big core design. 

[LAwLz]

The screen already uses a shit ton more battery then the CPU 

 

or atleast im pretty sure it does

Yep

That has been the case ever since my Galaxy S 2.

[JAKEBAB]

But is it twice as friendly to you hands?

[shirokado]

But is it twice as friendly to you hands?

Well usually less electricity = less heat.

[TrigrH]

But is it twice as friendly to you hands?

not in winter

[winningsince1337]

The Snapdragon in my LG G2 is a space heater and the screen is at the bottom of the list in power consumption. GG LG and Lollipop

[Doobeedoo]

So how come Sony didn't wait for this for their new lineup, specially 4K Z5

[blackadder]

I thought 820 was going to be a true 8 big core design.

i thought 4 little cores and 4 big ones.

[FakezZ]

Well, the 810 was(and still is) a disaster in every aspect. I hope, that this will be their correct step in the x64 market.

x64? You probably mean 64-bit

[RagnarokDel]

it kinda reads like we use less power by shovelling the job to other components

[MercianUK]

x64? You probably mean 64-bit

 

x64 = x86-64 = 64-bit

[ICantThinkOfAnyGoodName]

x64 = x86-64 = 64-bit

This is an ARM 64-bit CPU, not a x86-64 CPU.

[blu4]

*overheats and melts through your phone*

 

OT: I feel as though were headed in a direction where the screen will use more of the battery than the CPU.

 

But, then again, this may be more word play in regard to it only being twice as efficient in very specific scenarios. Gimme some real world benchmarks.

We are- it will stop when companies stop making 1440p and 4k screens for phones. Stupid.

[FakezZ]

This is an ARM 64-bit CPU, not a x86-64 CPU.

This. The way he said it was like he mean the x64 architecture, which is incorrect. But it is a 64-bit cpu

[shymi]

x64? You probably mean 64-bit

Ooops, my bad Need more coffee before posting