Not long ago, Qualcomm officially launched the rumored Qualcomm Xiaolong 835 processor at CES 2017, which caused widespread concern in the industry. Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 can be said to be the benchmark for the mobile chip industry this year. It not only provides the first commercial 10nm process technology, but also provides a stronger performance experience, and also supports the unprecedented Gigabit network connection. At the same time, Qualcomm Xiaolong 835 announced that it can run Windows 10, which is full of embarrassment. Is the performance of Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 already reached the level of the desktop processor?
In addition, the arrival of Qualcomm Xiaolong 835 means that this year's high-end processing chip competition will usher in a new situation. For now, the technical specifications of Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 are very strong. So, can Qualcomm Xiaolong 835 be the only one in the world this year?
Analysis of Qualcomm Xiaolong 835 Specifications: How strong is it?
Performance improvement: On the CPU side, Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 adopts the second-generation Kryo architecture and re-uses the eight-core design, including quad-core 2.45GHz performance cluster and quad-core 1.9GHz efficiency cluster, and the performance is greatly improved. In addition, Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 uses a new generation of Adreno 540 GPU, performance increased by 25%, power consumption decreased by 40%, and support Vulkan graphics low-level interface, you can more fully exploit the performance of the GPU.
Lower power consumption: The 10nm process technology is the biggest highlight of Qualcomm Snapdragon 835. The most intuitive change in the evolution of process technology is better performance, lower power consumption, and lower heat generation. Qualcomm officially claimed that the Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 reduced power consumption by 25% compared to the Snapdragon 820.
Gigabit connection: In terms of baseband, Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 fully demonstrates its strength and integrates X16 Gigabit LTE baseband. The theoretical downlink speed is up to 1Gbps (Cat16) and the uplink speed is up to 150Mbps. Cat13). In addition, Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 also supports Gigabit WiFi network connectivity, as well as Bluetooth 5.0 support.
Enhanced dual-camera support: Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 integrates the latest dual 14-bit ISP, introducing dual-camera architectures such as "color + black and white" and "wide-angle + telephoto", which will bring better doubles to this year's flagship machine. Take a photo experience. In addition, the dual-core ISP also supports hybrid autofocus such as laser, contrast, structured light, and phase focus.
VR/AR visual enhancement: VR/AR can be said to be the focus of industry attention in recent years. Qualcomm Xiaolong 835 has also made many improvements in this regard. Not only does graphics rendering performance increase by 25%, but it also supports HDR10 and 4K Ultra HD Premium for wider color gamut. In addition, six degrees of freedom visual inertial ranging and eyeball and gesture recognition have been added to make the immersive visual effects of the mobile VR experience more realistic.
The above mentioned content is a new feature of Qualcomm Snapdragon 835. We can see that Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 is not limited to performance improvement, but also includes multi-faceted experience such as power consumption, fast charge, and AR/VR. From this point of view, Qualcomm Xiaolong 835 is definitely worth looking forward to. However, the author's actual experience with Qualcomm Xiaolong 835 is still somewhat small.
Is Qualcomm 835 so beautiful as you think? Power consumption and heat are the key!
As everyone knows, the performance of each flagship chip of Qualcomm is not bad, but the control of power consumption and heat is not satisfactory. For example, the earlier Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 processor, this chip also has very strong technical specifications, but because of power consumption and heat problems have not been recognized by the market. Probably because of the rumor of Qualcomm Snapdragon 810, Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 only used a quad-core architecture in order to suppress excessive power consumption and heat.
Qualcomm Xiaolong 835 returns to the design of the eight-core architecture, and the performance will obviously improve. But the key to getting a better experience is whether it can control power consumption and heat well. Of course, the reason why Qualcomm Xiaolong 835 is so confident is because of the 10nm process technology, because the theoretical new process technology can improve the power consumption and heat generation. However, the question is whether the 10nm process technology has been improved.
It is reported that only Samsung's 10nm process technology can be used for mass production of chips, but the maturity of the process is still unknown, and it is necessary to wait for the product to come out and verify. Although the 10nm process is very advanced, the ability to bring better results depends on the maturity of the process. For example, the 16nm process technology of this front-end power generation is superior to Samsung's 14nm process technology, which has been verified on the iPhone 6s.
