Qualcomm Snapdragon 653 Benchmark, Test and specs

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The Qualcomm Snapdragon 653 has 8 CPU cores and can process 8 threads at the same time. The processor was presented in Q4/2016 and is based on the 4. Generation of the Qualcomm Snapdragon series. In the Geekbench 5 benchmark, the Qualcomm Snapdragon 653 achieved a result of 287 points (single-core) or 1,026 points (multi-core).
Qualcomm Snapdragon 653

CPU lineage

In this classification you can see to which group of processors the Qualcomm Snapdragon 653 belongs. We also show the direct predecessor and successor of Qualcomm Snapdragon 653.

Name: Qualcomm Snapdragon 653
Family: Qualcomm Snapdragon (102)
CPU group: Qualcomm Snapdragon 650 (3)
Architecture: Cortex-A72 / Cortex-A53
Segment: Mobile
Generation: 4
Predecessor: --
Successor: --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 653 has 8 cores. The clock frequency of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 653 is 1.95 GHz. An initial performance assessment can be made using the number of CPU cores.

CPU Cores / Threads: 8 / 8
Core architecture: hybrid (big.LITTLE)
A-Core: 4x Cortex-A72
B-Core: 4x Cortex-A53
Hyperthreading / SMT: No
Overclocking: No
A-Core Frequency: 1.95 GHz
B-Core Frequency: 1.44 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
AI specifications: Hexagon

Internal Graphics

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 653 has an integrated graphics that the system can use to efficiently play back videos. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 653 has the Qualcomm Adreno 510 installed, which has -- streaming multiprocessors (128 shaders).

GPU name: Qualcomm Adreno 510
GPU frequency: 0.60 GHz
GPU (Turbo): 0.60 GHz
Compute units: --
Shader: 128
Hardware Raytracing: No
Release date: Q4/2015
Max. displays: 0
Generation: 5
Direct X: 11
Technology: 14 nm
Max. GPU Memory: --
Frame Generation: No

Hardware codec support

Processors with integrated graphics can process video codecs faster. Support for modern codecs can significantly increase system efficiency during video playback.

h265 / HEVC (8 bit): Decode
h265 / HEVC (10 bit): No
h264: Decode
VP8: Decode
VP9: Decode
AV1: No
AVC: No
VC-1: Decode
JPEG: Decode

Memory & PCIe

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 653 supports a maximum of 8 GB memory. Depending on the mainboard, the processor can use a maximum of 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. This results in a maximum bandwidth of the main memory of 14.9 GB/s.

Memory type: Memory bandwidth:
LPDDR3-1866
14.9 GB/s
Max. Memory: 8 GB
Memory channels: 2 (Dual Channel)
ECC: No
PCIe:
PCIe Bandwidth: --

Thermal Management

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 653 has a TDP of . Based on the TDP, the system manufacturer can and must adapt the cooling solution to the processor.

TDP (PL1 / PBP):
TDP (PL2): --
TDP up: --
TDP down: --
Tjunction max.: --

Technical details

Modern production reduces the waste heat of a processor and increases its efficiency. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 653 is made in 28 nm and has 0.00 MB cache.

Technology: 28 nm
Chip design: Chiplet
Socket: --
L2-Cache: --
L3-Cache: --
AES-NI: No
Operating systems: Android
Virtualization: None
Instruction set (ISA): Armv8-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions: --
Release date: Q4/2016
Release price: --
Part Number: MSM8976 Pro
Documents: Technical data sheet

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Benchmark results

Verified Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the Qualcomm Snapdragon 653 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.
Intel Core i3-4010Y Intel Core i3-4010Y
2C 4T @ 1.30 GHz
291
Intel Pentium T3400 Intel Pentium T3400
2C 2T @ 2.16 GHz
290
AMD A8-5545M AMD A8-5545M
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
288
Qualcomm Snapdragon 653 Qualcomm Snapdragon 653
8C 8T @ 1.95 GHz
287
AMD Athlon II X3 405e AMD Athlon II X3 405e
3C 3T @ 2.30 GHz
287
Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 Qualcomm Snapdragon 617
8C 8T @ 1.50 GHz
287
MediaTek Helio P60 MediaTek Helio P60
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
286

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.
Samsung Exynos 7885 Samsung Exynos 7885
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
1032
Intel Celeron G1610 Intel Celeron G1610
2C 2T @ 2.60 GHz
1029
Samsung Exynos 850 Samsung Exynos 850
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
1027
Qualcomm Snapdragon 653 Qualcomm Snapdragon 653
8C 8T @ 1.95 GHz
1026
Intel Pentium G2010 Intel Pentium G2010
2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz
1026
Apple A9 Apple A9
2C 2T @ 1.85 GHz
1024
Intel Pentium 3550M Intel Pentium 3550M
2C 2T @ 2.30 GHz
1023

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.
Intel Celeron 2955U Intel Celeron 2955U
2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz
284
Qualcomm Snapdragon 652 Qualcomm Snapdragon 652
8C 8T @ 1.80 GHz
283
Samsung Exynos 7420 Samsung Exynos 7420
8C 8T @ 2.10 GHz
280
Qualcomm Snapdragon 653 Qualcomm Snapdragon 653
8C 8T @ 1.95 GHz
279
MediaTek Helio X27 MediaTek Helio X27
10C 10T @ 2.60 GHz
276
Intel Core i3-3217UE Intel Core i3-3217UE
2C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
276
Nintendo Switch Nintendo Switch
8C 8T @ 1.75 GHz
270

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.
Intel Celeron J3455 Intel Celeron J3455
4C 4T @ 2.20 GHz
874
Intel Celeron J3455E Intel Celeron J3455E
4C 4T @ 2.20 GHz
874
Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 Qualcomm Snapdragon 617
8C 8T @ 1.50 GHz
867
Qualcomm Snapdragon 653 Qualcomm Snapdragon 653
8C 8T @ 1.95 GHz
866
Intel Pentium G3220T Intel Pentium G3220T
2C 2T @ 2.60 GHz
861
Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 Qualcomm Snapdragon 630
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
854
Samsung Exynos 7420 Samsung Exynos 7420
8C 8T @ 2.10 GHz
850

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.
Intel Celeron 3205U Intel Celeron 3205U
Intel HD Graphics (Broadwell GT1) @ 0.80 GHz
154
Intel Celeron 3755U Intel Celeron 3755U
Intel HD Graphics (Broadwell GT1) @ 0.80 GHz
154
Intel Pentium 3805U Intel Pentium 3805U
Intel HD Graphics (Broadwell GT1) @ 0.80 GHz
154
Qualcomm Snapdragon 653 Qualcomm Snapdragon 653
Qualcomm Adreno 510 @ 0.60 GHz
154
Intel Celeron J3060 Intel Celeron J3060
Intel HD Graphics 400 @ 0.70 GHz
147
Intel Celeron J3160 Intel Celeron J3160
Intel HD Graphics 400 @ 0.70 GHz
147
Intel Celeron J4125 Intel Celeron J4125
Intel UHD Graphics 600 @ 0.75 GHz
144

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