Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 820

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
8x 2 GHz – Cortex-A53
2x 2.15 GHz – Kryo2x 1.593 GHz – Kryo
Frequency
2000 MHz
2150 MHz
Cores
8
4
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv8-A
Process
14 nm
14 nm
Transistor count
2
2
TDP
5 W
11 W
Manufacturing
Samsung
TSMC
L1 cache
-
64 KB
L2 cache
-
0

Graphics

GPU name
Adreno 506
Adreno 530
GPU frequency
650 MHz
624 MHz
Execution units
1
1
Shading units
96
256
Vulkan version
1.0
1.0
OpenCL version
2.0
2.0
DirectX version
11
11

Memory

Memory Type
LPDDR3
LPDDR4
Memory frequency
933 MHz
1866 MHz
Bus
1x 32 Bit
2x 32 Bit
Max bandwidth
7.46 Gbit/s
29.8 Gbit/s

AI

NPU
Hexagon 546
-

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 546
Hexagon 680
Storage type
eMMC 5.1
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0
Max display resolution
1900 x 1200
3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution
1x 24MP, 2x 13MP
1x 28MP, 2x 13MP
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265
H.264, H.265
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

4G support
LTE Cat. 7
LTE Cat. 12
5G support
No
No
Download speed
Up to 300 Mbps
Up to 600 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi
5
5
Bluetooth
4.1
4.1
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS

Info

Announced
Feb 2016
Nov 2015
Class
Mid range
Flagship
Model number
MSM8953
MSM8996
Official page

📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
156,131
260,148
FP32 (float)
124
319
Geekbench 6
-
323
Geekbench 6
-
827