Qualcomm has formally introduced the Snapdragon 732G processor, a “follow-on” to final 12 months’s Snapdragon 730/730G. It means it’s basically the identical chipset however with a number of minor enhancements. This is an incremental launch as in comparison with being a fully-fledged successor for the prevailing providing.

The Snapdragon 732G function the identical octa-core CPU structure from the final 12 months i.e. twin Cortex-A76 cores and 6 Cortex-A55 cores. The solely distinction is that the prime core is now clocked at 2.3GHz as in comparison with 2.2GHz on the earlier variant. This ought to end in a slight efficiency enhance, not less than theoretically. As for the GPU, it’s nonetheless Adreno 618 however there’s a graphics rendering enchancment of 15%.

Other than this, all the specs and options are unchanged. Qualcomm has packed it with Snapdragon Elite Gaming and 4th Gen AI Engine for all the synthetic intelligence duties. However, it comes with solely the Snapdragon X15 LTE modem which suggests the processor is proscribed to providing 4G LTE connectivity. This is an odd selection contemplating 5G is the trendy development for smartphones.

While the Snapdragon 730G made its debut with the Pixel 4a, the Snapdragon 732G is confirmed to reach with a Poco smartphone. The official announcement doesn’t point out the cellphone identify or launch timeline. But contemplating current rumors, the talked about cellphone might really be the Poco X3. It is a cellphone that’s rumored to get official on September eighth.