Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 vs AMD A6-9225. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 AMD A6-9000
• Family
  Qualcomm Snapdragon AMD A
• Generation
  1 6
• Predecessor
  Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 -
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile

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

• A-Core
  1x Cortex-X2 -
• B-Core
  3x Cortex-A710 -
• Base Frequency
  1.8 GHz 2.6 GHz
• C-Core
  4x Cortex-A510 -
• Core architecture
  hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE) normal
• CPU Cores
  8 2
• CPU Threads
  8 2
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3 GHz 3 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  2.5 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  - 2.6 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
  12.1 12
• Execution units
  - 3
• Generation
  7 7
• GPU Frequency
  840 MHz 660 MHz
• GPU name
  Qualcomm Adreno 730 AMD Radeon R4 (Stoney Ridge)
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo No turbo
• Max. displays
  - 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  - 2 GB
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q2/2016
• Shader
  - 192
• Technology
  4 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 | Decode / Encode Conflicting source values: Decode | Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD A6-9225 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  16 GB 8 GB
• Memory channels
  4 1
• Memory type
  LPDDR5-3200 DDR4-2133
• PCIe lanes
  - 8
• PCIe version
  - 3.0

• AES-NI
  No Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and AMD A6-9225 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  - 90 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  - 15 W
• TDP down
  - 10 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and AMD A6-9225, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Kryo Stoney Ridge (Excavator)
• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv9-A64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  - SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4
• L2-Cache
  2 MB -
• L3-Cache
  4 MB 2 MB
• Part Number
  SM8450 -
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q3/2018
• Socket
  - FP4
• Technology
  4 nm 28 nm
• Virtualization
  None AMD-V