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Qualcomm Snapdragon 625
Benchmarks & Specs

Name: Qualcomm Snapdragon 625
Brand: Qualcomm
Rating: 3.9 (21 reviews)

Last updated: 2025-11-03

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 was once a notable mobile processor that fulfilled its role well. Crafted using the advanced 14nm process, it scored highly in energy efficiency. This led to really good battery life in the devices where it was used. Its eight Cortex-A53 cores delivered solid and balanced performance for everyday applications.

Many appreciated the reliability and stability of this chip in operation. The integrated graphics, the Qualcomm Adreno 506, also supported multimedia and light gaming. We remember that this CPU was found in numerous popular smartphones. This clearly demonstrated its wide acceptance in the market. Even today, one occasionally encounters devices with this processor.

They show how long good engineering can remain relevant. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 thus represents a time of solid mobile technology. Its successful blend of efficiency and usable processing power was then a smart choice for many manufacturers.

Energy efficiency through 14nm manufacturing
Solid everyday performance
Integrated Adreno 506 graphics

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 151 / 176
In segment Smartphone / Tablet

Multi-core performance

Rank 149 / 177
In segment Smartphone / Tablet

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 8T · 2.00 GHz

314

8C / 8T · 1.50 GHz

301

8C / 8T · 2.00 GHz

294

8C / 8T · 1.80 GHz

292

8C / 8T · 1.80 GHz

289

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

10C / 10T · 2.60 GHz

942

8C / 8T · 2.00 GHz

942

8C / 8T · 2.00 GHz

941

2C / 2T · 1.85 GHz

921

8C / 8T · 1.80 GHz

920

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

8C / 8T · 1.80 GHz

276

8C / 8T · 2.20 GHz

273

8C / 8T · 2.00 GHz

271

8C / 8T · 1.80 GHz

270

8C / 8T · 2.00 GHz

269

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

10C / 10T · 2.60 GHz

1,165

8C / 8T · 2.30 GHz

1,164

8C / 8T · 2.00 GHz

1,163

10C / 10T · 2.10 GHz

1,153

8C / 8T · 2.00 GHz

1,145

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Qualcomm Adreno 420

128

Qualcomm Adreno 506

125

Qualcomm Adreno 506

125

ARM Mali-G52 MP6

122

ARM Mali-T880 MP4

122

More benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Property	Value
Family	Qualcomm Snapdragon (105)
CPU group	Qualcomm Snapdragon 625/626 (2)
Architecture	Cortex-A53
Technology	14 nm
Segment	Smartphone / Tablet
Socket
Generation	3
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Property	Value
CPU Cores / Threads	8 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗
Core architecture	normal
Cores:	8x Cortex-A53
Frequency:	2.00 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core):
Turbo Frequency (8 Cores):	2.00 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache
Overclocking	No

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Property	Value
GPU name	Qualcomm Adreno 506
GPU frequency	0.65 - 0.65 GHz
CUs / Shader	/ 96
Raytracing	✗
Max. displays	0
Max. GPU Memory
Technology	14 nm
Release date	Q4/2015

NPU AI performance

Property	Value
AI hardware	Qualcomm AI engine
AI specifications	Hexagon 546
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Memory type	Memory bandwidth
LPDDR3-1866	14.9 GB/s
Property	Value
Max. Memory	8 GB
Memory channels	2
ECC	✗
PCIe
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

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

Technical details

Property	Value
Chip design	Chiplet
AES-NI	✗
Operating systems	Android
Instruction set	Armv8-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions
Release date	Q2/2016
Release price
Documents	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

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