Qualcomm introduces Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2 midrange soc

Qualcomm has announced the Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2 soc, a midrange soc that should be available in smartphones this month. The CPU would be fifty percent faster than its predecessor and the Adreno GPU would be twice as fast.

The CPU of the Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2 soc has a maximum clock speed of 2.91GHz, with the Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 this was still 2.4GHz. Partly because of this, the CPU of the 7+ Gen 2 would be “more than fifty percent” faster than the CPU of the 7 Gen 1. Despite the higher performance, Qualcomm claims that the new soc would be up to 13 percent more energy efficient than its predecessor. Qualcomm has not yet released a Snapdragon 7+ Gen 1 soc or Snapdragon 7 Gen 2 soc, so the 7+ Gen 2 is the successor to the 7 Gen 1.

The chipmaker also says that the 18-bit triple-ISP should provide better photos in low light. For example, with the Mega Low Light mode, the camera takes thirty photos that are combined into one image. The soc supports up to 200-megapixel sensors and can handle HDR videos that use two cameras at the same time.

The AI ​​engine of the 7+ Gen 2 is also said to be improved, allowing it to perform AI tasks two times faster with a 40 percent better performance per watt. For example, the soc could recognize the user’s activity and use AI Super Resolution to upscale 1080p images to 4k. This could be with images or in games. In terms of games, the soc supports Auto Variable Rate Shading, rendering background scenes at a lower resolution to save energy. In addition, the soc supports Volumetric Rendering for better rendering of fog and smoke.

Finally, Qualcomm says that the soc is the first Snapdragon 7 soc to support 5G/4G Dual-Sim Dual Active, which allows two SIM cards to be used at the same time. The modem is the Snapdragon X62. According to Qualcomm, Redmi and realme, among others, will make smartphones with the new soc. The first smartphones should appear this month.