Last updated on June 19th, 2023 at 08:11 am
The release of the Redmi K40 series of smartphones is expected next month
The release of the Redmi K40 series of smartphones is expected next month. Earlier, it became known that the Redmi K40 Pro model’s basis will be the Snapdragon 888 single-chip system.
Snapdragon 870One of the options Redmi K40, will receive SoC Snapdragon 870 and will be cheaper.
According to the latest data, the series will be a variant of the Redmi K40 model, built on SoC Snapdragon 870. This SoC is a more powerful variant of Snapdragon 865 with the same configuration but increased frequencies. In the GeekBench test, it outperforms the Snapdragon 865, coming close to the Snapdragon 888.
According to the source, Qualcomm will offer the Snapdragon 870 as the basis for the so-called “pseudo-flagship” smartphones. Such models are expected to appear in the range of Vivo, Oppo, and Sony.
If we talk about specific frequencies, the “large” Cortex-A77 cores in the Snapdragon 865 operate at 2.84 GHz, in the Snapdragon 865 Plus – at 3.1 GHz, and in the Snapdragon 870 – at 3.2 GHz. This is even higher than in the Kirin 9000, where the “super core” is clocked at 3.13 GHz.
The Snapdragon 870-powered Redmi K40 is expected to be cheaper than the Snapdragon 888-powered model, retail for CNY 2999 ($ 462).
