Qualcomm Snapdragon 650 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 626. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Family
  Qualcomm Snapdragon Qualcomm Snapdragon
• Generation
  4 3
• CPU group
  Qualcomm Snapdragon 650 Qualcomm Snapdragon 625/626

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.

• Frequency
  1.40 GHz 2.20 GHz
• CPU Cores
  6 8
• Turbo (1 Core)
  1.80 GHz 2.20 GHz
• CPU Threads
  6 8
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) normal
• A core
  2x Cortex-A72 --
• 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 510 Qualcomm Adreno 506
• GPU frequency
  0.60 GHz 0.65 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  0.60 GHz 0.65 GHz
• Shader
  128 96
• Generation
  5 5
• DirectX Version
  11 11
• Technology
  14 nm 14 nm
• Release date
  Q4/2015 Q4/2015

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon 626 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 650. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  LPDDR3-933 LPDDR3-933
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 1

• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Qualcomm Snapdragon 650 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 626 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon 650 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 650, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  None None
• Architecture
  Cortex-A72 / Cortex-A53 Cortex-A53
• Technology
  28 nm 14 nm
• Socket
  N/A N/A
• Release date
  Q1/2016 Q4/2016
• Part Number
  MSM8956 MSM8953 Pro