Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 Benchmark, Test and specs
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The Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 has 8 cores with 8 threads and is based on the 3. gen of the Qualcomm Snapdragon series. The processor was released in Q2/2016. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 scores 271 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 1,163 points.
| Name: | Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 |
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| Family: | Qualcomm Snapdragon (102) |
| CPU group: | Qualcomm Snapdragon 625/626 (2) |
| Architecture: | Cortex-A53 |
| Segment: | Mobile |
| Generation: | 3 |
| Predecessor: | -- |
| Successor: | -- |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
The Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 is 2.00 GHz. The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.
| CPU Cores / Threads: | 8 / 8 |
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| Core architecture: | normal |
| Cores: | 8x Cortex-A53 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT: | No |
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| Overclocking: | No |
| Frequency: | 2.00 GHz |
| Turbo Frequency (1 Core): | -- |
| Turbo Frequency (8 Cores): | 2.00 GHz |
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
| AI hardware: | Qualcomm AI engine |
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| AI specifications: | Hexagon 546 |
Internal Graphics
The Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 uses the Qualcomm Adreno 506, which has 96 texture shaders and -- execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
| GPU name: | Qualcomm Adreno 506 |
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| GPU frequency: | 0.65 GHz |
| GPU (Turbo): | 0.65 GHz |
| Compute units: | -- |
| Shader: | 96 |
| Hardware Raytracing: | No |
| Release date: | Q4/2015 |
| Max. displays: | 0 |
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| Generation: | 5 |
| Direct X: | 11 |
| Technology: | 14 nm |
| Max. GPU Memory: | -- |
| Frame Generation: | No |
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.
| h265 / HEVC (8 bit): | Decode |
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| h265 / HEVC (10 bit): | No |
| h264: | Decode / Encode |
| VP8: | No |
| VP9: | No |
| AV1: | No |
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| AVC: | No |
| VC-1: | Decode |
| JPEG: | Decode / Encode |
Memory & PCIeThe processor can use up to 8 GB memory in 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 14.9 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system. |
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| Memory type: | Memory bandwidth: |
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| LPDDR3-1866 | 14.9 GB/s |
| Max. Memory: | 8 GB |
| Memory channels: | 2 (Dual Channel) |
| ECC: | No |
| PCIe: | |
| PCIe Bandwidth: | -- |
Thermal ManagementThe thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is . The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU. |
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| TDP (PL1 / PBP): | |
| TDP (PL2): | -- |
| TDP up: | -- |
| TDP down: | -- |
| Tjunction max.: | -- |
Technical details
The Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 is made in 14 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 0.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.
| Technology: | 14 nm |
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| Chip design: | Chiplet |
| Socket: | -- |
| L2-Cache: | -- |
| L3-Cache: | -- |
| AES-NI: | No |
| Operating systems: | Android |
| Virtualization: | None |
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| Instruction set (ISA): | Armv8-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions: | -- |
| Release date: | Q2/2016 |
| Release price: | -- |
| Part Number: | MSM8953 |
| Documents: | Technical data sheet |
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Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 626
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Intel Pentium T3200
2C 2T @ 2.00 GHz |
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 625
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz |
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Intel Pentium J3710
4C 4T @ 2.64 GHz |
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AMD A6-3410MX
4C 4T @ 2.30 GHz |
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Intel Core2 Duo E6320
2C 2T @ 1.86 GHz |
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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
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MediaTek Helio X27
10C 10T @ 2.60 GHz |
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Intel Pentium N4200
4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz |
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Samsung Exynos 9610
8C 8T @ 2.30 GHz |
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 625
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz |
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Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400
4C 4T @ 2.66 GHz |
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Intel Core M-5Y31
2C 4T @ 1.80 GHz |
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AMD Athlon II X4 615e
4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz |
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Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
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2C 2T @ 2.50 GHz |
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 617
8C 8T @ 1.50 GHz |
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 625
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz |
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Intel Celeron J3455E
4C 4T @ 2.30 GHz |
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 636
8C 8T @ 1.80 GHz |
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Intel Celeron J3455
4C 4T @ 2.30 GHz |
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Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
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MediaTek Helio X27
10C 10T @ 2.60 GHz |
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Samsung Exynos 850
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz |
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 625
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz |
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Intel Pentium G3250T
2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz |
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Intel Pentium G3440T
2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-3120M
2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz |
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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.
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Intel Celeron N4020
Intel UHD Graphics 600 @ 0.65 GHz |
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 625
Qualcomm Adreno 506 @ 0.65 GHz |
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HiSilicon Kirin 955
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HiSilicon Kirin 950
ARM Mali-T880 MP4 @ 0.90 GHz |
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2C 4T @ 1.70 GHz |
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AMD GX-424CC
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-3439Y
2C 4T @ 1.50 GHz |
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 625
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz |
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AMD A9-9420e
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz |
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AMD A4-3420
2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz |
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Intel Celeron G1840
2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz |
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Benchmarks
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FP32 SP (iGPU)
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PassMark CPU-Mark
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