MediaTek MT8732 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 615. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  MediaTek MT87xx A53 Qualcomm Snapdragon 610
• Family
  Mediatek MT-Serie Qualcomm Snapdragon
• Generation
  1 2
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile

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

• Base Frequency
  1.5 GHz 1 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• Core Configuration
  4x Cortex-A53 -
• CPU Cores
  4 8
• CPU Threads
  4 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  - 1.5 GHz
• A-Core
  - 4x Cortex-A53
• B-Core
  - 4x Cortex-A53
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  - 1 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
  11 11
• Execution units
  2 0
• Generation
  Midgard 3 4
• GPU Frequency
  500 MHz 550 MHz
• GPU name
  ARM Mali-T760 MP2 Qualcomm Adreno 405
• GPU Turbo
  500 MHz 550 MHz
• Max. displays
  2 0
• Release date
  Q4/2013 Q1/2014
• Shader
  32 48
• Technology
  28nm 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 / Encode | No Conflicting source values: Decode / Encode | No
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No Decode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• JPEG
  No Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  No Decode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode No
• VP9
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 and MediaTek MT8732. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Memory Bandwidth
  6.4 GB/s -
• Memory channels
  1 (Single Channel) 1
• Memory type
  LPDDR3-800 LPDDR3-800

• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP MediaTek MT8732 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by MediaTek MT8732 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 615, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Cortex-A53 Cortex-A53
• Chip design
  Chiplet -
• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• L2-Cache
  0.51 MB -
• Operating systems
  Android -
• Part Number
  - MSM8939
• Release date
  Q4/2014 Q3/2014
• Technology
  28 nm 28 nm
• Virtualization
  None None