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Qualcomm Snapdragon 653 vs Apple A7

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Qualcomm Snapdragon 653
Rank 2 - 97 %
Apple A7
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Qualcomm Snapdragon 653
Rank 2 - 52 %
Apple A7
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

Qualcomm Snapdragon 653
8C / 8T · 1.95 GHz
287
Apple A7
Apple A7 97 %
2C / 2T · 1.40 GHz
278
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Qualcomm Snapdragon 653
8C / 8T · 1.95 GHz
1,026
Apple A7
Apple A7 51 %
2C / 2T · 1.40 GHz
528
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Qualcomm Snapdragon 653
Qualcomm Adreno 510
154
Apple A7
Apple A7 75 %
PowerVR G6430
115

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At a glance

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 653Apple A7
FamilyQualcomm Snapdragon (105)Apple A series (27)
CPU groupQualcomm Snapdragon 650 (3)Apple A7 (1)
ArchitectureCortex-A72 / Cortex-A53A7
Technology28 nm28 nm
SegmentSmartphone / TabletSmartphone / Tablet
Socket
PredecessorApple A6
SuccessorApple A8

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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CPU Cores / Threads8 / 82 / 2
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturehybrid (big.LITTLE)normal
Core Cluster 1: 4x Cortex-A72
1.95 GHz
2x Cyclone
1.40 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 4x Cortex-A53
1.44 GHz
L2-Cache1.00 MB
L3-Cache4.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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GPU nameQualcomm Adreno 510PowerVR G6430
GPU frequency0.60 - 0.60 GHz0.45 GHz
CUs / Shader / 12816 / 128
Raytracing
Max. displays02
Max. GPU Memory
Technology14 nm28 nm
Release dateQ4/2015Q3/2013

NPU AI performance

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AI hardwareQualcomm AI engine
AI specificationsHexagon
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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MemoryLPDDR3-1866 (14.9 GB/s)
LPDDR3-1333 (12.8 GB/s)
Max. Memory8 GB1 GB
Memory channels21
ECCNoNo
PCIe
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

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TDP
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

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Chip designChipletChiplet
AES-NI
Operating systemsAndroidiOS
Instruction setArmv8-A (64 bit)Armv8-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions
Release dateQ4/2016Q3/2013
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 653
Qualcomm Snapdragon 653
8C / 8T · 1.95 GHz
Apple A7
Apple A7
2C / 2T · 1.40 GHz

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 653
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