Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 vs MediaTek Helio G25. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Family
  Qualcomm Snapdragon Mediatek Helio
• Generation
  3 1
• CPU group
  Qualcomm Snapdragon 625/626 MediaTek Helio G25/G35

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.

• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• A core
  -- 4x Cortex-A53
• B core
  -- 4x Cortex-A53

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 506 PowerVR GE8320
• GPU frequency
  0.65 GHz 0.65 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  0.65 GHz No turbo
• Execution units
  0 1
• Shader
  96 --
• Max. displays
  0 1
• Generation
  5 --
• DirectX Version
  11 10
• Technology
  14 nm 20 nm
• Release date
  Q4/2015 Q1/2017

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 No
• VP9
  No No
• VP8
  No No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  No No
• VC-1
  Decode No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by MediaTek Helio G25 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 625. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  LPDDR3-933 LPDDR3-933LPDDR4X-1600
• Max. Memory
  6 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  1 1
• PCIe version
  --
• PCIe lanes
  --

• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 and MediaTek Helio G25 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  --

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 625, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  None None
• ISA extensions
  --
• Architecture
  Cortex-A53 Cortex-A53 / Cortex-A53
• Technology
  14 nm 12 nm
• Socket
  N/A N/A
• Release date
  Q2/2016 Q2/2020
• Part Number
  MSM8953 MT6762G