Notebookcheck Logo

Qualcomm Snapdragon 210 MSM8909 vs Qualcomm 205 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 MSM8212

Qualcomm Snapdragon 210 MSM8909

► remove from comparison Qualcomm 210 MSM8909

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 210 MSM8909 is an entry level SoC for Android based tablets and smartphones. It contains four ARM Cortex-A7 CPU cores (quad core) with a clock rate of up to 1.1 GHz, an Adreno 304 graphics card, an LPDDR2/LPDDR3 memory controller (max. 533 MHz), a eMMC 4.5 port, and a LTE Cat 4 radio module.

The performance of the Cortex-A7 cores is rather low and positioned in the entry level of 2015. In our tests of the CAT S40 smartphone, daily tasks and browsing however imposed no problem for the SoC. 

The integrated Adreno 304 graphics card is clocked at 400 MHz and also positioned in the entry level. Therefore, demanding games may not run smoothly in high settings.

The integrated video engine allows the encoding and decoding of 1080p H.264 videos and decoding of H.265 videos. The main display can be driven with up to 1280x720 Pixels.

The SoC integrates Bluetooth 4.1 + BLE, 802.11n (2.4 GHz) WiFi, and a Cat 4 4G-LTE-Modem (LTE FDD, LTE TDD, WCDMA (DC-HSDPA, HSUPA), CDMA1x, EV-DO Rev. B, TD-SCDMA and GSM/EDGE) with a max. speed of 150 Mbps.

The SoC is manufactured in a 28 nm LP process (at TSMC most likely). Due to the low energy consumption of the SoC it is also suited for small smartphones.

Qualcomm 205

► remove from comparison Qualcomm QC 205

The Qualcomm 205 (sometimes also called Snapdragon 205) is an entry level SoC for Android based smartphones. It contains two ARM Cortex-A7 CPU cores (dual-core) with a clock rate of up to 1.1 GHz, an Adreno 304 graphics card, an LPDDR2/LPDDR3 memory controller (max. 384 MHz), a eMMC 4.5 port, and a LTE Cat 4 radio module.

The performance of the Cortex-A7 cores is positioned in the low end of 2017. The two low clocked A7 cores should lead to noticable lags in browsing and using demanding apps. 

The integrated Adreno 304 graphics card is clocked at 400 MHz and also positioned in the entry level. Therefore, demanding games may not run smoothly in high settings.

The SoC integrates Bluetooth 4.1 + BLE, 802.11n (2.4 GHz) WiFi, and a Cat 4 4G-LTE-Modem (LTE FDD, LTE TDD, WCDMA (DC-HSDPA, HSUPA), CDMA1x, EV-DO Rev. B, TD-SCDMA and GSM/EDGE) with a max. speed of 150 Mbps.

The SoC is manufactured in a 28 nm LP process (at TSMC most likely). Due to the low energy consumption of the SoC it is also suited for small smartphones.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 MSM8212

► remove from comparison Qualcomm 200 MSM8212

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 MSM8212 is an entry level SoC for Android based tablets and smartphones. It contains four ARM Cortex-A7 CPU cores (quad core) with a clock rate of up to 1.2 GHz, an Adreno 302 graphics card, an LPDDR2 memory controller (max. 333 MHz single channel) and a 3G radio module.

The performance of the Cortex-A7 cores is rather low and positioned in the entry level of 2014. Non demanding tasks and browsing however should impose no problem for the SoC. 

The integrated Adreno 302 graphics card is clocked at around 400 MHz and also positioned in the entry level. Therefore, demanding games may not run smoothly in high settings.

The integrated video engine allows the encoding and decoding of 720p H.264 videos and decoding of H.265 videos. The main display can be driven with up to 1280x720 Pixels.

The SoC integrates Bluetooth 4.0, 802.11n (2.4 GHz) WiFi, and a 3G-Modem (UMTS/HSPA+/WCDMA, max. 42 Mbit/s, dual and triple SIM support).

The SoC is manufactured in a 28 nm LP process (at TSMC most likely). Due to the low energy consumption of the SoC it is also suited for small smartphones.

