Qualcomm officially released a new version of its flagship processor S8+ Gen1 today, which brings higher power efficiency. At the same time, ASUS also announced that ROG Phone 6 will be released with S8+ Gen1. And it brings more features of the same level as the flagship.
S8+Gen1
Qualcomm S8+ Gen1 is still based on the four-nanometer process, but the wafer foundry is transferred to TSMC. Qualcomm claims that the new version of the processor is paired with the upgraded Adreno GPU, which is 10% faster than the S8 Gen1, and the power consumption is reduced by 30%. %, and through Qualcomm’s seventh-generation AI engine, the performance per watt is increased by up to 20%, so that the time to play games is expected to be extended by up to 60 minutes.
The rest of the architecture S8+ Gen1 is roughly similar to the S8 Gen1. Qualcomm predicts that related products will be launched in the third quarter. The manufacturers include ASUS ROG, Black Shark, Honor, vivo, iQOO, Lenovo, Motorola, ZTE, Nubia, Red Magic, OPPO, OnePlus, realme, Xiaomi, Redmi, OSOM, and ASUS have also pre-announced that ROG Phone 6 will be released with S8+ Gen1 soon.
▲ ASUS also preemptively announced that ROG Phone 6 will be equipped with S8+ Gen1 processor.
S7 Gen1
At the same time, Qualcomm also updated the 7 series processor products. The S7 Gen1 is the successor of the S778G, and inherits some of the flagship functions of the 8 series, such as the AI engine has been upgraded to the same seventh generation as the flagship, and the AI performance has improved compared with the previous generation. 30%, the triple ISP can use three cameras or a single 200-megapixel camera for shooting at the same time, and it is also the first 7 series processor product to support the Android Ready SE security standard.
Compared with the previous generation, the GPU of the S7 Gen1 is also increased by 20%, and supports QHD+ screen resolution output. The matching communication module has also been upgraded to X62 and is equipped with FastConnect™ 6900. The maximum download speed of 5G has been increased from 3.7Gbps to 4.4Gbps. Qualcomm also predicted that S7 Gen1 processor-related products will be launched in the second quarter, and OPPO, Honor and Xiaomi will be the first adopters.
