Qualcomm just announced the Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 SoC in the Snapdragon 6 series, as the successor to last year’s Snapdragon 6 Gen 3. The Kryo CPU promises 11% improved CPU performance, the Adreno GPU promises over 29% better performance and promises 12% overall power savings compared to the predecessor. This promises 4K gaming experience and wireless lossless audio, and this is the first in the series with Gen AI support.
It still has triple 12-bit ISPs and Qualcomm FastConnect offering 802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6E) and it now has Bluetooth 5.4 with dual antennas as well as Triple frequency GNSS (L1/L5/L2).
Highlights of Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 (SM6650)
- 1 x Prime core (A720-based) at up to 2.3 GHz, 3 x Performance cores (A720-based) at up to 2.2 GHz, 4 x Efficiency cores (A520-based) at up to 1.8 GHz
- 4nm (TSMC) process technology
- Built-in Qualcomm Snapdragon 5G modem-RF system, 5G mmWave and sub-6 GHz
- 5G download speeds of up to 2.9Gpbs
- Qualcomm Adreno GPU, OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 2.0 FP, Vulkan 1.3
- Hardware-accelerated H.265 and VP9 decoder; HDR Playback Codec support for HLG, HDR10+, HDR10, and HDR vivid
- Qualcomm Aqstic audio codec, Qualcomm Aqstic smart speaker amplifier
Total Harmonic Distortion + Noise (THD+N), Playback: -108 dB, Qualcomm® Audio and Voice Communication Suite - Up to 16 MP triple camera, Up to 32+16 MP dual camera, Up to 48 MP single camera with ZSL, Up to 200MP Photo Capture, Qualcomm Spectra Image Sensor Processor (Triple 12-bit ISPs)
- On-Device Display Support: FHD+ @ 144 Hz
- 4K HDR Video Capture + 48 MP Photo Capture, HEVC video capture, Video Capture Formats: HEVC, H.264, 4K HDR Video Capture @ 30 FPS, Slow-mo video capture at 1080p @ 120 FPS, Support for 4K staggered HDR, multi-frame HDR, and limited-blanking multi-frame HDR image sensors, Multi-Frame Noise Reduction (MFNR), Motion Compensated Temporal Filtering
- Qualcomm Hexagon NPU: Fused AI Accelerator, Hexagon Tensor Accelerator, Hexagon Vector eXtensions, Hexagon Scalar Accelerator, Support for mix precision (INT8, and INT16), Qualcom Sensing Hub, Dedicated NPUs for audio and sensors
- LPDDR5 up to 3200 MHz, LPDDR4x up to 2100 MHz
- Wi-Fi 6E, 802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6) Multi-gigabit, Integrated 802.11ax, 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz and 6GHz, Bluetooth 5.4, LE Audio, LE Audio, Snapdragon Sound with support for Qualcomm aptX Voice, aptX Lossless, aptX Adaptive, NFC
- Concurrent GPS, Glonass, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS, NavIC, Triple frequency GNSS (L1/L5/L2), Sensor-Assisted Positioning, Urban pedestrian navigation with sidewalk accuracy, Global freeway lane-level vehicle navigation
- USB-C 3.1 Gen 2, UFS 3.1
- Qualcomm Quick Charge 4+ technology
Availability
Qualcomm said that the first devices with the Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 SoC will be available from realme, OPPO and HONOR, in the coming months.