Qualcomm Snapdragon 610 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 615. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Family
  Qualcomm Snapdragon Qualcomm Snapdragon
• CPU group
  Qualcomm Snapdragon 610 Qualcomm Snapdragon 610
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Generation
  2 2

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.

• CPU Cores / Threads
  4 / 4 8 / 8
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• A-Core
  -- 4x Cortex-A53
• B-Core
  -- 4x Cortex-A53
• Frequency
  1.70 GHz 1.00 GHz
• Turbo (1 Core)
  1.70 GHz 1.50 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No

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 405 Qualcomm Adreno 405
• GPU frequency
  0.55 GHz 0.55 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  0.55 GHz 0.55 GHz
• Shader
  48 48
• Generation
  4 4
• Direct X
  11 11
• Technology
  28 nm 28 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2014 Q1/2014

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 610. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  LPDDR3-800 LPDDR3-800
• Memory channels
  1 1
• ECC
  No No
• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Qualcomm Snapdragon 610 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon 610 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 610, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• Architecture
  Cortex-A53 Cortex-A53
• Technology
  28 nm 28 nm
• Virtualization
  None None
• Socket
  N/A N/A
• Release date
  Q3/2014 Q3/2014
• Part Number
  MSM8936 MSM8939