Recently, manufacturers have started adding more cores to its chipsets to improve its performance rather than optimizing each core. More cores don't mean better performance and SoCs like Apple's A8 and NVIDIA's Tegra K1 show that are more than competitive.

Qualcomm has also decided to optimize its cores, so the upcoming Snapdragon 820 SoC will have only four cores. Those cores will be built using a 14 nm FinFET process, which should power efficiency and reduce heat generation.

Snapdragon 820 will also ditch stock ARM cores and will feature its own ARMv8 architecture called Kryo. The four cores will be split into two clusters clocked at 1.7 GHz and 2.2 GHz, respectively, with LPDDR4 memory support up to 2,100 MHz. The GPU department will be based on Adreno 530 chip, clocked at 650 MHz.

Other specs include LTE Cat. 10 support with 450/100 Mbps download/upload, Wi-Fi 802.11ac, GPS, GLONASS and BeiDou. Manufacturers will be able to use displays with up to 2,160 x 3,840 pixels resolution, and cameras up to 28-megapixel.