Snapdragon 660 & 630 Chipset Officially Launched With Faster LTE

Qualcomm has announced two additions to its range of mobile
processors, the Snapdragon 660 and the Snapdragon 630. These will be succeeding
the Snapdragon 653 and the Snapdragon 626, respectively that not only offers
better performance but also promises faster LTE connectivity and enhanced
battery life.

Snapdragon 660

The Snapdragon 660 is based on 14nm technology and has 8x
Kryo 260 CPU cores clocked at 2.2GHz, and is the first 600-series Snapdragon
SoC to have Kryo CPU. The CPU is said to be 20% faster than the one on the
Snapdragon 653. The GPU is Adreno 512, which is 30% faster than the Adreno 510
on the 653. 

It also has the latest Snapdragon X12 LTE modem, Wi-Fi 802.11ac
Wave 2, 2×2 MIMO, Bluetooth 5.0, Qualcomm TruSignal adaptive antenna tuning,
600Mbps data and 867Mbps Wi-Fi peak download speed, USB 3.1, Qualcomm Spectra
160 ISP, 4K video capture, QHD display support, Qualcomm Aqstic audio codec
support, Qualcomm Hexagon 680 DSP, Qualcomm Hexagon Vector eXtensions (HVX),
Qualcomm All-Ways Aware, and QuickCharge 4.0.

Snapdragon 630

The Snapdragon 630 is based 14nm technology and has 8x ARM
Cortex-A53 CPU clocked at 2.2GHz that is 10% faster than the Snapdragon 626 and
Adreno 508 GPU that is 30% faster. It also has the latest Snapdragon X12 LTE
modem, Wi-Fi 802.11ac Wave 2, Bluetooth 5.0, Qualcomm TruSignal adaptive
antenna tuning, 600Mbps data and 433Mbps Wi-Fi peak download speed, USB 3.1,
Qualcomm Spectra 160 ISP, 4K video capture, 1080p display support, Qualcomm
Aqstic audio codec support, Qualcomm Hexagon 642 DSP, Qualcomm All-Ways Aware,
and QuickCharge 4.0.

Also, both chipsets have been built to deliver improved
battery performance. For example, while using location based services, users
can experience around 50 to 75 percent lower consumption of battery. Even the
power consumption during downloading on Wi-Fi has been reduced by 60 percent on
Snapdragon 660.

Snapdragon 660 is available now to hardware partners and
devices will be shipping end of this quarter. Snapdragon 630 will be available
end of May and devices will start shipping next quarter. Some of the
smartphones that are rumored to be powered by Snapdragon 660 include OPPO R11,
Samsung Galaxy C10, Sony Xperia X Ultra, Vivo X9s Plus, Xiaomi Redmi Pro 2,
Xiaomi Mi Max 2, and Nokia 7/8.