Qualcomm has been busy lately with the announcement of Snapdragon 212, 412 and 616 chipsets, but that is not everything. The company has also announced next-gen GPU architecture and slightly detailed Snapdragon 820, which is coming in the first half of 2016.

The new Adreno 530 GPU will be inside of Snapdragon 820 and according to the presentation, it brings 40% increase in speed over the Adreno 430 along with 40% decrease in power consumption. While this is only on paper, it remains to be seen how this will play out in real world. The Adreno 510 GPU will be used in Snapdragon 618 and 620 SoCs.

The Adreno 530 also features the new Spectra image signal processor, which brings enhanced noise reduction, video HDR capture support, more intelligent correction of lens and sensor aberrations, increased autofocus performance and up to 3 simultaneous cameras.