Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 636. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 Qualcomm Snapdragon 636
• Family
  Qualcomm Snapdragon Qualcomm Snapdragon
• Generation
  5 5
• 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
  4x Cortex-A53 4x Kryo 260 Gold
• B-Core
  4x Cortex-A53 4x Kryo 260 Silver
• Base Frequency
  1.8 GHz 1.6 GHz
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• CPU Cores
  8 8
• CPU Threads
  8 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  2.2 GHz 1.8 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  1.8 GHz 1.6 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 12.1
• Execution units
  0 0
• Generation
  5 5
• GPU Frequency
  650 MHz 720 MHz
• GPU name
  Qualcomm Adreno 508 Qualcomm Adreno 509
• GPU Turbo
  650 MHz 720 MHz
• Max. displays
  0 0
• Release date
  Q2/2017 Q2/2017
• Shader
  128 128
• Technology
  14 nm 14 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 | No Conflicting source values: Decode | No
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode Decode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• JPEG
  Decode Decode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  Decode Decode
• VP9
  Decode Decode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 630. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  LPDDR4-1333 LPDDR4-1333

• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 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 Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 636, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Cortex-A53 Kryo 260
• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• Part Number
  SDM630 SDM636
• Release date
  Q2/2017 Q4/2017
• Technology
  14 nm 14 nm
• Virtualization
  None None