Confirmed: Xiaomi 12 will be the world’s first Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chip smartphone lineup

Just a few hours ago, Qualcomm introduced its next-generation mobile platform called Snapdragon 8 Gen 1. In addition to Samsung’s Galaxy S22 series, this premium SoC launched to power all the 2022 flagship smartphones from various manufacturers including:

• Black Shark
• Honor
• iQOO
• Motorola
• Nubia
• OnePlus
• OPPO
• Realme
• Redmi
• SHARP
• Sony Corporation
• Vivo
• Xiaomi
• ZTE

If we talk specifically about Samsung, the Galaxy S22 series will boast Qualcomm’s latest chipset, while it’s expected to enter the market on February 18, 2022. Meanwhile, Xiaomi has officially announced that the Xiaomi 12 series is coming soon, which will be the world’s first smartphones to feature Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset.

To be mentioned, Xiaomi is yet to confirm the exact launch date for its next flagship smartphone lineup – Xiaomi 12, while it will be launched this month. Followed by, other Chinese phone makers will also join the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 crew in near future.

Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Specifications

Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chip comes with Qualcomm’s latest and powerful technologies such as Qualcomm Artificial Intelligence (AI) Engine, which includes:

• AIE GPU: Qualcomm Adreno GPU
• Always-on AI: Qualcomm Sensing Hub
• AIE CPU: Qualcomm Kryo CPU
• Hexagon Processor: Fused AI Accelerator architecture, Qualcomm Hexagon Vector eXtensions (HVX), Qualcomm Hexagon Scalar Accelerator, Qualcomm Hexagon Tensor Accelerator

On the other hand, this processor features CPU clock speed up to 3.0GHz, Qualcomm Kryo CPU cores, and 64-bit architecture. In addition, it is equipped with Snapdragon X65 5G Modem-RF System which brings peak download speed up to 10 Gbps.

• Cellular Modem-RF Specs: 8 carriers (mmWave), 2×2 MIMO (mmWave), 4×4 MIMO (Sub-6)
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