Snapdragon 6 Gen 5: AI Cameras And Wi-Fi 7

Snapdragon 6 Gen 5 is designed to enhance smartphone cameras with AI-powered photo capture and image quality, for instance. It is also pegged to create more immersive gaming experiences, not least through the Qualcomm Adaptive Performance Engine 4.0.

The company says that GPU performance will be improved by up to 21%, and that apps will launch 20% faster compared to the previous version of processor, Snapdragon 6 Gen 4. The new chip will introduce Wi-Fi 7 connectivity. Honor and Redmi are among the first brands which have been announced to use this chip.

Snapdragon 4 Gen 5: 90FPS Gaming For Budget Phones

The Snapdragon 4 Gen 5 is aimed at entry-level devices with 43% faster app launches compared to the chip it succeeds. Here, the GPU improvement is claimed to be 77% compared to Snapdragon 4 Gen 4, which is the sort of figure that would make a tangible difference. It also includes support for 90 frames-per-second gameplay, which will make for a more seamless, stutter-free experience, though it does, of course, require the display hardware to be up to the job.

Snapdragon 4 Gen 5 also supports Dual SIM Dual Active (DSDA) 5G+5G/4G connectivity, which offers more versatility to stay connected across multiple networks.

Oppo, realme and Redmi will have the first devices using this processor.

With these announcements made, the next big release from the company is likely to be in September, when the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 is expected. This may see the first 2nm hardware from the company.