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| Qualcomm announcing the 660 and 630 |
Qualcomm in an event announced two new SOC's in the 600 series i.e the 660 and 630. The Snapdragon 660 is the successor to the 653 and the 630 is the successor to the 625/626 SOC. Both are based on the 14nm process and the 660 is the first SOC in the 600 series to have KRYO architecture.
Snapdragon 660:
The Snapdragon 660 is the successor to the powerful 653. The 653 came with cortex A72 and cortex A53 however the 660 becomes the first SOC in 600 series to have KRYO 260 based architecture.
It comes with 8 cores clocked at 2.2gHz. The SOC has support for 8GB LPDDR4 RAM at 1866MHz frequency. It comes with adreno 512 which Qualcomm claims is 30% faster than adreno 510 on the 653 SOC.
It comes with Qualcomm X12 LTE modem with 600mbps peak download and 150mbps
peak upload. It supports regular WiFi standards of 802.11 a/b/g/n /ac wave 2 and has support for both 2.4 and 5gHz band and Bluetooth 5.0 and NFC.
In terms of satellite systems it has GPS, GLONASS, beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS and A-GPS.
Speaking in terms of camera it has support for megapixel count upto 24 and is capable for 4K video recording at 30FPS and 1080p at 120FPS. The maximum resolution that the device equipped with this SOC is 2K.
Also the devices coming with this SOC can have support for Qualcomm's quick charge 4.0 however its OEM dependent.
Snapdragon 630:
The Snapdragon 630 is the successor to the most efficient SOC in 600 series i.e 625/626. This SOC makes use of 8 Cortex A53 cores based on 14nm process and is clocked at 2.2gHz. The GPU is the adreno 508 which Qualcomm claims is 30% faster than the adreno 506 in the 625/626. It supports RAM upto 8GB based on LPDDR4 and clocked at 1333mHz.
This SOC comes with X12 LTE modem like the 660 claiming peak download speeds upto 600mbps and peak upload speeds of 150mbps. The WiFi standards remain similar to the 660 i.e 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac wave 2 and 2.4 and 5 gHz band support.
It supports Bluetooth 5.0 and comes with Qualcomm quick charge 4.0
It has similar GPS systems like the 660 and also supports NFC.
In terms of camera it has support for megapixel count upto 24 and 4K video recording at 30FPS and 1080p at 120FPS.
The maximum screen resolution is 1080p or FHd unlike 2K on the 660.
Both these SOC's will be available in the upcoming devices soon and on paper both seem quite powerful especially 660. The 660 being based on KRYO is almost similar to the 800 series from Qualcomm. However, the real world usage matters in the end.
Do stay tuned for more updates.