Qualcomm today unveiled its latest mid-range chipset meant for sub-$200 devices, the Snapdragon 450. Based on the 14nm fabrication process, the Snapdragon 450 chip is the successor to the Snapdragon 435 currently found inside many popular budget smartphones sold in countries like India.

The octa-core CPU is 25 percent faster than its predecessor thanks to higher clock speeds (1.8GHz vs 1.4GHz), with the Adreno 506 GPU also being 25 percent faster than the Snapdragon 435’s GPU. This is the same GPU that Qualcomm uses inside its existing Snapdragon 625 chip.

Since the chip is based on the 14nm fabrication process, it is very power efficient. Qualcomm says that when compared to the Snapdragon 435, its Snapdragon 450 chip is able to provide up to an additional four hours of usage. Power consumption at full load and while gaming has also reduced by 30 percent.

Snapdragon 450 also supports Qualcomm’s Quick Charge 3.0 that can charge a handset from 0-80% in just 35 minutes.

“We’ve made many recent changes to the Snapdragon Mobile Platforms as part of our vision to deliver the most advanced mobile functionality at the best possible value, and the Snapdragon 450 Mobile Platform is another realization of that vision,” said Kedar Kondap, vice president, product management, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. “With the Snapdragon 450, users are going to see a dramatically improved level of performance, connectivity, battery life and imaging performance.”

The Snapdragon 450 is the first chip in Qualcomm’s 4xx series to support real-time Bokeh (Live Bokeh) effects. It also supports dual-camera (13MP + 13MP) setup, hybrid autofocus, and the ability to capture and playback Full HD videos at 60fps. Qualcomm’s Hexagon DSP is also a part of the chip which allows it to achieve all the above-mentioned functionality without greatly affecting battery life.

Other features of the chipset include Snapdragon X9 LTE modem for download/upload speeds of 300/150Mbps, Wi-Fi ac with MU-MIMO support, USB 3.0 data transfer speeds, and Snapdragon All Mode.

The first Snapdragon 450 powered devices are expected to hit the market by the end of this year, with the chip being sampled to OEMs from Q3, 2017.