The Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Will Be Able To Deliver Up To 8K 360 Video Playback
We know that as we progress throughout the years, technology will only be advancing. And it seems as though that clock is moving dramatically fast for Qualcomm as they have announced their Snapdragon 855 chip. While its only been a short while since the introduction to the 835 and the 845, we will soon see how powerful the 855 is compared to the rest.
One of the key highlights about the Snapdragon 855 is that the GPU will allow up to 8K 360 video playback. While that is definitely an overkill, it is one of the benchmarks that illuminates how powerful this small chip really is.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Features
5G
5G Chipset: Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ X50 Modem
5G Technology: 5G NR
5G Spectrum: mmWave, sub-6 GHz
5G mmWave specs: 800 MHz bandwidth, 8 carriers, 2×2 MIMO
5G sub-6 GHz specs: 100 MHz bandwidth, 4×4 MIMO
mmWave Features: Dual-layer polarization in downlink and uplink, Beam forming, Beam steering, Beam tracking
Qualcomm® Artificial Intelligence Engine
CPU: Qualcomm® Kryo™ 485 CPU
GPU: Qualcomm® Adreno™ 640 GPU
DSP: Qualcomm® Hexagon™ 690 Processor, Qualcomm® Hexagon™ Vector Accelerator, Qualcomm® Hexagon™ Tensor Accelerator, Qualcomm® Hexagon™ Voice Assistant, Qualcomm All-Ways Aware™ technology
CPU
CPU Clock Speed: Up to 2.84 GHz
CPU Cores: 8x Qualcomm® Kryo™ 485 CPU
CPU Bit Architecture: 64-bit
Process
Process Technology: 7 nm
DSP
DSP Technology: Qualcomm® Hexagon™ 690 Processor, Qualcomm® Hexagon™ Vector Accelerator, Qualcomm® Hexagon™ Tensor Accelerator, Qualcomm® Hexagon™ Voice Assistant, Qualcomm All-Ways Aware™ technology
Cellular Modem
Modem Name: Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ X24 LTE modem
LTE Category: LTE Category 20, LTE Category 13 (uplink)
Downlink Features: 7×20 MHz carrier aggregation, Up to 256-QAM, Up to 4×4 MIMO on three carriers, Maximum 20 spatial streams
Uplink Features: Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ Upload+, 3×20 MHz carrier aggregation, Up to 2x 106Mbps LTE streams, Up to 256-QAM, Uplink data compression
Peak Download Speed: 2 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed: 316 Mbps
Supported Cellular Technologies: LTE FDD, LTE TDD including CBRS support, LAA, LTE Broadcast, WCDMA (DB-DC-HSDPA, DC-HSUPA), TD-SCDMA, CDMA 1x, EV-DO, GSM/EDGE
Multi SIM: Dual SIM Dual VoLTE (DSDV)
Next-generation Calling Services: VoLTE with SRVCC to 3G and 2G, HD and Ultra HD Voice (EVS), CSFB to 3G and 2G
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi Standards: 802.11ad, 802.11ay, 802.11ax-ready, 802.11ac Wave 2, 802.11a/b/g, 802.11n
Wi-Fi Spectral Bands: 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, 60 GHz
Peak speed: 10 Gbps
Qualcomm Wi-Fi 6-ready technology features: 8×8 spatial streams, 8×8 sounding, WPA3 security support, Target Wakeup Time, Dual-band simultaneous (DBS)
Qualcomm 60 GHz Wi-Fi technology features: Wire-equivalent latency, Always-on Wi-Fi sensing
Bluetooth
Bluetooth Version: Bluetooth 5.0
Bluetooth Speed: 2 Mbps
Location
Satellite Systems Support: GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, Dual frequency GNSS
NFC
Near Field Communications: Supported
RF
Qualcomm® RF Front-End solution: Comprehensive 5G/4G modem-to-antenna solution, QTM052 5G mmWave antenna module, Qualcomm Envelope Tracking
USB
USB Version: USB 3.1, USB-C
Camera
Image Signal Processor: Dual 14-bit CV-ISPs, Hardware accelerator for computer vision (CV-ISP), Qualcomm Spectra™ 380 image signal processor
Megapixel Support: Up to 20 MP dual camera, Up to 32 MP single camera
Photo Capture: HEIF photo capture
Video Capture: Rec. 2020 color gamut video capture, Up to 10-bit color depth video capture, Slow motion video capture up to 720p at 480fps, HEVC Video Capture
Video Capture Formats: HDR10+, HDR10, HLG
Video
Codec Support: H.265 (HEVC), H.264 (AVC), HDR10, HDR10+, HLG, VP8, VP9
Display
Maximum On-Device Display Support: Up to 4K HDR
Maximum External Display Support: Up to two 4K HDR displays
HDR: HDR10+, 10-bit color depth, Rec 2020 color gamut
General Audio
Audio Technology: Qualcomm TrueWireless™ Technology, Qualcomm® Broadcast Audio technology, Qualcomm Aqstic™ audio technology, Qualcomm® aptX™ audio technology
Qualcomm® aptX™ playback support: aptX Adaptive
GPU
GPU Name: Qualcomm® Adreno™ 640 GPU
Video Playback: Volumetric VR video playback, 8K 360 VR video playback
API Support: OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 2.0 FP, Vulkan 1.1, DX12
Charging
Qualcomm® Quick Charge™ Support: Qualcomm® Quick Charge™ 4+ technology
Memory
Memory speed: 2133MHz
Memory Type: 4x16bit, LPDDR4x
The Snapdragon 855 features a more powerful Adreno 640 GPU. This will offer 20 percent more boost over the 845 according to Qualcomm. The Snapdragon 855 is expected to launch in the first half of 2019 in various smartphones.
