Qualcomm Snapdragon 650 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 626
We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 6 cores 1800MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 650 vs. 8 cores 2200MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 626 . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.
Main Differences
Qualcomm Snapdragon 650 's Advantages
Better graphics card performance FLOPS (0.1536 TFLOPS vs 0.1248 TFLOPS )
Larger memory bandwidth (14.9GB/s vs 7.5GB/s)
Lower TDP (9W vs 11W)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 626 's Advantages
Higher Frequency (2200MHz vs 1800MHz)
More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 28nm)
Released 1 years and 8 months late
Score
Benchmark
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Qualcomm Snapdragon 650
+39%
291
Qualcomm Snapdragon 626
209
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Qualcomm Snapdragon 650
750
Qualcomm Snapdragon 626
+22%
916
AnTuTu 9
CPU
2x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A72
4x 1.4 GHz – Cortex-A53
Architecture
8x 2.2 GHz – A53
1800 MHz
Frequency
2200 MHz
6
Cores
8
ARMv8-A
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
L1 cache
256 KB
L2 cache
1 MB
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-
-
28 nm
Process
14 nm
1
Transistor count
2
9 W
TDP
11 W
Samsung
Manufacturing
TSMC
Graphics
Adreno 510
GPU name
Adreno 506
600 MHz
GPU frequency
650 MHz
1
Execution units
1
128
Shading units
96
4
Max size
8
0.1536 TFLOPS
FLOPS
0.1248 TFLOPS
1.0
Vulkan version
1.0
2.0
OpenCL version
2.0
11
DirectX version
11
Memory
LPDDR3
Memory type
LPDDR3
933 MHz
Memory frequency
933 MHz
2x 16 Bit
Bus
2x 32 Bit
14.9 Gbit/s
Max bandwidth
7.5 GB/s
AI
-
-
-
-
-
-
Multimedia (ISP)
Hexagon V56
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 546
eMMC 5.1
Storage type
eMMC 5.1
2560 x 1600
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
1x 21MP, 2x 13MP
Max camera resolution
1x 24MP
4K at 30FPS
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
-
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
H.264, H.265, VP8
Video codecs
H.264
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
AIFF
X8
Modem
X9
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 7
4G support
LTE Cat. 13
No
5G support
No
Up to 300 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 300 Mbps
Up to 100 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
5
Wi-Fi
5
4.1
Bluetooth
4.2
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Navigation
GPS
Info
Feb 2015
Announced
Oct 2016
Mid range
Class
Mid range
MSM8956
Model number
MSM8953 Pro
