Qualcomm Snapdragon 210 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 212. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Family
  Qualcomm Snapdragon Qualcomm Snapdragon
• CPU group
  Qualcomm Snapdragon 205-212 Qualcomm Snapdragon 205-212
• 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 4 / 4
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• Frequency
  1.10 GHz 1.30 GHz
• Turbo (1 Core)
  1.10 GHz 1.30 GHz
• Turbo (4 Cores)
  1.10 GHz 1.30 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 304 Qualcomm Adreno 304
• GPU frequency
  0.40 GHz 0.40 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  0.40 GHz 0.40 GHz
• Shader
  24 24
• Generation
  3 3
• Direct X
  11 11
• Technology
  28 nm 28 nm
• Release date
  Q3/2015 Q3/2015

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 212 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 210. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  LPDDR2LPDDR3 LPDDR2LPDDR3
• Memory channels
  1 1
• ECC
  No No
• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Qualcomm Snapdragon 210 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 212 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon 210 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 210, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv7-A32 (32 bit) ARMv7-A32 (32 bit)
• Architecture
  Cortex-A7 Cortex-A7
• Technology
  28 nm 28 nm
• Virtualization
  None None
• Socket
  N/A N/A
• Release date
  2014 2015
• Part Number
  MSM8909 MSM8909AA