Is snapdragon 800 enough ??

[ajst222]

Here's the deal with the snapdragon 800. This was the FLAGSHIP chipset that came out late last year. Its very fast, and very powerful. Its successor is the Snapdragon 805, which is coming out late THIS year. NOTHING currently uses it (since its not out yet) and due to when its coming out the LG G3 is most likely going to use it. If Nokia brings out a Lumia 1020 successor, this is the most likely chipset to use as well (since that was a late year device)

The Snapdragon 801 used in the Galaxy S5, Sony Xperia Z2 and HTC One M8 is a midcycle refreshed speed bump of the 800 which makes absolutely no difference in anything other than benchmark scores. The 801 is just the 800 capable of reaching higher clock speeds. The CPU (Both uses the same Krait 400 cores) is clocked anywhere between 2.26 and 2.5ghz (SD800 maxes at 2.26). The GPU (both uses the same Adreno 330 GPU) is clocked higher in the 801 (450 vs 578 I think) and theres a few more tweaks here and there with the memory interface I think. Again nothing that's going to be that noticeable outside of the extremely demanding and benchmark tests.

The 805 has an improved CPU (Krait 450), and an improved GPU (Adreno 420). These are different components than what's found in the 800/801. Those changes would be more significant.
But Qualcomm also introduced the 64bit 808 and 810 chipsets which is due out next year. This puts the chipsets at 6 month cycles which means you have to jump on something now or you'll be forever waiting.

To answer the question, yes the 800 is more than enough, especially for a windows phone. Yes an 801 would be better (mostly from a spec sheet perspective) but its not this super major outdated old hat deficit as everyone freaking out about it seems to think it is. If one is outdated, then the other is also outdated, because they're like 95% exactly the same.

If you want to put this into perspective of a car's engine (I like using car analogies, they seem to parallel with hardware quite well).
It would probably be something like this:

Snapdragon 200 is a 140hp 2.0L 4cyl engine.
Snapdragon 400 is a 200hp 2.0L 4cyl turbo engine.
Snapdragon 600 is a 325hp 3.5L V6engine.
Snapdragon 800 is a 400hp 5.7L V8 engine.
Snapdragon 801 is the same 5.7L V8 as the 800 but makes 450hp.
Snapdragon 805 is a 550hp 6.0L V8 engine.
Snapdragon 808 is a 600hp turbocharged 5.0L V8 engine
Snapdragon 810 is a 650hp turbocharged 5.0L V8 engine.

You're forgetting torque here! Cmon haha

 

[maverick786us]

Benchmarks actually show that the S800 is faster in WP 8.1 and to a lesser extent, 8.0 than comparative devices with the S801 running Android including the S5. The Z2 is a powerhouse that edges out the Icon / 930 in overall performance but the 1520 and the Icon / 930 are in the top 3 in Basemark X. With 8.1, early benchmarks suggest that it will be the 1520 and the Icon at #1 and #2. To that end, either one of them is well worth the price of admission. You'd regret anything less. I love my Icon.

WP 8 & 8.1 is a more efficient and smooth OS. On the other hand, android is a battery hog, power hungry and even with highest specs device, the OS and application freezes sometimes. So a device with SD800 having Wp8.1 will preform much better than SD801 with Android.

 

[Divjot Singh]

Fast boot up??? It is not the case with my 920..
And a the annoying splash screen for music, videos etc apps.. So it is slower than 8.0..

Can't find the video source which had a performance comparison. WP 8.1 was 0.5 s faster lol

 

[anon(5408816)]

You're forgetting torque here! Cmon haha

Power to weight ratio is another factor.

 

[anon(5408816)]

WP 8 & 8.1 is a more efficient and smooth OS. On the other hand, android is a battery hog, power hungry and even with highest specs device, the OS and application freezes sometimes. So a device with SD800 having Wp8.1 will preform much better than SD801 with Android.

I don't fancy myself as a fan of Android but some of them are quite good. It just doesn't help their case when OEM's and carriers load them up with pointless bloatware.

 

[anon(5408816)]

Can't find the video source which had a performance comparison. WP 8.1 was 0.5 s faster lol

Splash screens for music and videos? What in the world is he talking about?

 

[anon(5408816)]

Having migrated from 928 to 929 (which might as well be a 930) I didn't notice much of a difference in speed related to usability. The only difference I noticed was the speed in launching apps. The 928 always felt fast to me and it didn't have an 800. The 929 does and its not worth it alone IMO. The key difference is the screen is bigger without the device itself being more than marginally bigger. It also feels lighter. Even in the WP7 days microsoft seemed to know what they were doing because even that interface felt fast. I remember android being slow and buggy with vastly superior hardware.

In day to day usage, this is very true. With multimedia applications, the s800 adds alot to the equation.

 

[anon5997296]

I want the Snapdragon that is the Bugatti Veyron engine or the Formula 1 V12 Ferrari engine.

I want the one that is battery efficient lol.

 

[anon5997296]

Can't find the video source which had a performance comparison. WP 8.1 was 0.5 s faster lol

It is slower in boot up time, for me at least, and I don't need a video source as I have a 920 and can experience the difference myself..

 

[anon5997296]

Splash screens for music and videos? What in the world is he talking about?

By splash screen, I mean is, when you open the Xbox music app, or videos app, or games app.. You see the green screen with the logo in the middle for a second or two. I think that is what is called as a splash screen. These apps didn't behave in the same way in WP8.. Ohh.. Forgot to mention, even the calendar app has it..

 

[anon(5408816)]

By splash screen, I mean is, when you open the Xbox music app, or videos app, or games app.. You see the green screen with the logo in the middle for a second or two. I think that is what is called as a splash screen. These apps didn't behave in the same way in WP8.. Ohh.. Forgot to mention, even the calendar app has it..

Okay. I see what you mean. They pop up and go away really quickly on the Icon.

 

[Jefe32]

I want the Snapdragon that is the Bugatti Veyron engine or the Formula 1 V12 Ferrari engine.

LOL Yep

 

[maverick786us]

The question is, with future tweaks and optimization, Will SD800 be able to take 20MP photographs at bust mode with zero shutter lag? If yes, then I presume it is sufficient

 

[maverick786us]

In Western Europe, Germany is the nation, which receives newly released Nokia Devices first.
Official pre-order for Lumia 630 in Italy & Lumia 930 in Germany opens. | NPU
The pre-orders have started, where the devices is expected be delivered by end of May. That's means in rest of the world, we might have to wait for almost a month?