Qualcomm’s incremental new chipset will power late-2020 gaming phones, mostly in Asia.
Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 865 powers all the flagship Android phones in the US, and the chip maker is now giving it a bump with the Snapdragon 865 Plus, a slightly overclocked version designed to keep gaming phones on the cutting edge.
The Snapdragon 865 Plus boosts the 865’s single fastest core up to 3.1GHz from 2.8GHz, which Qualcomm says is a 10 percent performance increase. The GPU also gets a 10 percent bump, and the Wi-Fi system gets upgraded to FastConnect 6900, which supports the new Wi-Fi 6E spectrum and Bluetooth 5.2. The chip will appear in the new Asus Rog Phone 3 and an upcoming Lenovo Legion phone, Qualcomm says.
“Three years after the launch of the Lenovo Legion PC portfolio, we’re bringing our beloved gaming sub-brand’s core values of speed and powerful performance to 5G mobile gaming—where Lenovo Legion will be amongst the first to offer the new Snapdragon 865 Plus in our expanding family of gaming devices this year,” Lenovo’s Jerry Tsao said in a press release.
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Really, this is small potatoes.
