Qualcomm Snapdragon 653, 626 and 427 chipsets announced

Qualcomm has officially announced its newest chipsets, the Snapdragon 653, 626 and 427. These are the successors to the Snapdragon 650/52, 625 and the 425 SoCs.

All three of the new processors feature the new X9 LTE modem, with twice the speeds (from the X6 LTE modem with 150 Mbps download/75 Mbps upload) to support  300 Mbps download/150 Mbps upload speeds. The Snapdragon 653 sees an upgrade from the X8 modem to the new X9 Modem.

The Snapdragon 627 has a slightly overclocked processor (from  2.0GHz in the SD 625) to 2.2GHz. Similarly, Qualcomm has overclocked the Snapdragon 653 to 1.95GHz  (from 1.8GHz on the SD650/652). Additionally the Snapdragon 653 chipset now supports up to 8GB of RAM (up from 4GB max).  All three chipsets now support Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0 technology,  Qualcomm TruSignal antenna boost and Wi-Fi 802.11ac with MU-MIMO and 802.11n.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 427 vs 626 vs 653

Feature	Qualcomm Snapdragon 427	Qualcomm Snapdragon 626	Qualcomm Snapdragon 653
Process	28 nm LP	14 nm LPP	28 nm HPm
CPU Clock Speed	Up to 1.4 GHz 64-bit	Up to 2.2 GHz 64-bit	Up to 1.95 GHz 64-bit
CPU Cores	Quad-core CPU 4x ARM Cortex A53	Octa-core CPU 8x ARM Cortex A53	Octa-core CPU 4x ARM Cortex A72 4x ARM Cortex A53
Memory	LPDDR3 667MHz	LPDDR3 933MHz	Up to 8GB, LPDDR3 933MHz Dual-Channel
GPU	Adreno 308 GPU	Adreno 506 GPU	Adreno 510 GPU
Connectivity	X9 LTE, with Cat 7 downlink speeds up to 300Mbps, and Cat 13 uplink speeds up to 150Mbps, LTE Dual SIM. VoLTE, NFC, USB 2.0, Wi-Fi 802.11ac with MU-MIMO, 802.11n	X9 LTE, with Cat 7 downlink speeds up to 300Mbps, and Cat 13 uplink speeds up to 150Mbps, LTE Dual SIM. VoLTE, NFC, USB 3.0, Wi-Fi 802.11ac with MU-MIMO, 802.11n	X9 LTE, with Cat 7 downlink speeds up to 300Mbps, and Cat 13 uplink speeds up to 150Mbps, LTE Dual SIM. VoLTE, NFC, USB 2.0. Wi-Fi 802.11ac with MU-MIMO, 802.11n
Bluetooth	Bluetooth 4.1 Low Energy	Bluetooth 4.2 Low Energy	Bluetooth 4.1 Low Energy
Quick Charge	Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0	Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0	Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0/ Qualcomm Quick Charge 2.0
Display	720p 1280x800 WXGA	1080p Full HD 1900x1200 WUXGA	2560x1600 Quad HD WQXGA
Cameras	Up to 16 MP camera, 2x Image Sensor Processor (ISP)	Up to 24 MP camera, 2x Image Sensor Processor (ISP)	Up to 21 MP camera, 2x Image Sensor Processor (ISP)
Part number	MSM 8920	MSM 8953Pro	MSM 8976Pro

Qualcomm says that devices with the new Snapdragon 653 and 626 chipsets will be available by the end of 2016. Previously, we have reported that the OPPO R9s Plus, will be powered by the Snapdragon 653 processor.  Devices with the Snapdragon 427 chipset, will be available by early 2017.