Qualcomm releases Snapdragon 675 built on 11nm LPP (Not a Typo) | The Snapdragon 710 killer

[AlTech]

AnandTech reports that Qualcomm is releasing the Snapdragon 675.

 

It's using a customized version of the latest new ARM Cortex A76 for its 2 high performance cores and a customized version of the Cortex A55 for its 6 low power cores.

 

The new Snapdragon 675 in theory should be faster than both the 670 and even the Snapdragon 710 lmao .

 

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Today we’re seeing a very interesting announcement from Qualcomm: The new Snapdragon 675 chipset is a direct successor to the current generation Snapdragon 670 which was only announced back in August. The Snapdragon 675 iterates on the current design, bringing some important upgrades.

 

And for the elephant in the room, yes this is built on Samsung's new 11LPP process (which is a combination  of 14nm  and 10nm) for low cost solutions.

 

Oh and the 675 supports triple camera setups so that's cool I guess .

 

 

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What surprised me even more than the announcement of a Cortex A76 mid-range SoC, was the revelation that it’s manufactured on Samsung’s new 11LPP manufacturing node. Samsung’s 11nm node is a mix of its 14 and 10nm nodes, and is targeted for cost-effective solutions while still maintaining performance competitiveness with the 10nm products.

Qualcomm didn’t talk much about power efficiency of the Snapdragon 675, and it’s likely that we won’t be seeing any major improvements.

 

Phones with the 675 should be launching in Q1 2019.

 

Wow. When Qualcomm is cannibalizig their own products lmao. I'm not sure how I feel about this using 11nm lPP instead of 10nm LPP but oh well.

 

Source: https://www.anandtech.com/show/13479/qualcomm-announces-snapdragon-675

[Bananasplit_00]

guessing this will replace the 660 as the put in anything cheap chip then

[Curufinwe_wins]

This sounds pretty awesome. Two HP cores and 6 small should give some serious zip to normal use, and as long as you aren't gaming or whatever, the differences from the 800 series probably won't even be noticeable.

 

Of course the real test is what devices come out that run it. This quick turnaround/cannibalization sounds to me like a specific vendor wanted a feature implemented and implemented quickly (probably triple camera lol). Q1 2019? Sounds like Samsung to me.

[AlTech]

43 minutes ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

guessing this will replace the 660 as the put in anything cheap chip then

Well, 660 and 670 although OEMs are encouraged to use the 670 over the 660 for the time being.

[williamcll]

what phones run on 670 anyway?

[AlTech]

8 minutes ago, williamcll said:

what phones run on 670 anyway?

Almost none cos most OEMs are still designing with 660 in mind.

[suicidalfranco]

but isn't the 710 built on the 10nm process?

[Taf the Ghost]

@AluminiumTech thanks for the inclusion of 11nm explanation. I was thinking you typo'd at first.

 

I also think Qualcomm is going to be selling that SoC for a long while.

[AlTech]

6 hours ago, suicidalfranco said:

but isn't the 710 built on the 10nm process?

Yes. And the 670 which this replaces is also on the 10nm process.

 

Qualcomm probably figures they can save some money without any real penalty to power consumption or heat output.

[Trixanity]

Just to be clear: while this is indeed better than SD710 in some aspects they are on different launch cycles so it's natural for the lower tier to catch up. They're still keeping the 600 series in check (slower GPU, DSP, modem etc). The supposed upgrades on the 675 over the 710 is the CPU with A76-based cores and an updated (but very similar) ISP that supports triple camera setups instead of dual.

SD730 should be announced officially before the year is out with faster everything on 8LPP and with a dedicated NPU so it's not all bad. The 700 series will be faster again. This CPU discrepancy will only stand for a few months at best. 

[Devin92]

This is good and all. My question is how long can we see phones using this chips. SD710 is announced in the beginning of 2018 and now have barely seen any phone with it. So if 675 is suppose to be in Q1 2019, phones using it will be more popular early 2020. Jeez... thats a looooooooooooooong time to wait.

[suicidalfranco]

1 hour ago, AluminiumTech said:

Yes. And the 670 which this replaces is also on the 10nm process.

 

Qualcomm probably figures they can save some money without an real penalty to power consumption or heat output.

 

1 hour ago, Trixanity said:

Just to be clear: while this is indeed better than SD710 in some aspects they are on different launch cycles so it's natural for the lower tier to catch up. They're still keeping the 600 series in check (slower GPU, DSP, modem etc). The supposed upgrades on the 675 over the 710 is the CPU with A76-based cores and an updated (but very similar) ISP that supports triple camera setups instead of dual.

SD730 should be announced officially before the year is out with faster everything on 8LPP and with a dedicated NPU so it's not all bad. The 700 series will be faster again. This CPU discrepancy will only stand for a few months at best. 

thanks for the explanation, now the real conundrum is:

Will Xiaomi ditch the 625 for it?

[voiha]

4 hours ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

guessing this will replace the 660 as the put in anything cheap chip then

ah 6 months and my 660 is already outdated..nice : (

[DrMacintosh]

I wonder what it Geekbenches and I wonder how many generations of iPhone you have to go back to beat it