Forget about octa-core phones! Is the quad-core Snapdragon 820 really good enough to stand out from the crowd?
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In recent years, device manufacturers have been telling you how many core processors they have stuffed into extremely thin smartphones, from dual-core to quad-core, to hexa-core, octa-core, and even deca-core, and they have been advocating that the more cores, the more powerful the performance, and the phone will run "flying". However, this road seems to have come to an end today, because many facts show that the more cores, the better. Qualcomm is one of the best practitioners. Initially, Qualcomm disagreed that the eight-core processor was better, believing that the eight-core processor was useless except for increasing heat and power consumption. Later, Qualcomm said it had said the wrong thing, so it released its first eight-core mobile flagship chip, Snapdragon 810. But it was Snapdragon 810 that became the biggest factor leading to Qualcomm's disastrous defeat this year, and the overheating made Qualcomm's financial report data very ugly. However, Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 is back on track because the chip is different from the eight-core design of Snapdragon 810, but only a "quad-core" design. Recently, a media outlet tested a "6.2-inch + 3GB RAM" Snapdragon 820 MDP development prototype. The results were intriguing and proved that Qualcomm's investment in learning a lesson was indeed worthwhile. Speaking of the return of eight cores to four cores, Qualcomm's product manager David Kipping said before: "After extensive research, we found that most of the time, only one or two cores are usually working, and there is even a lot of time when other cores are completely shut down." Other Qualcomm executives have also mentioned that the Snapdragon 820 has benefited from the latest independent Kyro CPU core built with 14nm FinFET process. The Snapdragon 820 has greatly improved performance and energy efficiency, to be exact, it has doubled. The point is that Qualcomm has adopted and deeply optimized the heterogeneous computing mode, allowing each component to better divide the work and reduce the burden on the core, so it does not need too many cores. Less is more Simply put, Qualcomm believes that the number of cores in the new flagship chip has been reduced, not only the energy efficiency ratio has been improved, but also the performance has been raised to a higher level. The Snapdragon 820 MDP development prototype has an average multi-core score of 5373 points in the Geekbench 3 running application, which is a significant improvement compared to the Snapdragon 810. Geekbench 3 running results: Why is it a significant improvement? As we all know, the previous Samsung flagship Galaxy S6 is equipped with an eight-core processor, but the average multi-core score is only about 4850 points, while other mobile phones such as iPhone 6s are 4417 points, Nexus 6P is 4073 points, and Sony Xperia Z5 is 4015 points. The multi-core test scores of these mobile phones are far behind Snapdragon 820. It is also worth mentioning that the MDP development prototype does not even run the final stable official version of the system software, so it is impossible to predict what kind of results can be improved after the manufacturers really optimize. The prototype also ran the most familiar AnTuTu 6.0 in China, and the result was that the Snapdragon 820 soared to 132772 points. It is not difficult to find from the comparison chart below that the other machines are not at the same level at all. Among them, Galaxy Note 5 scored 83944, Huawei Mate 8 scored 92746, and Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge scored 81087. AnTuTu results: After reading these running scores, I believe everyone must be very interested in the flagships equipped with Snapdragon 820 processors in 2016, because according to Qualcomm, most tasks of smartphones equipped with Snapdragon 820 do not need to use high-performance Kryo CPU cores, and even low-performance cores are rarely used. Relying on the outstanding performance of other new modules such as GPU, DSP, display, video, multimedia, baseband signal, etc., the performance and efficiency are very balanced. In short, octa-core and deca-core are no longer a weapon to win market applause, and Qualcomm has successfully overcome this hurdle. As for which Snapdragon 820 flagships will be in 2016? Not much is known at present, but it is expected that Samsung Galaxy S7, HTC One M10 and Sony's Xperia Z6 will be equipped with Snapdragon 820 chips. Whether Qualcomm can once again add wings to the tiger will depend on next year. As a winner of Toutiao's Qingyun Plan and Baijiahao's Bai+ Plan, the 2019 Baidu Digital Author of the Year, the Baijiahao's Most Popular Author in the Technology Field, the 2019 Sogou Technology and Culture Author, and the 2021 Baijiahao Quarterly Influential Creator, he has won many awards, including the 2013 Sohu Best Industry Media Person, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Beijing Third Place, the 2015 Guangmang Experience Award, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Finals Third Place, and the 2018 Baidu Dynamic Annual Powerful Celebrity. |
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