I feel like it should be pointed out that Qualcomm does mention variable rate shading for the Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 as well, meaning that even though the GPU is only 10% faster overall, it should still be from that newer generation of Adreno IP/architecture.
Wonder about the real world point of the 6 series vs the 4 - specifically the 2 extra cores in the 6 - neither GPU performance can be explexted to be at the mobile game level (except simple games), Blocks for video etc do a ton of mobile use case heavy lifting.
All it has to do is run a mostly single app UI/OS .. based on previous experience with 7 series and just 2 A76s on modern Android there didn't seem to be any real challenge even on high frame rate display. And it's not like the target phone is going to have high end display (probably LCD)..
So just to fill a spec sheet and give some product differentiation, and have cores sitting idle ??
(Maybe the 6 series might be popular in the emulator gaming devices that keep being made)
A 35% increase over 695 would put it in between sd 835 and 845 in gpu power, more than enough for medium settings 30 fps for even the high end mobile games.
mmh the 695 struggled on simple 3d games (low), and coped on the absolute lowest setting on stuff like genshin impact. Usually running at way below 1080 resolution (noticably)
It really needs 2x gpu power just to not run an obviously low res image on what mobile game are now. 2d and turned based stuff will no doubt be great.
Unlikely these SoCs would land in emulator devices. Those are generally targeting the lowest possible costs in terms of their BOMs so the typical SoC in one of those devices is the cheapest that the OEM can find. These chips are far too capable and costly for such a use. They'll instead land in middle to low cost cellular handsets as the article implies.
SD 6 gen 1 will be competing against D1300, so 6 gen 1 is not looking great. D1300 is 3ghz and have AV1 support. So both these SoC are useless. maybe 7gen 2 is a worth upgrade. Right now D8100 is the SoC to go for
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NextGen_Gamer - Tuesday, September 6, 2022 - link
I feel like it should be pointed out that Qualcomm does mention variable rate shading for the Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 as well, meaning that even though the GPU is only 10% faster overall, it should still be from that newer generation of Adreno IP/architecture.xol - Tuesday, September 6, 2022 - link
Wonder about the real world point of the 6 series vs the 4 - specifically the 2 extra cores in the 6 - neither GPU performance can be explexted to be at the mobile game level (except simple games), Blocks for video etc do a ton of mobile use case heavy lifting.All it has to do is run a mostly single app UI/OS .. based on previous experience with 7 series and just 2 A76s on modern Android there didn't seem to be any real challenge even on high frame rate display. And it's not like the target phone is going to have high end display (probably LCD)..
So just to fill a spec sheet and give some product differentiation, and have cores sitting idle ??
(Maybe the 6 series might be popular in the emulator gaming devices that keep being made)
xol - Tuesday, September 6, 2022 - link
[reply to self lol]Maybe for 6 gen 1 aimed camera focused phones maybe..
iphonebestgamephone - Wednesday, September 7, 2022 - link
A 35% increase over 695 would put it in between sd 835 and 845 in gpu power, more than enough for medium settings 30 fps for even the high end mobile games.xol - Wednesday, September 7, 2022 - link
mmh the 695 struggled on simple 3d games (low), and coped on the absolute lowest setting on stuff like genshin impact. Usually running at way below 1080 resolution (noticably)It really needs 2x gpu power just to not run an obviously low res image on what mobile game are now. 2d and turned based stuff will no doubt be great.
iphonebestgamephone - Thursday, September 8, 2022 - link
the poco x4 pro over 30 fps avg at lowest genshin, most androids and iphones run genshin at 800p or below anyway.PeachNCream - Wednesday, September 7, 2022 - link
Unlikely these SoCs would land in emulator devices. Those are generally targeting the lowest possible costs in terms of their BOMs so the typical SoC in one of those devices is the cheapest that the OEM can find. These chips are far too capable and costly for such a use. They'll instead land in middle to low cost cellular handsets as the article implies.ballsystemlord - Tuesday, September 6, 2022 - link
What is HLG video?Ryan Smith - Tuesday, September 6, 2022 - link
Hybrid log–gamma.It's a transfer function for HDR video that produces videos suitable for viewing on both HDR and SDR displays.
ballsystemlord - Friday, September 9, 2022 - link
Thanks!GhostOfAnand - Tuesday, September 6, 2022 - link
What, still no AV1? Oh please, go f yourself Qualcomm.MediaTek has had this for years now: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AV1#Hardware
nandnandnand - Wednesday, September 7, 2022 - link
https://www.anandtech.com/comments/17091/qualcomm-...Qualcomm is part of the MPEG patent pools.
F1167 - Wednesday, September 7, 2022 - link
SD 6 gen 1 will be competing against D1300, so 6 gen 1 is not looking great. D1300 is 3ghz and have AV1 support. So both these SoC are useless. maybe 7gen 2 is a worth upgrade. Right now D8100 is the SoC to go forhemedans - Wednesday, September 7, 2022 - link
Thats not true, as of now sd 695 is $200 soc and it compete with dimensity 800 series like 810,Sd 778G is competing with dimensity 900 series like 920G
Sd 870 is competing with dimensity thousand series like 1300 or 8100
Most dimensity 1300 phones cost over $300.
name99 - Wednesday, September 7, 2022 - link
These are nice, but I'm waiting for the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3.2 2x2 ...harias - Tuesday, September 27, 2022 - link
>2.2GHz peak frequency as was found in the Snapdragon 965Isn't it SD 695?