In addition, it is a pity that Qualcomm Xiaolong has already used the 10nm process technology, but its CPU frequency is only increased to 2.45GHz, and the rumored Samsung Exynos 8895 can reach 3.0GHz. Of course, the reason why the high-pass voltage is low can also be to better control power consumption and heat.
According to industry news, in addition to Qualcomm Snapdragon 835, Samsung Exynos 8895, MediaTek X30 and Apple A11 processors, which also use 10nm process, will also be released this year. In addition, at the end of this year, Huawei Unicorn may also release the Kirin 970 processor with 10nm process.
Apple A11 does not have to mention more, its performance must also be greatly improved, but its open market will not form a direct competitive relationship with Qualcomm Xiaolong. It is worth mentioning that the technical specifications of Samsung Exynos 8895 should not be inferior to Qualcomm Snapdragon 835. As mentioned above, the frequency of Exynos 8895 is even increased to 3.0GHz. However, the Exynos 8895 may still be used only on the Samsung S8 and Note 8 international models due to baseband issues. Also. MediaTek X30 will not pose a threat to Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 because of the difference in positioning.
As for the Kirin 970, there is no more information yet, but many of its technical specifications may be pressing Qualcomm Snapdragon 835. After all, through the Kirin 960 processor, we can see the development advantages of many aspects of the Kirin chip.
Looking at the future from today: Qualcomm 821 and Kirin 960
Only when the performance and power consumption are balanced, the processor will bring a better experience. Kirin chips pay great attention to the development of performance and power balance. For example, the performance of Kirin 960 has not only achieved substantial progress, but also significantly improved power consumption control. The foreign media tested Qualcomm 821, Samsung 8890, Kirin 960 and Apple A10 at the same time. The results showed that Kirin 960 had the first performance of multi-core and single-core performance second only to Apple. The author also tested the Kirin 960 processor, and its performance can not only surpass Qualcomm.éªé¾™821, and the power consumption and heat control are more outstanding, even if you play large games for a long time, there will be no heat and frequency reduction. I believe that Kirin 970 will continue the advantages of Kirin 960.
At the same time, many of the cutting-edge technologies can be seen on the Kirin 960, and it has robbed many of the mainstream new features of 2017. For example, Kirin 960 is the first commercial Mail-G71MP8 GPU, which has a 180% improvement in performance compared to the previous generation. It not only supports high-performance VR solutions, but also supports Vulkan graphics low-level interfaces, which can improve the CPU's GPU performance and improve multi-threaded rendering performance. Come to a better big game experience.
In addition, the Kirin 960 chip uses a new self-developed dual ISP, which is comparable to the Qualcomm Snapdragon 835. It enhances the optimization of the dual-camera solution based on the original acclaimed double-shot. For example, the details of the photo are more abundant, and the zoom mode of the stepless zoom portrait in the range of 1X to 4X is supported.
In addition, in the face of increasingly serious information security issues, Kirin 960 also brings comprehensive chip-level security protection performance earlier, not only supports pseudo base station anti-counterfeiting technology, but also integrates inSE security module, supports CRT-RSA, RSA, DES/3DES, AES and other encryption and decryption algorithms. In addition, Kirin received safety certifications from the central bank and UnionPay at the dual financial level. It is precisely because of innovation in information security that Kirin 960 has also won the leading scientific and technological achievements of this year's World Internet Conference.
Therefore, through the performance of all aspects of Kirin 960, it can be predicted that Kirin 970 should also have multiple aspects of differentiation. In addition, due to the advantages brought by time, Kirin 970 has the advantages of technical specifications, such as the 10nm process technology is more mature.
to sum up:
From the perspective of overall hardware specifications, Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 is indeed very strong, and it is also worth looking forward to. However, the chip wars that are about to usher in the 10nm process technology, Qualcomm Xiaolong 835 is not a unique world, and Apple A11, Samsung Exynos 8895 and MediaTek X30 are also worth looking forward to. In addition, the Kirin 970 released at the end of this year is a long-awaited. After all, Kirin's 960-plus innovations are not behind Qualcomm Xiaolong 835. Who knows, what degree of breakthrough will the Kirin 970 bring.
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