A few months ago, Qualcomm had anticipated the launch of a 4XX series SoC equipped with 5G connectivity and which would make its debut in 2021. The chip vendor formally announces the chipset today: lo Snapdragon 480 5G that will come up budget friendly smartphones from under € 300. The US company has consistently lowered the barrier to entry for 5G with the introduction of Snapdragon 765G, 690, 750G and now 480. But let's see what it brings to grace. low-end and medium-low end devices this processor.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 5G is official: all the features of a processor that will power the best devices under € 300 in 2021
The Snapdragon 480 is equipped with a integrated X51 5G modem which includes Sub-6 and mmWave connectivity in standalone and non-standalone mode. The addition of the 5G the 4XX series could be one of the most important steps in making 5G more accessible to users. However, the most important feature of the SoC just presented is the performance. According to what was revealed during the presentation there is talk of a 100% performance gain for both CPU and GPU compared to the previous generation.
In terms of construction and configuration we are talking about a chipset consisting of Kryo 460 cores reaching up to 2.0 GHz and an Adreno 619 GPU, the same as the Snapdragon 750G. The chip is built with an ad lithographic process 8 nm and supports charging technology Quick Charge 4+. But joy of joys, the Spectra ISP allows support for up to three 13 megapixel cameras as well as the 120Hz screen. You got it right: a low-end processor that allows the device a top-of-the-range refresh rate.
Qualcomm hasn't shared information on when Snapdragon 480 will be available, but Nokia, Oppo e live they will be the first to use it. It is surprising that Xiaomi is not among the companies in pole position.
