Last week, Xiaomi’s new mid-range flagship series became official with the Redmi Note 13, Redmi Note 13 Pro and Redmi Note 13 Pro+. The intermediate model ‘Pro’, “almost” unreleased Qualcomm chipAimed at mid range. “Almost” comes up because it turns out it’s not as new as we thought.

This is the Snapdragon 7s Gen 2, which is new to be fair, both in terms of nomenclature and for practical purposes. However, when we look at its features in detail It looks very similar to another Qualcomm chipIt was launched last year for the affordable mid-range Snapdragon 6 Gen 1.

An ‘overclocked’ version of what we already know

A few years ago, Qualcomm wanted to make its chip terminology more understandable and introduce its own generations of mainstream microprocessors into different series. in case in series 6 we find chips for affordable mid-range mobile phones and Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 fits here perfectly due to its specifications.

If we take a step up, we find 7 series is more aimed at mid-high range mobile phones This is where Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 comes into play. But no matter how contradictory it may be, both processors share all their technical characteristics. This is what Gizmochina explains in detail.

When we look at the technical specifications, we see that they are theoretically the same, but when we look at the frequency details in the CPU cores, we see this in reality. Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 is the “overclocked” version of the 6th Gen 1. By enabling all CPU cores, Qualcomm increased the clock frequency and therefore allowed for more power.

Therefore, it is quite justified for this new processor to move from the 6th series to the 7th series. Enabling all its cores is what determines that it is more advanced and hence aimed at high-end mobile phones.. Although it’s still confusing.

Because yes, with strategies like these, Qualcomm is moving away from the idea of ​​simplifying its terminology and making it more understandable. The evidence is Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 is inferior to Snapdragon 7 Gen 2This is something that may seem obvious to many people, but not so much to others, when they don’t see the ‘+’ sign as an indication of ‘plus’.

The truth is, in the end For practical purposes, different results are obtained in performance tests.. We cannot know this much about the daily use of an average user, but it is clear that there will be some difference. Now we’ll see if this chip will make it to a terminal in Spain so we can test it, given that it doesn’t look like it will be exclusive to the Redmi Note 13 Pro. I don’t know if the terminal will come with the same chip when it arrives in Spain.

via | Gizmochina

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