Snapdragon 888 overturned, adding a trace of tragedy to this year's Android flagship.
Digital enthusiasts all agree that if the Snapdragon 888 is based on the normal upgrade of the Snapdragon 865 instead of the reverse upgrade, then the Xiaomi 11 will definitely be able to stand firmly at the high end. As everyone knows, although Xiaomi Mi 11 has stabilized its sales, its reputation has not reached a new high as Xiaomi 10 .
Many people are disappointed with Qualcomm , and suffer from MediaTek and Kirin is not strong enough, so they can only move closer to the iOS ecosystem. The failure of Qualcomm chips is not a mobile phone manufacturer, but is closely related to the fate of the entire Android camp. The question is: the rollover of Snapdragon 888 is already an established fact, so will the next generation of Snapdragon flagships get better? Unfortunately, the answer may be no.
According to the current exposure, the CPU of the Snapdragon 898 will use the latest Arm V9 architecture and Samsung’s 4nm process. Popular science here, because the essence of Samsung's 4nm process is a 5nm optimized version, the energy efficiency of will not be significantly improved than . The point is that the Snapdragon 898 will upgrade the GPU architecture, from the previous Adreno 660 to the Adreno 730, and the performance is expected to increase by more than 30%.
But these are surface data and cannot represent actual experience. According to the digital chat station, a new vivo phone that is suspected to be equipped with Snapdragon 898 has exposed CPU scores, single-core 720, multi-core 1919.
But this is only the low-frequency version of Snapdragon 898,The frequency of the X2 large core is only 2.42GHz, the frequency of the three middle cores is 2.17GHz, and the frequency of the small core is 1.79GHz. In contrast, for the normal mass-produced Snapdragon 888, the X1 core frequency is 2.84GHz. It can be seen that there is room for further improvement in this achievement.
However, the whistleblower also revealed at the same time that when the frequency is increased, performance and power consumption are flying together. It seems that the power consumption of the next-generation Snapdragon 898 is not optimistic. As long as Qualcomm is still using Samsung's technology to reduce costs, it will not be able to reappear as balanced as the Snapdragon 865.
There is a detail that many people have not noticed. As we all know, whether it is Snapdragon 888 or Snapdragon 865, the CPU architecture includes basically the same four A55 cores. The semiconductor industry observes and makes a comparison, specifically testing the energy efficiency ratio of Snapdragon 888 and Snapdragon 865 small core, and draws a conclusion.
In the case of 1.8GHz frequency, the performance of the two is comparable, even the Snapdragon 865 is even higher. In other words, Samsung's 5nm process is likely to be slightly weaker than TSMC's N7P process, and this 5nm is "water injection". 5nm is still so, how can its enhanced version "4nm" be better? It can only be said that Samsung's semiconductor process and TSMC still have a gap of at least one year.
To be honest, after the Kirin chip is out of stock, Qualcomm is not without competitive pressure. According to the data released by Counterpoint on September 6, MediaTek chips have actually risen completely in the mobile phone industry, but many people have not realized it.
MTK's market share has reached 38%, taking the first place in the field of mobile phone processors, and the speed is jaw-dropping. The decline of Qualcomm is obvious. Although the share has not changed much, it has already given up the first place.
The most important thing is that MediaTek’s next-generation flagship has begun to be exposed, code-named Dimensity 2000,The CPU also uses the Arm V9 architecture, and uses the same TSMC 4nm process as the A15. It is expected that the power consumption will be well controlled. MediaTek is chasing wildly, but Qualcomm is staying in place, just thinking about how to save money. Under the circumstances, Dimensity 2000 may completely turn over next year.
Another more important news is that the Exynos 2100, the first chip that integrates AMD mobile GPU, has been exposed. Its GPU relative score is 33.6 points, 26.1 ahead of Snapdragon 888. Is it possible for MediaTek to cooperate with AMD? I think that as long as there is no problem after the product is tested, the possibility is very high. Self-developed GPU is the strength of the Snapdragon chip, and if this continues, the advantages will soon be lost.
Regarding the next-generation flagship chip of Snapdragon, do you think it is possible to reverse its reputation? Or is it only possible to use TSMC’s 4nm Plus version? Welcome to discuss together.
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