Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 is official now! Whether it is a good news for those who are waiting for flagships that run on Snapdragon 820 like Xiaomi Mi5, we shall see. However, until now, Snapdragon 820 will still be the choice on high end devices. As long as Qualcomm adjusts its heating issue on the chipsets, and powers them up, Snapdragon is still the real deal.

Snapdragon 820 will be equipped on Xiaomi Mi5

Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 official information

As Snapdragon 820 will definitely be affected by the chipset series’ infamous heating problems, will it rise on top during the time when chipsets are being produced by mobile manufacturers too?

The first improvement on Snapdragon 820 is that it will use 64-bit Kryo cores instead of Cortex. Moreover, Adreno 530 GPU, the newest of the series, will support Open GL 3.1 and new API Vulcan. Qualcomm states that these technologies will boost the performance up to 40%.

Snapdragon 820 may be produced with the 14nm or 16nm process like the new Apple chip, which will upgrade the video recording smart phones up to 4k at 60fps. Additionally, 4k video could be streaming online at the speed of 30fps. This seems a very interesting new technology.

The most notable feature of Snapdragon 820 is the IPS technology camera, which supports new camera techniques and autofocus. Additionally, it enhances photo shooting in low light environment and an added optical zoom instead of digital zoom. Photo quality will be higher and higher.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 will support dual main cameras like its predecessor Snapdragon 810 does, but these camera can be different in aperture. However, will dual cameras make smart phones thicker?

Although these new official information give us a more detailed look at Snapdragon 820, we still don’t know how it will spar against new chipset producers. As Samsung Exynos has been far superior in many people’s minds, will Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 still rise?