Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 SoC Boosts Mainstream Mobile Platform Performance

Overnight our friends over at Qualcomm announced two new mobile platforms, the Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 and 630, that have been designed and built on the 14nm FinFET manufacturing process for better battery life, improved image processing for better photography and greater LTE connectivity. When it comes to CPU/GPU performance the new Snapdragon 660 (successor to the Snapdragon 653) features a 20 percent improvement in the Qualcomm Kryo 260 octo-core CPU and 30 percent improvement in the Qualcomm Adreno 512 GPU performance. This basically means you’ll get a much better gaming and multimedia experience over the old platforms. The more cost effective Snapdragon 630 (successor to the Snapdragon 625) offers a 10 percent increase over predecessor on the CPU side of things and a 30 percent improvement over the Adreno 508 GPU. Additionally, the Snapdragon 660 Mobile Platform supports displays up to QHD (2K) resolution, whereas the 630 supports FHD/QXGA (1080p).

The Snapdragon 660 feature the Qualcomm Spectra camera ISP, Qualcomm Kryo CPU, and Qualcomm’s Hexagon Vector eXtensions (HVX), which are features that were once reserved for their high-end SoCs. Qualcomm’s Spectra 160 premium camera ISP supports improved image quality with zero shutter lag according to the company.

The Snapdragon 660 Mobile Platform is now shipping and the Snapdragon 630 Mobile Platform will begin shipping towards the end of this month.