Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 427. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  Qualcomm Snapdragon 425/427 Qualcomm Snapdragon 425/427
• Family
  Qualcomm Snapdragon Qualcomm Snapdragon
• Generation
  3 3
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  1.4 GHz 1.4 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  4 4
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  1.4 GHz 1.4 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  1.4 GHz 1.4 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  11 11
• Execution units
  0 0
• Generation
  3 3
• GPU Frequency
  500 MHz 500 MHz
• GPU name
  Qualcomm Adreno 308 Qualcomm Adreno 308
• GPU Turbo
  500 MHz 500 MHz
• Max. displays
  0 0
• Release date
  Q1/2016 Q1/2016
• Shader
  24 24
• Technology
  28 nm 28 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Conflicting source values: Decode / Encode | No Conflicting source values: Decode / Encode | No
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode Decode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  No No
• VP9
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon 427 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 425. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  1 1
• Memory type
  LPDDR3-667 LPDDR3-667

• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 427 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 427, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Cortex-A53 Cortex-A53
• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• Part Number
  MSM8917 MSM8920
• Release date
  Q3/2016 Q1/2017
• Technology
  28 nm 28 nm
• Virtualization
  None None