#snapdragon 800

Although the score (16,169) is still lower compared to the results we saw from the Snapdragon 800 and Tegra 4 processors, the margin isn’t that high compared to the previous test. In retrospect, the NVidia Shield got a score of 2,830 and 1,186 on respective tests while the Snapdragon 800 scored 2,732 and 965. Here’s the summary of the benchmark results we got from the MediaTek MT6582, Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 and NVidia Tegra 4; Despite running on all 8 cores, the NVidia Tegra 4 and Qualcomm MSM8974A have proven to be a bit too much for the MT6592 to handle. Qualcomm has just announced its newest set of premium mobile processors for the next-generation high-end mobie computing devices - the Snapdragon 800 and Snapdragon 600 processors. Both SoCs sport faster CPU and GPU cores with the Snapdragon 800 being the most high-end of the two. To begin with, the 800 utilizes the new quad core Krait 400 CPU, an Adreno 330 GPU, Hexagon v5 DSP, and 4G LTE Cat 4 modem. Below are some of the offerings of the Snapdragon 800: * Up to 75% better performance than the Snapdragon S4 Pro * Lower power consumption due to the 28nm High Performance for mobile (HPm) technology node. The Snapdragon 800 is expected to be in commercial devices by mid-year 2013 while the Snapdragon 600 will be available in Q2 2013. Read more in our articles including "Benchmarked: MT6592 8-core SoC on CM Cosmos Z2" and "Qualcomm outs new Snapdragon 800 and 600 processors".