Everything we know about the Qualcomm Snapdragon 898 5G chipset

Nov 8, 2021

By: Marcia Sekhose

Credit: Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 898 5G

Qualcomm is expected to launch the Snapdragon 898 5G chipset which will be its next flagship chipset for smartphones.

Credit: Qualcomm

Launch date

The Snapdragon 898 launch is expected to take place during the Snapdragon Tech Summit that’s starting on November 30.

Credit: Qualcomm

Specs

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 898 5G chipset is said to be built on Samsung’s 4nm process, and it’s expected to boost performance by up to 20 per cent.

Credit: Qualcomm

CPU

This chipset is expected to feature an 8-core CPU with an AMR Cortex-X2 CPU core clocked at 3.0GHz, and three Cortex-A710 mid-cores clocked at 2.5GHz. It will also have four Cortex-A510 cores clocked at 1.79GHz.

Credit: Qualcomm

GPU

The Snapdragon 898 chipset is expected to be equipped with the Qualcomm Adreno 730 GPU.

Credit: Qualcomm

5G modem

For 5G, Qualcomm could use the X65 5G modem which is claimed to offer 10 Gigabit speeds.

Credit: Qualcomm

Geekbench scores

The Snapdragon 898 5G chipset reportedly got a single-core score of 1,300 and a multi-core score of 3,900 on Geekbench.

Credit: Qualcomm

First Snapdragon 898 phone

Rumours suggest the Xiaomi Mi 12 will be the first Snapdragon 898 powered smartphone, and it could launch by the end of this year.

Credit: Unsplash

More phones expected

We can expect more Snapdragon 898 phones from brands like iQOO, Lenovo, and Realme.

Credit: Unsplash

Realme GT Neo 2 to Motorola Edge 20 Pro — smartphones launched in India this month