Snapdragon 632 vs Snapdragon 625
We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 632 (with Adreno 506 graphics) and Snapdragon 625 (Adreno 506). 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 632
- Announced 2-years and 5-months later
- Shows better (up to 17%) AnTuTu 8 score – 120K vs 103K
- Higher GPU frequency (~12%)
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 625
- 11% higher CPU clock speed (2000 vs 1800 MHz)
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 8
| CPU | 60244 | 39666 |
| GPU | 10499 | 11126 |
| Memory | 27587 | 27970 |
| UX | 11175 | 20189 |
| Total score | 120978 | 103010 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Image compression | 81 Mpixels/s | 75.05 Mpixels/s |
| Face detection | 11.3 images/s | 9.85 images/s |
| Speech recognition | 18.95 words/s | 18.85 words/s |
| Machine learning | 13.05 images/s | 12.55 images/s |
| Camera shooting | 8.73 images/s | 6.1 images/s |
| HTML 5 | 1.72 Mnodes/s | 1.4 Mnodes/s |
| SQLite | 426.3 Krows/s | 366.8 Krows/s |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 632 and Snapdragon 625CPU
| Architecture | 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 250 Gold (Cortex-A73 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 250 Silver (Cortex-A53) |
8x 2 GHz – Cortex-A53 |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Frequency | 1800 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8-A | ARMv8-A |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | - |
| Process | 14 nanometers | 14 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 2 billion | 2 billion |
| TDP | 7 W | 5 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 506 | Adreno 506 |
| Architecture | Adreno 500 | Adreno 500 |
| GPU frequency | 725 MHz | 650 MHz |
| Execution units | 1 | 1 |
| Shading units | 96 | 96 |
| FLOPS | 124.8 Gigaflops | 124 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 12 | 11.1 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR3 | LPDDR3 |
| Memory frequency | 933 MHz | 933 MHz |
| Bus | 1x 32 Bit | 1x 32 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 7.46 Gbit/s | 7.46 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 6 GB | 8 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 546 | Hexagon 546 |
| Storage type | eMMC 5.1 | eMMC 5.1 |
| Max display resolution | 1920 x 1200 | 1920 x 1200 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 40MP, 2x 13MP | 1x 24MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 30FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 30FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 | H.264, H.265 |
| Audio codecs | 192 кГц/24-бит, Dolby 5.1 | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | X9 LTE | 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 150 Mbps | Up to 150 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 5 |
| Bluetooth | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS |
Info
| Announced | June 2018 | February 2016 |
| Class | Mid range | Mid range |
| Model number | SDM632 | MSM8953 |
| Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 632 official site | Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 official site |
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