ModelQualcomm Snapdragon 210 MSM8909Qualcomm 205Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 MSM8212
SeriesQualcomm Snapdragon 200Qualcomm SnapdragonQualcomm Snapdragon 200
CodenameCortex-A7Cortex-A7Cortex-A7
Series: Snapdragon 200 Cortex-A7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 212 APQ80091.3 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 MSM82121.2 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 210 MSM8909 « 1.1 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 82101.2 GHz2 / 2 cores Cortex-A7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 212 APQ80091.3 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 MSM8212 « 1.2 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 210 MSM89091.1 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 82101.2 GHz2 / 2 cores Cortex-A7
Clock1100 MHz1100 MHz1200 MHz
Cores / Threads4 / 42 / 24 / 4
Technology28 nm28 nm28 nm
FeaturesUSB 2.0, Bluetooth 4.1, 802.11n (2.4 GHz) WLAN, 4G Modem (LTE Cat 4 up to 150 Mbps, WCDMA, EV-DO, GSM/EDGE), GPS IZat Gen8CUSB 2.0, Bluetooth 4.1, 802.11n (2.4 GHz) WLAN, 4G Modem (LTE Cat 4 up to 150 Mbps, WCDMA, EV-DO, GSM/EDGE), GPS IZat Gen8CUSB 2.0, Bluetooth 4.0, 802.11n WLAN, 3G Modem (max. 42 Mbit/s), 1x 16 Bit Single-Channel Memory Controller
iGPUQualcomm Adreno 304 (400 MHz)Qualcomm Adreno 304 (400 MHz)Qualcomm Adreno 302
ArchitectureARMARMARM
Announced
Manufacturerwww.qualcomm.comwww.qualcomm.comwww.qualcomm.com

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
min: 5756     avg: 6081     median: 6198 (5%)     max: 6288 Points
7183 Points (6%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
min: 5766     avg: 6037     median: 6168 (5%)     max: 6176 Points
7156 Points (6%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
min: 735     avg: 5479     median: 6583 (6%)     max: 6892 Points
7961 Points (7%)
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited Physics
0 Points (0%)
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited Physics
565 Points (6%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 424     avg: 430.5     median: 430.5 (4%)     max: 437 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 1099     avg: 1117     median: 1117 (1%)     max: 1135 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
min: 1007     avg: 1016     median: 1019 (2%)     max: 1021 Points
1113 Points (2%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
min: 298     avg: 304.3     median: 302 (6%)     max: 313 Points
329 Points (6%)
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Multi Thread
184.9 MFLOPS (6%)
min: 233.9     avg: 235.5     median: 234.4 (8%)     max: 238.3 MFLOPS
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Single Thread
70.4 MFLOPS (7%)
min: 58.5     avg: 58.9     median: 58.6 (6%)     max: 59.6 MFLOPS
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 16784     avg: 20523     median: 17828 (21%)     max: 33491 ms
min: 15616     avg: 25149     median: 27132 (32%)     max: 30716 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
min: 2196     avg: 2255     median: 2255 (25%)     max: 2314 ms
min: 1254     avg: 1361     median: 1331 (15%)     max: 1526 ms
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 1796     avg: 1970     median: 1949 (2%)     max: 2170 Points
min: 1122     avg: 1431     median: 1233 (1%)     max: 1938 Points
AnTuTu v5 - AnTuTu v5 Total Score
18064 Points (18%)
AnTuTu v6 - AnTuTu v6 Total Score
min: 20892     avg: 24058     median: 24865 (8%)     max: 25825 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 MEM
2797 Points (9%)
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 UX
8481 Points (10%)
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 GPU
702 Points (0%)
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 CPU
13712 Points (8%)
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 Total Score
25692 Points (5%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Computer Vision
1305 Points (7%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage
2277 Points (5%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score 2.0
min: 2300     avg: 2350     median: 2349.5 (15%)     max: 2399 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score
min: 2882     avg: 3029     median: 2927 (15%)     max: 3333 Points

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Snapdragon 210 MSM8909 → 0% n=

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 MSM8212 → 0% n=

- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation

v1.26
log 29. 08:30:10

#0 checking url part for id 6977 +0s ... 0s

#1 checking url part for id 8538 +0s ... 0s

#2 checking url part for id 6469 +0s ... 0s

#3 not redirecting to Ajax server +0s ... 0s

#4 did not recreate cache, as it is less than 5 days old! Created at Thu, 28 Mar 2024 05:35:32 +0100 +0.001s ... 0.001s

#5 composed specs +0.017s ... 0.018s

#6 did output specs +0s ... 0.018s

#7 getting avg benchmarks for device 6977 +0.003s ... 0.021s

#8 got single benchmarks 6977 +0.034s ... 0.055s

#9 getting avg benchmarks for device 8538 +0.003s ... 0.058s

#10 got single benchmarks 8538 +0.007s ... 0.065s

#11 getting avg benchmarks for device 6469 +0.003s ... 0.068s

#12 got single benchmarks 6469 +0.012s ... 0.08s

#13 got avg benchmarks for devices +0s ... 0.08s

#14 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0.036s ... 0.116s

#15 min, max, avg, median took s +0.055s ... 0.171s

#16 return log +0s ... 0.171s

Please share our article, every link counts!
> Expert Reviews and News on Laptops, Smartphones and Tech Innovations > Benchmarks / Tech > Processor Comparison - Head 2 Head
Redaktion, 2017-09- 8 (Update: 2023-07- 1)