Qualcomm launched the Snapdragon 675 in 2018 as a mid-range chipset aimed at providing a great mobile gaming experience (without costing an arm and a leg). A lot has happened in the past two years, but Qualcomm isn’t changing the formula too much for this new successor, apart from some dynamic camera upgrades and minor performance improvements.
The name of Qualcomm’s new processor may have jumped from 675 to 678, but not much is happening inside the chip itself. It sticks with the same Kryo 460 CPU and Adreno 612 GPU that the Snapdragon 675 used in 2018. Despite its reliance on older hardware, the company has tweaked and optimized the chipset to deliver a higher clock speed in the CPU (from 2.0 GHz to 2.2 GHz). GHz) and an unspecified GPU performance increase.
In any case, Qualcomm has added some brand new camera features. The Spectra 250L ISP that powers image processing hardware still supports up to 48MP capture with “zero” shutter lag. It also includes Qualcomm’s 3rd generation AI engine that claims to offer improved portrait mode and low-light shooting. And while the 675 could only record boundless slo-motion in HD, the 678 boosts that resolution to 4K.
While the Snapdragon 678 won’t win any awards for the flashiest mid-range chipset of 2020 (no 5G here estimate), it appears to be a minor upgrade that should at least improve day-to-day performance and image. capture on phones with the.
