錯愕？驚喜？

以自家Krait異步多核架構自豪，還揶揄過ARM大小核big.LITTLE的Qualcomm，推出的旗艦級64位元SoC竟然是ARM的A57標準核帶big.LITTLE，令人愕然！

The designs are divided into two discrete CPU clusters (one for the A53s and one for the A57s). Within a cluster all of the cores have to operate at the same frequency (a change from previous Snapdragon designs), but each cluster can operate at a different frequency (which makes sense given the different frequency targets for these two core types).

64-bit時代，Android陣營眾人緘默，唯ARM獨領風騷與Apple抗衡，一統江山，暗自竊喜？

Although these are vanilla ARM designs, Qualcomm will be using its own optimized cells and libraries, which may translate into better power/performance compared to a truly off-the-shelf design. We'll finally hear about Qualcomm's own custom 64-bit architecture later this year, but it's clear that all 64-bit Snapdragon SoCs shipping in 2014 (and early 2015) will use ARM CPU IP. This likely means we won't see Qualcomm's own 64-bit CPU microarchitecture show up in products until the second half of next year.
- Anandtech

Qualcomm went to great lengths to say that the use of the vanilla ARM cores in both parts are not a sign of anything right or wrong with their internal 64-bit V8 compatible core. That core is coming but when and in what guise was not said. The 810 and 808 are here now, the yet unnamed Qualcomm 64-bit core is not so move along nothing to see here. Our moles have confirmed this lack of greater meaning, these two are basically a stopgap part while the 64-bit internal core is undergoing the old final buff and polish.
- SemiAccurate









Qualcomm六四艦隊全員到齊，從四核A53、八核A53、六核A57+A53，到八核A57+A53，一應俱全。S810/S808算是全面加持，大小核架構、MDM9x35基頻、Adreno 418/430 GPU、H.265 encoding、20nm node，都給了。不過實在族繁不及備載，WiFi與BT、FM只能踢掉了。

PS：In terms of graphics performance,
the Adreno 418 is apparently 20% faster than the Adreno 330, and
the Adreno 430 is over 80% faster than the Adreno 330 we have in Snapdragon 800/801 today.








最頂級的拍照規格。


3Band-enabled載波聚合，300/100 Mbps的超高速手機上網，雖然目前還用不到。
PS：Enabling 3x LTE CA requires two RF transceiver front ends: Qualcomm's WTR3925 and WTR3905. The WTR3925 is a single chip, 2x CA RF transceiver and you need the WTR3905 to add support for combining another carrier.