Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 425

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 260 Gold (Cortex-A73)4x 1.6 GHz – Kryo 260 Silver (Cortex-A53)
4x 1.4 GHz – Cortex-A53
Frequency
1800 MHz
1400 MHz
Cores
8
4
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv8-A
Process
14 nm
28 nm
Transistor count
2
1
TDP
5 W
5 W
Manufacturing
Samsung
Samsung
L1 cache
-
128 KB

Graphics

GPU name
Adreno 509
Adreno 308
GPU frequency
720 MHz
500 MHz
Execution units
1
1
Shading units
128
24
Vulkan version
1.0
1.0
OpenCL version
2.0
1.2
DirectX version
11
11

Memory

Memory Type
LPDDR4
LPDDR3
Memory frequency
1333 MHz
667 MHz
Bus
2x 16 Bit
2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
5.3 Gbit/s
5.34 Gbit/s

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 680
Hexagon 536
Storage type
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
eMMC 5.1
Max display resolution
1900 x 1200
1280 x 800
Max camera resolution
1x 24MP, 2x 16MP
1x 16MP
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
1K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
1080p at 60FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
H.264, H.265
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

4G support
LTE Cat. 13
LTE Cat. 5
5G support
No
No
Download speed
Up to 600 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
Up to 75 Mbps
Wi-Fi
5
5
Bluetooth
5.0
4.1
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS

Info

Announced
Oct 2017
Feb 2016
Class
Mid range
Low end
Model number
SDM636
MSM8917
Official page

📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
220,696
136,588
Geekbench 6
295
-
Geekbench 6
1,088
-
FP32 (float)
184
24