Qualcomm’s premium-tier Snapdragon 855 mobile platform, equipped with the company’s X50 5G modem, just got an upgrade to better support mobile gaming, extended reality, artificial intelligence and other 5G experiences, according to the company. Announced July 15, the Snapdragon 855+ brings to market an increase in core clock speed up to 2.96 GHz and a 15% increase in GPU performance.
The Snapdragon 855 platform, along with millimeter wave antenna modules and other RF front-end components developed by Qualcomm, power most all of the 5G-compatible smartphones in the market today, including Samsung’s flagship Galaxy S10 5G.
