The Snapdragon 855 comes with 5G support, improved performance, richer multimedia capabilities

As expected, Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon 855 at an official media event in Hawaii on December 4. A day later, the company revealed all the details you might want to know about its most powerful mobile chip yet.

First and foremost, the Snapdragon 855 brings the most substantial leap in pure computational capabilities a Snapdragon chip has ever delivered, with up to 45% improved CPU and 20% greater GPU performance compared to the Snapdragon 845. As before, we're dealing with an octa-core CPU design, but the way the cores operate has been rethought.

The 855 introduces ...