Snapdragon 625 vs Helio G25
We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 (with Adreno 506 graphics) and MediaTek Helio G25 (IMG PowerVR GE8320). Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.
Review
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 625
- Performs 3x better in floating-point computations
- Developers optimize games for Snapdragon processors more often than for Helio
- Shows better (up to 24%) AnTuTu 9 score – 116K vs 94K
Pros of MediaTek Helio G25
- Announced 4-years and 5-months later
- Supports 100% higher memory bandwidth (14.9 against 7.46 GB/s)
- Has a smaller size transistor (12 versus 14 nm)
- Better instruction set architecture
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Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
| CPU | 38992 | 36605 |
| GPU | 15215 | 12376 |
| Memory | 17947 | 24580 |
| UX | 44173 | 20429 |
| Total score | 116801 | 94480 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Image compression | 77.2 Mpixels/s | 24.8 Mpixels/s |
| Face detection | 9.87 images/s | 3.95 images/s |
| Speech recognition | 19.7 words/s | 9.91 words/s |
| Machine learning | 12.7 images/s | 5.68 images/s |
| Camera shooting | 6.33 images/s | 2.57 images/s |
| HTML 5 | 1.39 Mnodes/s | 0.5647000000000001 Mnodes/s |
| SQLite | 369.3 Krows/s | 112.7 Krows/s |
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | 97% | - |
| Graphics test | 1 FPS | - |
| Score | 188 | - |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 625 and Helio G25CPU
| Architecture | 8x 2 GHz – Cortex-A53 | 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A53 4x 1.5 GHz – Cortex-A53 |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Frequency | 2000 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8-A | ARMv8.2-A |
| Process | 14 nanometers | 12 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 2 billion | - |
| TDP | 5 W | 5 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 506 | IMG PowerVR GE8320 |
| Architecture | Adreno 500 | Rogue |
| GPU frequency | 650 MHz | 650 MHz |
| Execution units | 1 | 2 |
| Shading units | 96 | 64 |
| FLOPS | 124 Gigaflops | 41.8 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.0 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 1.2 |
| DirectX version | 11.1 | 12 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR3 | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 933 MHz | 1600 MHz |
| Bus | 1x 32 Bit | 2x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 7.46 Gbit/s | 14.9 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 8 GB | 6 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 546 | No |
| Storage type | eMMC 5.1 | eMMC 5.1 |
| Max display resolution | 1900 x 1200 | 2400 x 1080 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 24MP, 2x 13MP | 1x 21MP, 2x 13MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 30FPS | 1K at 30FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 30FPS | 1080p at 30FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265 | H.264, H.265 |
| Audio codecs | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | X9 | - |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 7 | LTE Cat. 7 |
| 5G support | No | No |
| Download speed | Up to 300 Mbps | Up to 300 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 100 Mbps | Up to 150 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 5 |
| Bluetooth | 4.1 | 5.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
Info
| Announced | February 2016 | June 2020 |
| Class | Mid range | Low end |
| Model number | MSM8953 | MT6762G |
| Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 official site | MediaTek Helio G25 official site |
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