Snapdragon 888+, Qualcomm’s current top-dog chipset, has only been out a few weeks. An overclocked prime core essentially turns it into a Snapdragon 888. Snapdragon 898 or 895 are already in the works, which will be the next-gen chip. Although it hasn’t been made official, a couple of leaks have already suggested it’s coming. New evidence from GeekBench reveals that the new silicon is already being tested by a mysterious Vivo prototype.
This vivo V2102A model number can’t be linked to an existing product as it’s a prototype device. With a lower clock speed than expected. In this case, it looks as though it is running the new Cortex-X2 Super Core at 2.42GHz, its three Cortex-A710 Power cores at 2.17GHz, and its four Cortex-A510 efficiency cores at 1.79GHz. However, we know from leaks that Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 898, or Snapdragon 895. It is depending on the name, will have a Cortex-X2 core clocked at 3.09 GHz, higher than the overclocked X1 core in the Snapdragon 888+.
The ARMv9’s three-letter “big” and “little” cores are the first to implement the new architecture and are expected to offer up to 30% better energy efficiency, while the X2 core is expected to deliver 16% more performance than its predecessor. In addition to the X65 5G modem, which is capable of up to 10 Gbps speeds, it is likely the Snapdragon 898/895 itself will be constructed in Samsung’s 4nm process. A new ISP and NPU are also expected.
The fact that several Chinese manufacturers have already begun testing the next flagship Snapdragon is no secret, and we can probably expect to see more leaks like this before the “first with a Snapdragon 898 cell phone” race concludes.
