Qualcomm Snapdragon 425

Qualcomm Snapdragon 425
  • GPU: Adreno 308
  • Cores: 4
  • Clock: 1400 MHz
Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 โ€“ an 4-core chipset that was announced on February 11, 2016, and is manufactured using a 28-nanometer process technology. It has 4 cores Cortex-A53 at 1400 MHz.

Review

CPU Performance
6
Gaming Performance
2
Battery life
33
NanoReview Score
11
Compare Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 with other SoCs

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
Qualcomm Snapdragon 425
180934
CPU 77856
GPU 6377
Memory 37315
UX 59386
Total score 180934

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
130
Multi-Core Score
488

Specifications

Detailed specifications of the Snapdragon 425 SoC with Adreno 308 graphics

CPU

Architecture 4x 1.4 GHz โ€“ Cortex-A53
Cores 4
Frequency 1400 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8-A
L1 cache 128 KB
Process 28 nanometers
Transistor count 1 billion
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 5 W
Manufacturing Samsung

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 308
Architecture Adreno 300
GPU frequency 598 MHz
Pipelines 1
Shading units 24
Total shaders 24
FLOPS 24 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.0
OpenCL version 1.2
DirectX version 11

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 536

Memory

Memory type LPDDR3
Memory frequency 667 MHz
Bus 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 5.34 Gb/s
Max size 4 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type eMMC 5.1
Max display resolution 1280 x 800
Max camera resolution 1x 16MP
Video capture 1K at 30FPS
Video playback 1080p at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
Audio codecs - AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem X6
4G support LTE Cat. 5
5G support No
Download speed Up to 150 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 75 Mbps
Wi-Fi 5
Bluetooth 4.1
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS

Info

Announced February 2016
Class Low end
Model number MSM8917
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 official site
Successor - Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2

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Tech Spark December 30, 2025 at 02:32 PM
According to my tests, this is one of the most stable CPUs I've ever seen. I've run Geekbench 5, 5 times in a row, but instead of a performance drop, it remained consistent throughout the tests.
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Joe April 22, 2025 at 09:15 AM
GPU frequency 500 -> 598 MHz FLOPS 24 -> 28.7 Gigaflops
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Stranger April 7, 2025 at 10:20 AM
I have Mi 4A and 5A phones with SD 425,Mi 4A has lags and hanging issues with Miui global version10.2 Android7 but Mi 5A is running smooth even after 7 years phone sometimes lags but there is no hanging issue bcoz mi 5A has Optimised Miui 11.2 with Android8
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Osman goni November 27, 2024 at 03:29 PM
samsung j4 core 16 gb
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Gigabites November 22, 2024 at 07:14 PM
I can confirm, very good CPU, fluid and stable performance, 4 core Cortex.
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Mnk November 13, 2024 at 01:33 PM
Vivo 1610 model good phone 2023. But after 2023 not support many app, phone codition welll but not support mostly app cause under android 6.0
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Nazminfwa September 16, 2024 at 11:36 AM
Uuuh.. Nooo. my tab has world of worst smartphone processor
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Yoda June 21, 2024 at 07:43 AM
Huawei SLA-L22: All good, but little memory (16GB).
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Code Killer Tushar June 11, 2024 at 03:27 AM
Thank you. For this information ๐Ÿ™‚
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GoGie May 2, 2024 at 09:32 PM
Is this true? This CPU has 19 points! Hahaha, this chip is better than my average CPU.
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