Techlifereviews: The Snapdragon 675 by Qualcomm appears on Antutu

Back in October last year, Qualcomm announced its latest mid-range chipset Snapdragon 675, which is manufactured using the 11nm processor. The chipset, which is expected to power upcoming mid-range smartphones has now appeared on the AnTuTu benchmarking platform.

According to the AnTuTu listing, a device spotting the latest chipset, the Snapdragon 675 processor, passed through it’s test and outputted 1,74,402 points

In comparison, the earlier released Snapdragon 670 SoC managed to score 1,50,000. The more interesting discovery is the toppling of the Snapdragon 710 SoC which managed to score 1,70,000 points which is behind the recently announced chipset.

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 675 Mobile Platform is an octa-core processor that includes two performance cores of Cortex A76 working at 2.0 GHz and six power efficient cores of Cortex A55 clocked at 1.78GHz. The new chipset will be bringing some advanced features on mid-range phones that are now found only on high-end or flagship phones.

The new chipset is equipped with Adreno 61X graphics that carries support for OpenGL ES 3.2, Open CL 2.0, Vulkan, and DirectX 12. To ensure added gaming performance, the company appears to have employed software gaming enhancements that promise to deliver 90 percent reduced janks.

Photography enthusiasts will be glad to know that the Imaging department has been improved with interesting features on the Snapdragon 675 SoC. The chipset supports front-facing or rear-mounted triple cameras with features such as portrait mode and 3D face unlock. Smartphones powered by the SD675 chipset will carry support for limitless slow-motion videos of HD quality. It also comes with a multi-core third generation AI engine that will play an important role in capturing videos and photos, learning and adapting the voice of the user and improving battery performance for longer use.

The chipset supports 4K video playback and DisplayPort through USB-C. For connectivity, it includes X12 LTE modem with 600Mbps download speeds and 3x carrier acceleration, Wi-Fi 802.11ac 2×2 with MU-MIMIO, tri-band and Bluetooth 5.0.

Additional features of the SD675 include FHD+ resolution supporting the display, DSP security for superior protection while face unlocking a smartphone, Qualcomm Aqstic and aptX audio technologies and support for Quick Charge 4+.

The first smartphone to be incorporated with the latest chipset is the recently announced HiSense U30 at CES earlier this week by Chinese manufacturer HiSense. Apart from the Snapdragon 675 processor, the HiSense U30 sports a dual-camera setup at the rear with a 48MP primary sensor and a 5MP secondary depth sensor. At the front is a 6.3-inch Full HD+ resolution display with a punch hole for a 20MP resolution selfie camera. Additional specifications include up to 8GB of RAM, 128GB of internal storage, and a large 4500mAh capacity battery with Qualcomm Quick Charge 4.0 support.