Heard about MediaTek's tri-cluster Helio X20 chipset? Qualcomm may have an answer to that. Information regarding the unannounced Snapdragon 818 have been leaked, suggesting that this chip might be Qualcomm's first 10-core, tri-cluster SoC for mobile devices.

Just like the MediaTek Helio X20, the Snapdragon 818 is rumored to have three blocks of CPU cores. One cluster has 4 low power Cortex A53 cores clocked at 1.2GHz, the second cluster has 2 mid power Cortex A53 cores clocked at 1.6GHz, and finally the third cluster has 4 high power Cortex A72 cores clocked at 2.0GHz.

For comparison, the MediaTek Helio X20 has one cluster of four Cortex A53 cores clocked at 1.4GHz, the second cluster has four Cortex A57 cores clocked at 2.0GHz, and the third cluster has two Cortex A72 cores clocked at 2.5GHz.

Other features of the leaked Qualcomm Snapdragon 818 include LPDDR4 RAM support, LTE-A Cat. 10 support, and the Adreno 532 GPU. The Snapdragon 818 will be produced using the 20nm manufacturing process, according to the leak.