The Snapdragon 810 actually runs cooler than its predecessor

Qualcomm has clearly dealt with the overheating issues that were supposedly plaguing its Snapdragon 810 mobile chip as new tests have shown that the 64-bit processor actually runs cooler than its predecessor, the Snapdragon 801. Better cooling means that smartphones that’re powered by the Snapdragon 810 will perform better and will have longer battery life. 

Besides offering faster performance while using less energy, a test conducted on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 shows that the 64-bit processor actually runs cooler than the Snapdragon 801. Keep in mind that most handsets throttle performance so as to keep the temperature of its skin under 45 degrees Celsius. Room temperature is roughly 25 degrees Celsius. That gives us a targeted range for a chip of 25 degrees to 45 degrees Celsius. A Snapdragon 801, the chip used on some of 2014’s flagship devices like the HTC One (M8) and the Samsung Galaxy S5, runs hotter than the new 64-bit Snapdragon 810. The skin temperature of a Snapdragon 801 powering a commercial handset running racing game Asphalt 8 ran up against the high end of that range twenty minutes into game play. On the other hands, a Snapdragon 810 playing the same game for the same amount of time on a non-commercial handset showed a skin temp 5 degrees lower.