Snapdragon 7+ Gen 1 rumored to launch on March 17


Qualcomm March 17 Event Poster

Qualcomm will be hosting a launch event in Beijing, China on March 17. Most likely to unveil new chipsets in the Snapdragon 7 series. And the latest rumors indicate the company could announce Snapdragon 7+ Gen 1, which could be called 7 Gen 2 since it’s almost a year since Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 debuted.

Snapdragon 7+ Gen 1 Rumors:

Geekbench listing

Qualcomm’s unannounced chipset “SM7475” appeared on Geekbench last week, which is expected to be Snapdragon 7+ Gen 1 or 7 Gen 2.

And according to the listing, this chipset will have an octa-core CPU with one high-performance Cortex-X2 (@2.92 GHz), three mid-tier Cortex-A710 (@2.5 GHz), and four power-efficient Cortex-A510 cores (@1.8 GHz). On the other hand, the SM7475 is said to be equipped with Adreno 725 GPU (@580 MHz).

Qualcomm SM7475 Geekbench listing and scores

Underclocked Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1

Similarly, this Snapdragon chip scored 1232 on Geekbench 5’s single-core and 4095 on multi-core tests. And looking at those scores and the CPU core configuration, the Snapdragon SM7475 looks to be an underclocked version of the flagship Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chip.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 SoC

To recall, the 8+ Gen 1 was 2022’s mid-year refresh to the flagship Snapdragon 8 Gen 1. And this chipset’s octa-core CPU has one high-end Cortex-X2 (@3.2 GHz). Followed by three mid-tier Cortex-A710 (@2.5 GHz), and four energy-efficient Cortex-A510 CPUs (@1.8 GHz). On the graphics front, it features Adreno 730 GPU clocked at 900 MHz.

Fabrication process

Moving on, the supposed 7+ Gen 1 chip will be manufactured under TSMC’s 4nm process technology. Besides its likeness to the 8+ Gen 1, the Geekbench results also reveal that its performance is superior to MediaTek’s Dimensity 8200 and comparable to the Dimensity 9000 instead. Snapdragon 7+ Gen 1 was also spotted on AnTuTu on a Realme phone, with a score of 1,029,731.

Snapdragon 7+ Gen 1: Available Smartphones

According to rumors, this chipset will power the upcoming Realme GT Neo 5 SE and Redmi Note 12 Turbo (aka POCO X5 GT).

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