Qualcomm’s finest cellular processor, the Snapdragon 888, is getting much more highly effective at MWC 2021 with the announcement of the Snapdragon 888 Plus. The upgraded mannequin boasts a boosted clock pace, bumping the Kryo 680 CPU from 2.84 GHz as much as 2.995 GHz (which Qualcomm is optimistically rounding as much as 3 GHz in its advertising.)

Also getting upgraded is Qualcomm’s sixth-gen AI Engine. Where the bottom Snapdragon 888 may carry out 26 trillion operations per second (TOPS) for AI duties, the 888 Plus is roughly 20 p.c extra highly effective, able to 32 TOPS.

Mid-year refreshes for its prime chips are nothing new for Qualcomm, which took comparable approaches with the Snapdragon 855 Plus and 865 Plus, every serving as extra highly effective mid-cycle updates for the usual 855 and 865 fashions. The firm additionally did an addition refresh on the 865 firstly of 2021 with the launch of the Snapdragon 870, a form of Snapdragon 865 Plus-plus that supplied further enhancements and a better clock pace.

It doubtless gained’t be lengthy earlier than the Snapdragon 888 Plus begins to indicate up, both. Qualcomm says that the primary telephones with the chip must be introduced in Q3 2021. Honor has already stated that it’ll be utilizing the brand new chip its upcoming Magic 3 flagship, with Motorola, Vivo, Xiaomi, and Asus additionally planning gadgets that includes the Snapdragon 888 Plus, too.