Qualcomm Snapdragon 615
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 vs Samsung Exynos 5250. Specifications, performance, tests

Overall score
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Released
Q3/2014
Qualcomm Snapdragon 615
Qualcomm Snapdragon 615
Released
Q4/2011
Overall score
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Samsung Exynos 5250
Samsung Exynos 5250

What's the best choice Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 or Samsung Exynos 5250? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 has a maximum frequency of 1.00 GHz. 8 / 8 Cores. Released in Q3/2014.

Samsung Exynos 5250 has a maximum frequency of 1.70 GHz. 2 / 2 Cores. Released in Q4/2011.

Differences

  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    1835 left arrow score
  • More number of cores

    6 times more cores

    8 left arrow 2

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    1484 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    1533 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    1664 place
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 41% better clock speed

    1.70 GHz left arrow 1.00 GHz
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 12 % better overclocked clock speed

    1.70 GHz left arrow 1.50 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Samsung Exynos 5250 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    1767 place

Specifications

Technical data
Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 Qualcomm Snapdragon 615
Samsung Exynos 5250 Samsung Exynos 5250
CPU family and group

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

  • Family
    Qualcomm Snapdragon left arrow Samsung Exynos
  • CPU group
    Qualcomm Snapdragon 610 left arrow Samsung Exynos 5250
  • Segment
    Mobile left arrow Mobile
  • Generation
    2 left arrow 2
CPU Technical specs

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
    8 / 8 left arrow 2 / 2
  • Core architecture
    hybrid (big.LITTLE) left arrow normal
  • A-Core
    4x Cortex-A53 left arrow --
  • B-Core
    4x Cortex-A53 left arrow --
  • Frequency
    1.00 GHz left arrow 1.70 GHz
  • Turbo (1 Core)
    1.50 GHz left arrow 1.70 GHz
  • Hyperthreading
    No left arrow No
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow No
IGPU

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 left arrow ARM Mali-T604 MP4
  • GPU frequency
    0.55 GHz left arrow 0.53 GHz
  • GPU (Turbo)
    0.55 GHz left arrow 0.53 GHz
  • Execution units
    0 left arrow 4
  • Shader
    48 left arrow 64
  • Max. displays
    0 left arrow 1
  • Generation
    4 left arrow Midgard 1
  • Direct X
    11 left arrow 11
  • Technology
    28 nm left arrow 32nm
  • Release date
    Q1/2014 left arrow Q4/2012
Hardware codec support

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

  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    Decode left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h264
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP8
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP9
    No left arrow No
  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • AVC
    No left arrow No
  • VC-1
    Decode left arrow No
  • JPEG
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Samsung Exynos 5250 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 615. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    LPDDR3-800 left arrow LPDDR3-800
  • Memory channels
    1 left arrow 0
  • ECC
    No left arrow No
  • AES-NI
    No left arrow No
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 and Samsung Exynos 5250 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 615, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Instruction set (ISA)
    ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) left arrow ARMv7-A32 (32 bit)
  • L2-Cache
    -- left arrow 1.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Cortex-A53 left arrow Cortex-A15
  • Technology
    28 nm left arrow 32 nm
  • Virtualization
    None left arrow None
  • Socket
    N/A left arrow N/A
  • Release date
    Q3/2014 left arrow Q4/2011
  • Part Number
    MSM8939 left arrow --

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 and Samsung Exynos 5250.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
The performance of the iGPU - the internal GPU in games
53
Qualcomm Snapdragon 615
17
Samsung Exynos 5250

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