New Snapdragon 630 & 660 Unveiled, More Focus on Camera & Gaming

Qualcomm Snapdragon unveils two new mobile platforms 660 & 630. More focus on gaming and camera.

Qualcomm Snapdragon launches new series of mobile platforms. (Photo COurtesy: Youtube)

Chipmaker Qualcomm has introduced two new mobile platforms, Snapdragon 660 and 630 which are designed to support advanced photography and enhanced gaming, in addition to long battery life and fast LTE speeds.

With the introduction of the Snapdragon 660 and 630 mobile platforms, we are thrilled that features such as improved image quality and fast LTE speeds will now be available in a wide array of devices without sacrificing performance or quality.

Kedar Kondap, Vice President, Product Management, Qualcomm Technologies Inc

The Snapdragon 660 mobile platform is the successor to the Snapdragon 653 and features a 20 percent improvement in the Qualcomm Kryo 260 CPU and 30 percent improvement in the Qualcomm Adreno 512 GPU performance.

The Snapdragon 630, which succeeds the Snapdragon 625, offers a 30 percent increase in the Adreno 508 GPU performance over its predecessor, as well as a 10 percent increase in CPU performance over its predecessor.

The Snapdragon 660 and 630 mobile platforms focus on camera, audio/visual processing, connectivity, improved CPU and GPU, security, machine learning and supports Quick Charge 4, which provides five hours of talk time in just five minutes of charging.

The Qualcomm Spectra 160 premium camera ISP supports improved photographic image quality for more natural skin tones, superior low light photography, as well as better power efficiency and higher throughput for dual camera smartphones.

The Qualcomm Hexagon 680 DSP featuring vector extensions (HVX) on the Snapdragon 660 mobile platform enables high-performance, power-efficient processing of imaging, computer vision, and machine intelligence workloads.

The Snapdragon 660 mobile platform is now shipping and the Snapdragon 630 platform will begin shipping towards the end of May.