Qualcomm Snapdragon 8th Gen 2
The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2 5G Cipher Platform (or SD8cx Gen2, SC8180XP) is an ARM- grounded SoC for Windows laptops. It integrates a analogous CPU part as the Snapdragon 855 (same cores but without the Prime Core point) and is manufactured in 7nm at Samsung. The 4 Kryo 495 Gold cores are grounded on the ARM Cortex-A76 armature (for performance) and clocked at3.15 GHz under cargo. The 4 Kryo 495 Tableware cores are small ARM Cortex-A55 cores for power effectiveness and clocked at1.8 GHz under cargo (most likely).
Compared to the precursor, the Snapdragon 8cx, the Gen 2 offers advanced timepiece pets and an intertwined 5G modem (X55 withSub-6 GHz and mm Wave support). Wi-Fi was also banged up to Wi-Fi 6
The processor performance should be analogous to an Intel Core i5 8th Gen U-series (e.g., i5-8250U) according to Qualcomm. Still, this is only the case for native ARM64 collected Windows apps which aren't that numerous (inmid-2019). 32- bit operations and games for AMD/ Intel run in a rather slow emulation and 64- bit apps will not start at all (but an impersonator should come in Windows in 2021).
The integrated Adreno 680 plates card could also be a bit advanced clocked.
The chip is veritably power effective as it’s produced at TSMC in the ultramodern 7 processes. Thus, laptops using the Snapdragon 8cx can be passively cooled (no addict) and shouldn't garrote under constant cargo.
Series |
Qualcomm Snapdragon |
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Codename |
Cortex-A76 / A55 (Kryo 495) |
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Series: Snapdragon Cortex-A76 / A55 (Kryo 495) |
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Clock Rate |
3150 MHz |
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Level 3 Cache |
2 MB |
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Number of Cores / Threads |
8 / 8 |
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Power Consumption (TDP = Thermal Design Power) |
7 Watt |
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Manufacturing Technology |
7 nm |
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Features |
X24 LTE Modem, Adreno 680 GPU |
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GPU |
Qualcomm Adreno 680 |
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64 Bit |
64 Bit support |
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Architecture |
ARM |
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Announcement Date |
09/03/2020 = 508 days old |