Just months after the announcement of the Snapdragon 630 and 660, Qualcomm has updated its mid-range offering with a new model called Snapdragon 636. This is also the first time that Qualcomm used Kryo ARM cores in mid-range chipset.

The Snapdragon 636 is made using the 14nm FinFET process and packs eight Kryo 260 cores. Qualcomm promises 40% increase in performance over the Snapdragon 630. It also has support for ultra-wide FHD+ displays and Assertive Display, Qualcomm's TruPalette and EcoPix features, Quick Charge 4 and Adreno 509 GPU that promises 10% improved performance compared to Adreno 508.

Highlights of Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 Mobile Platform

1.8 GHz Octa-Core Kryo 260 CPUs

14nm FinFet process technology

Up to 8GB memory, 2×16 LPDDR4x 1333 MHz, eMMC, UFS, USB 3.1

Integrated X12 LTE, Qualcomm All Mode with support for all seven cellular modes, and support for: VoLTE with SRVCC to 3G and 2G, HD and Ultra HD Voice (EVS), CSFB to 3G and 2G, Voice over Wi-Fi (VoWiFi) with LTE

call continuity

Cat 12/13 speeds of up to 600 Mbps down/150 Mbps up via 3x20MHz downlink, 2X20MHz uplink

Qualcomm Adreno 509 GPU with support for OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 2.0 full, Vulkan, DX12

Hexagon 680 DSP with Qualcomm All-Ways Aware Technology, Snapdragon Neural Processing Engine SDK and Caffe/Caffe2 and Tensorflow support

Qualcomm Spectra 160 ISP - Up to 24 MP single camera, Up to 16 MP dual camera

Hybrid Autofocus, Optical Zoom, Zero Shutter Lag

Qualcomm Aqstic audio codec - Hi-Fi audio on the go, with up to 192kHz/24bit support lossless audio playback

Supports up to FHD+ (2160 × 1080 ) 18:9 displays

4K capture at 30fps, Hardware HEVC (H.265) encode and decode

Dual-band 802.11ac with MU-MIMO 1×1, Glonass, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS, and SBAS and Bluetooth 5

Qualcomm Quick Charge 4technology