They have announced three new chipsets in the Snapdragon 632, 439 and 429 Mobile Platforms, engineered to bring higher performance, better battery life, more efficient designs, impressive graphics and artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities into budget smartphones. Let’s have a look at each of them.
Snapdragon 632
The Snapdragon 632 is the newest addition to the 600-series, adding to names like Snapdragon 636 while offering features like eight Qualcomm Kryo 250 CPUs and an Adreno 506 GPU. Of the eight CPUs, the chipset features four performance cores, and four efficiency cores, which kick in for lower-power tasks, ultimately saving battery. It offers mobile experiences like mainstream gaming, 4K video capture, artificial intelligence, and fast LTE speeds; and has support for displays with up to a Full HD+ resolution, as well as up to a 24-megapixel single lens, or a 13-megapixel dual-lens camera. Qualcomm says that the chipset should offer several performance boosts over the previous generation Snapdragon 626, boasting up to a 40 percent CPU performance boost over the last chip, as well as up to a 10 percent GPU performance boost. Read About: Future mid-range phones will appear high-end, thanks to Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 710 chipset
Snapdragon 439
The Snapdragon 439 is designed to be an excellent option for manufacturers building ultra-budget handsets. It is a replacement of the Snapdragon 430 and comes with a number of great features. Like the Snapdragon 632, it also offers eight CPUs, with four performance cores and four efficiency cores — though the CPUs here are Cortex A53 CPUs rather than the Kryo 250 CPUs in the Snapdragon 632. The CPUs here offer a performance boost of up to 25 percent over the Snapdragon 430 while the GPU on the chip, the Adreno 505, boasts up to a 20 percent boost over the Snapdragon 430. As far as camera support goes, the Snapdragon 439 supports up to a 21-megapixel single lens, or an 8-megapixel dual sensor. Related Article: Snapdragon 850: Qualcomm’s first processor for Windows PCs
Snapdragon 429
The Snapdragon 429 is aimed at even cheaper phones than the Snapdragon 439. Instead of the eight CPUs found in the Snapdragon 439 and Snapdragon 620, the Snapdragon 429 features four Cortex A53 CPUs, giving it up to a 25 percent performance boost compared to the Snapdragon 425. The chipset also features an Adreno 504 GPU, which delivers up to a whopping 50 percent GPU performance boost over the Snapdragon 425, and it also supports up to a 16-megapixel single sensor, or an 8-megapixel dual sensor.
