Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 vs Samsung Exynos 7270. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Family
  Qualcomm Snapdragon Samsung Exynos
• Generation
  3 1
• CPU group
  Qualcomm Snapdragon 425/427 Samsung Exynos 7570/7870/7880

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  1.40 GHz 1.00 GHz
• Turbo (1 Core)
  1.40 GHz 1.00 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal normal

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

• GPU name
  Qualcomm Adreno 308 ARM Mali-T720 MP1
• GPU frequency
  0.50 GHz 0.60 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  0.50 GHz 0.60 GHz
• Execution units
  0 1
• Shader
  24 16
• Max. displays
  0 2
• Generation
  3 Midgard 3
• Technology
  28 nm 28nm
• Release date
  Q1/2016 Q4/2013

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

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No No
• VP8
  No Decode / Encode
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  No No
• VC-1
  Decode No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Samsung Exynos 7270 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 425. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  LPDDR3-667 LPDDR3-667
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  1 0

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 and Samsung Exynos 7270 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

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

• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  None None
• Architecture
  Cortex-A53 Cortex-A53
• Technology
  28 nm 14 nm
• Socket
  N/A N/A
• Release date
  Q3/2016 Q3/2016
• Part Number
  MSM8917 --