The Snapdragon 765 is a very good chip, combining a selection of the high-end features of Qualcomm’s 800 series with a lower price tag that puts it in the high end of the mid-range category. According to an alleged Telegram leak, the next upgrade to this class will be significant. The biggest change to the Snapdragon 775 is a shift to the smaller, more efficient 5-nanometer manufacturing process, as seen on the 888.

The Telegram leaker “XiaomiUI” (not officially affiliated with Xiaomi) says that, like the 765, the 775 system on a chip would be available in standard and 5G variants. The processor design would change from the Kryo 475 to a new design, titled “Kryo 6xx” in the document, with a similar Adreno 6xx placeholder model for the GPU. The RAM would be available in LPDDR5 3200mHz, a huge bump, or LPDDR5 2400mHz, which is still a modest gain. The camera’s signal processor is upgraded from the Spectra 355 to the 570, with a maximum capacity of triple 28-megapixel sensors operating at a time. The display supports 4K at 60 frames per second, or a more typical 1080p up to 120 frames per second.

Hardware comparison between SM7250 (Snapdragon 765) and SM7350 (Snapdragon 775), upgrades in bold.

This unconfirmed hardware would make the 5nm Snapdragon 775 almost as powerful as the 7nm 870, and potentially better in areas such as memory speed and multi-camera performance. It couldn’t go hand in hand with the 888, but it wouldn’t need to – it would be used in much cheaper devices. Considering that crucial details like processor and GPU model are missing, and assuming this is a real leak, it may take some time for the SoC to show up in electronics.