Qualcomm introduced a new Snapdragon processor for phones

Qualcomm has been very active in the last few months, after launching the Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 processor and the new Snapdragon G series of processors, it has now introduced another new mobile platform, the Snapdragon 7s Gen 2, aimed at mid-range phones.

Unlike the Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2, which is more like a 'lite' version of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, the Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 is a bit more modest. It is made on a 4nm architecture and includes an 8-core Kryo processor, which consists of four powerful Cortex-A78 cores with a frequency of 2.4 GHz and four energy-efficient Cortex-A55 cores with a frequency of 1 .95 GHz.

Interestingly, it does not use the newer Armv9 architecture, which is present in the Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 and Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2 chips, but rather it uses a similar layout as found in the Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 processor, but with higher frequencies. Other notable features include an as-of-yet-unknown Adreno GPU that supports resolutions up to FHD+ with a refresh rate of up to 144 Hz, a Hexagon NPU and Snapdragon X62 5G modem-RF system, and a FastConnect 6700 Mobile Connectivity system for wireless management. connections such as 5G, LTE, Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.2.

Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 will support both LPDDR5 memory with a clock speed of up to 3200 MHz, as well as LPDDR4X with a frequency of up to 2133 MHz and with the option of up to 12 GB of memory capacity and UFS 4.0 storage.

The Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 is also less powerful photographically, with the Spectra image processor supporting a sensor with a resolution of up to 48 MP, which is quite a bit less compared to the 108 MP camera that the Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2 can manage. It also supports a dual setup camera resolution 32MP + 16MP and triple layout 16MP + 16MP + 16MP. Qualcomm Aqstic and Qualcomm aptX technologies for sound and Qualcomm Quick Charge 4+ for fast charging are also supported.

The first smartphone to be equipped with the new čip Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 will be the Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro.