Qualcomm's high-end processors aren't exactly without their flaws right now, but the mid-range and entry level chips from the company are still seen as the best bang for the buck. The most popular budget SoCs from Qualcomm have gotten a little spec bump, but the company didn't think that was worth even a proper press release. No matter, we've got the details on the Snapdragon 212, 412, and 616.

Starting at the low-end, the Snapdragon 212 is still a quad-core chip, but the Cortex-A7 CPU cores have been sped up from 1.1GHz to 1.3GHz. The GPU, modem, and other components are unchanged. The Snapdragon 412 has also gotten a clock speed increase, with its Cortex-A53 cores going from 1.2GHz to 1.4GHz. Memory bandwidth has also gone up from 533MHz to 600MHz.

The Snapdragon 616 octa-core SoC has two clusters of Cortex-A53 cores, one clocked higher and one lower. The 616's high-speed cores are still at the same 1.7GHz as before, but the low-power CPU island has been bumped from 1.0GHz to 1.2GHz. You can expect this and the other chips to start showing up in devices late this year or early next.

Source: Snapdragon 212, Snapdragon 412, Snapdragon 616

Via: Lilliputing