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We compared the 4-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 [Adreno 330] with the newer 8-core Snapdragon 625 [Adreno 506] SoC. Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.
- Review
- Differences
- Benchmarks
- AnTuTu v9
- GeekBench 5
- Specs
- Comments
Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 801
- Supports 100% higher memory bandwidth [14.9 against 7.46 GB/s]
- 25% higher CPU clock speed [2500 vs 2000 MHz]
- Performs 19% better in floating-point computations
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 625
- Announced 1-year later
- Has 4 more cores
- Has a smaller size transistor [14 versus 28 nm]
- Higher GPU frequency [~12%]
Performance tests in popular benchmarks
The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
| CPU | - | 40888 |
| GPU | - | 15121 |
| Memory | - | 30818 |
| UX | - | 39229 |
| Total score | - | 125539 |
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The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
| Image compression | 23.6 Mpixels/s | 75.05 Mpixels/s |
| Face detection | 4.65 images/s | 9.85 images/s |
| Speech recognition | 14.7 words/s | 18.85 words/s |
| Machine learning | 9.8 images/s | 12.55 images/s |
| Camera shooting | 3.76 images/s | 6.1 images/s |
| HTML 5 | 0.53 Mnodes/s | 1.4 Mnodes/s |
| SQLite | 135.1 Krows/s | 366.8 Krows/s |
A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan [Metal]
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | - | 97% |
| Graphics test | - | 1 FPS |
| Score | - | 189 |
Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 801 and Snapdragon 625
| Architecture | 4x 2.5 GHz – Krait | 8x 2 GHz – Cortex-A53 |
| Cores | 4 | 8 |
| Frequency | 2500 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8-A | ARMv8-A |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | - |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | - |
| Process | 28 nanometers | 14 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 1 billion | 2 billion |
| TDP | 6 W | 5 W |
| GPU name | Adreno 330 | Adreno 506 |
| Architecture | Adreno 300 | Adreno 500 |
| GPU frequency | 578 MHz | 650 MHz |
| Execution units | 1 | 1 |
| Shading units | 128 | 96 |
| FLOPS | 148 Gigaflops | 124 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| OpenCL version | 1.2 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 11 | 11.1 |
| Memory type | LPDDR3 | LPDDR3 |
| Memory frequency | 933 MHz | 933 MHz |
| Bus | 2x 32 Bit | 1x 32 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 14.9 Gbit/s | 7.46 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 4 GB | 8 GB |
| Neural processor [NPU] | No | Hexagon 546 |
| Storage type | eMMC 5.0 | eMMC 5.1 |
| Max display resolution | 2560 x 2048 | 1900 x 1200 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 21MP | 1x 24MP, 2x 13MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 30FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 30FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265 | H.264, H.265 |
| Audio codecs | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
| Modem | - | X9 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 5 | LTE Cat. 7 |
| 5G support | No | No |
| Download speed | Up to 150 Mbps | Up to 300 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 50 Mbps | Up to 100 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 5 |
| Bluetooth | 4.0 | 4.2 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS |
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