Snapdragon 625 vs Snapdragon 460

We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 (with Adreno 506 graphics) and Snapdragon 460 (Adreno 610). Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.

Review

General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulkan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score

Key Differences

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 625
  • 11% higher CPU clock speed (2000 vs 1800 MHz)
  • Higher GPU frequency (~8%)
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 460
  • Performs 2.5x better in floating-point computations
  • Supports 86% higher memory bandwidth (13.91 against 7.46 GB/s)
  • Has a smaller size transistor (11 versus 14 nm)
  • Shows better (up to 15%) AnTuTu 11 score – 251K vs 218K

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
251428
CPU 93844 109408
GPU 14096 21016
Memory 46390 60965
UX 64549 60039
Total score 218879 251428
Samples Less than 3 Less than 3

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Asset compression 62.9 MB/sec 67.5 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 27.2 pages/sec 31.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 27.4 Mpixels/sec 41.1 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 9.55 images/sec 12 images/sec
HDR 26.5 Mpixels/sec 36.1 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 1.19 images/sec 1.53 images/sec
Photo processing 6.81 images/sec 7.58 images/sec
Ray tracing 1.67 Mpixels/sec 1.82 Mpixels/sec
Samples 3 tests 25 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Background blur - 0.65 images/sec
Face detection - 0.34 images/sec
Horizon detection - 0.02 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection - 0.03 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur - 0.02 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching - 0.28 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics - 46.8 FPS
API - Vulkan

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
Web score 4980 5357
Video editing score 5558 3657
Data manipulation score 3713 4874
Photo editing score 7746 10924
Writing score 4130 5784
Phones tested - Less than 3

Gaming

Table of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games
PUBG Mobile - 30 FPS
[Low]
Call of Duty: Mobile - 36 FPS
[Medium]
Shadowgun Legends - 33 FPS
[Medium]
World of Tanks Blitz - 42 FPS
[Medium]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang - 31 FPS
[Medium]
Device - OnePlus Nord N100
720 x 1600
We provide average results. FPS may differ, depending on game version, OS and other factors.

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 625 and Snapdragon 460

CPU

Architecture 8x 2 GHz – Cortex-A53 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 240 Gold
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 240 Silver
Cores 8 8
Frequency 2000 MHz 1800 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8-A
Process 14 nanometers 11 nanometers
Transistor count 2 billion -
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 5 W 3 W
Manufacturing Samsung Samsung

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 506 Adreno 610
Architecture Adreno 500 Adreno 600
GPU frequency 650 MHz 600 MHz
Pipelines 1 1
Shading units 48 128
Total shaders 48 128
FLOPS 62.4 Gigaflops 153.6 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.0 1.1
OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
DirectX version 11 12.1

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 546 Hexagon 683

Memory

Memory type LPDDR3 LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 933 MHz 1866 MHz
Bus 1x 32 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 7.46 Gb/s 13.91 Gb/s
Max size 8 GB 8 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type eMMC 5.1 UFS 2.1
Max display resolution 1900 x 1200 2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution 1x 24MP, 2x 13MP 1x 48MP, 2x 16MP
Video capture 4K at 30FPS 1K at 60FPS
Video playback 4K at 30FPS 1080p at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
Audio codecs - AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem X9 X11
4G support LTE Cat. 7 LTE Cat. 13
5G support No No
Download speed Up to 300 Mbps Up to 390 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 150 Mbps Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi 5 6
Bluetooth 4.2 5.1
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Info

Announced February 2016 January 2020
Class Mid range Low end
Model number MSM8953 SM4250-AA
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 official site Qualcomm Snapdragon 460 official site
Successor - - Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2

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