HiSilicon Kirin 925 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 208

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HiSilicon Kirin 925 CPU1 vs CPU2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 208
HiSilicon Kirin 925 Qualcomm Snapdragon 208

CPU comparison

HiSilicon Kirin 925 or Qualcomm Snapdragon 208 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The HiSilicon Kirin 925 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.80 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The HiSilicon Kirin 925 was released in Q3/2014.

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 208 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.10 GHz. The CPU supports up to 4 GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 208 was released in 2014.
HiSilicon Kirin (29) Family Qualcomm Snapdragon (104)
HiSilicon Kirin 920 (3) CPU group Qualcomm Snapdragon 205-212 (4)
2 Generation 2
Cortex-A15 / Cortex-A7 Architecture Cortex-A7
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The HiSilicon Kirin 925 is a 8 core processor with a clock frequency of 1.80 GHz. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 208 has 2 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 1.10 GHz.

HiSilicon Kirin 925 Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon 208
8 Cores 2
8 Threads 2
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
1.80 GHz
4x Cortex-A15
A-Core 1.10 GHz
2x Cortex-A7
1.30 GHz
4x Cortex-A7
B-Core --

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.

HiSilicon Kirin 925 Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon 208
-- AI hardware Qualcomm AI engine
-- AI specifications Hexagon QDSP6
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.

ARM Mali-T628 MP4 GPU Qualcomm Adreno 304
0.60 GHz GPU frequency 0.40 GHz
0.60 GHz GPU (Turbo) 0.40 GHz
Midgard 2 GPU Generation 3
32nm Technology 28 nm
1 Max. displays 0
4 Compute units --
64 Shader 24
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory --
11 DirectX Version 11

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

ARM Mali-T628 MP4 GPU Qualcomm Adreno 304
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC No
No Codec VC-1 Decode
No Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The HiSilicon Kirin 925 supports a maximum of GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 208 can connect up to 4 GB of memory in 1 memory channels.

HiSilicon Kirin 925 Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon 208
LPDDR3-1600 Memory LPDDR3-800, LPDDR2-800
Max. Memory 4 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 1 (Single Channel)
-- Max. Bandwidth 3.2 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache --
-- PCIe version --
-- PCIe lanes --
-- PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The HiSilicon Kirin 925 has a TDP of --, that of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 208 is --.

HiSilicon Kirin 925 Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon 208
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) --
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The HiSilicon Kirin 925 has a 0.00 MB cache, while the Qualcomm Snapdragon 208 cache has a total of 0.00 MB.

HiSilicon Kirin 925 Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon 208
28 nm Technology 28 nm
Chiplet Chip design Chiplet
Armv7-A (32 bit) Instruction set (ISA) Armv7-A (32 bit)
-- ISA extensions --
-- Socket --
None Virtualization None
No AES-NI No
Android Operating systems Android
Q3/2014 Release date 2014
-- Release price --
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iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
HiSilicon Kirin 925 HiSilicon Kirin 925
ARM Mali-T628 MP4 @ 0.60 GHz
77 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 208 Qualcomm Snapdragon 208
Qualcomm Adreno 304 @ 0.40 GHz
19 (25%)

Devices using this processor

HiSilicon Kirin 925 Qualcomm Snapdragon 208
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