US based chip making giant Qualcomm could launch its next flagship processor, the Snapdragon 898 at its annual event, the Snapdragon Tech Summit 2021. The Snapdragon 898 will be a top-tier processor from the company and it will be a successor to last year’s Snapdragon 888.
The San Diego, California-headquartered company is set to host the annual event from November 30 to December 2. Going by the previous announcement trends by the chip maker, the new chipset may be unveiled on the first day of the event.
What we know about the Snapdragon 898 chip so far
The upcoming Snapdragon 898 will be the successor to last year’s top tier Snapdragon 888 processor and it is fabricated using handset making giant Samsung's 4nm process. The chip is said to be faster and more efficient that the previous gen Snapdragon 888.
As far as upcoming smartphones are concerned, Xiaomi 12 is likely to be the first smartphone to be powered by the Snapdragon 898 chipset.
According to a report in Android Central, the Snapdragon 898 will power the best Android smartphones this year. A purported image of an upcoming phone featuring the Snapdragon 898 chipset has also surfaced online, the report said.
Meanwhile, according to famed tipster Ice Universe, the benchmark score of the upcoming chipset on Geekbench5 is 1200/3900.
“Snapdragon898 Geekbench5 1200/3900,” Universe recently tweeted from his handle @UniverseIce.