A new listing on Geekbench belonging to the unknown Qualcomm MSM8996 chipset, which is allegedly the Snapdragon 820 SoC, suggest that Qualcomm's next high-end mobile chipset might be a quad-core part.
It is clearly too soon for a full-on Snapdragon 820 sequel, with Qualcomm instead taking the wraps off a minor Snapdragon 821 upgrade for your Note 7.
A rumor attached to a photo details a 4.3" Xiaomi that will be powered by the Snapdragon 820 chipset. The screen will have 720p resolution, which shouldn't be a problem (wasn't for the Compacts).
Snapdragon 820 is the upgrade to the controversial Snapdragon 810 which was seen as a flop in the eyes of many. The 820 aims to change that by generally being awesome.
The specs revealed on Geekbench were really impressive. Crunchng just hopes the overheating problem found on the 810 isn't present here too.
