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Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 (MSM8917) vs Allwinner A523

Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 (MSM8917)

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The Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 (8917) is an ARM-based entry level SoC for tablets and smartphones (mostly Android based). It was announced in February 2016 and integrates four 64-Bit Cortex-A53 CPU cores (quad-core) that clock with up to 1.4 GHz. Furthermore, there is a Adreno 308 graphics card, a LPDDR3 memory controller (max. 667 MHz) and wireless radios for WiFi and 4G/LTE included in the chip.

The Cortex-A53 is the successor of the entry level Cortex-A7 CPU cores. The A53 is now capable of 64 Bit (ARMv8-ISA) and adressing more than 4 GB RAM. According to ARM the performance per MHz is a lot better and even surpasses a Cortex-A9 core.

The integrated Adreno 308 ist the integrated graphics card that supports OpenGL ES 3.0.

The integrated wireless radios support WiFi 802.11ac Wave 2, Bluetooth 4.1, GPS/GLONASS/Baidou, 2G, 3G and 4G (LTE Cat.4) standards. Futhermore, the SoC is able to decode 1080p videos in H.265 (encode only in H.264) and cameras with up to 13 MP.

The power consumption of the chip is ranging in the lower range, and therefore it is also suited for smaller smartphones. It is manufactured in 28 nm LP at TSMC.

Allwinner A523

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The Allwinner A523 is a very affordable ARM-based SoC for smartphones and tablets. The eight-core processor presented in 2023 consists of two quad-core clusters, each made up of 4 Cortex-A55 cores.

The faster quad cluster operates at a clock frequency of up to 1.8 GHz and offers 128 KB L2 cache per A55 core, while the second cluster clocks at up to 1.4 GHz and only offers 64 KB L2 cache per core.

In another version of the Allwinner A523, the first quad cluster clocks at up to 2.0 GHz. The ARM Mali-G57 MC1 is used as the graphics unit, which supports OpenGL 3.2, Vulkan 1.0 and OpenCL 2.0. A XuanTie E906 RISC-V PMU is also integrated.

The Allwinner SoC can control up to 4 GB DDR3/DDR4/LPDDR2/LPDDR3/LPDDR4/LPDDR4X RAM and eMMC 5.1 flash memory. In addition to PCIe 2.1, USB 3.1 Gen. 1 and Gigabit Ethernet are also supported as interfaces. There is also an H264/H265 video decoder (up to 4K at 60 frames per second) and an H264 encoder (up to 4K at 25 frames per second).

The Allwinner A523 is manufactured with a 22 nm structure width.

ModelQualcomm Snapdragon 425 (MSM8917)Allwinner A523
SeriesQualcomm Snapdragon
CodenameCortex-A53Cortex-A55
Series: Cortex-A55
Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 compare2.2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
Qualcomm Snapdragon 626 compare2.2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 compare2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
Qualcomm Snapdragon 439 compare2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 compare1.8 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
Qualcomm Snapdragon 429 compare2 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A53
Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 MSM8952 compare1.5 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
Qualcomm Snapdragon 616 MSM8939v2 compare1.7 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 MSM8939 compare1.7 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
Qualcomm Snapdragon 610 MSM8936 compare1.7 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A53
Qualcomm Snapdragon 435 compare1.4 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 (MSM8937) compare1.4 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
Qualcomm Snapdragon 415 MSM8929 compare1.4 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 (MSM8917) « 1.4 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A53
Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 MSM8916 compare1.4 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A53
Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 APQ8016 compare1.2 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A53
Samsung Exynos 850 compare - 2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A55
Allwinner A523 « 0.48 - 2 GHz8 / 8 cores1 MB L3 Cortex-A55
UNISOC SC9863A compare1.2 - 1.6 GHz8 / 8 cores512 KB L3 Cortex-A55
Clock1400 MHz480 - 2000 MHz
Cores / Threads4 / 48 / 8
4 x 1.8 GHz ARM Cortex-A55
4 x 1.4 GHz ARM Cortex-A55
Technology28 nm22 nm
FeaturesWLAN 802.11ac, Bluetooth 4.1, GSM/EDGE, WCDMA, UMTS/HSPA, LTE Cat. 7 (max. 300 Mbps), GPS (Qualcomm IZat Gen8C Lite), LPDDR3-1866 Memory Controller, eMMC 5.1H.264 4K25 Encoding, 4K30 decoding, H.265 4K60 decoding, 32 Bit LPDDR4x memory controller, SD 3.0 / eMMC 5.1, Trustzone, Secure Boot, Security ID, USB 3.1, PCIe 2.1, RISC-V 200 MHz
iGPUQualcomm Adreno 308ARM Mali-G57 MP1
ArchitectureARMARM
Announced
Manufacturerwww.qualcomm.comwww.allwinnertech.com
L1 Cache512 KB
L2 Cache768 KB
L3 Cache1 MB

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited Physics
0 Points (0%)
100%
A523 +
min: 1517     avg: 1645     median: 1645 (6%)     max: 1773 Points
213%
A523 +
1883 Points (22%)
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 Single-Core
100%
1 A523 +
min: 227     avg: 229     median: 229 (6%)     max: 231 Points
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 Multi-Core
100%
1 A523 +
min: 852     avg: 853     median: 853 (3%)     max: 854 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 A523 +
min: 167     avg: 169     median: 169 (7%)     max: 171 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 A523 +
min: 778     avg: 797     median: 796.5 (1%)     max: 815 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 A523 +
171 Points (1%)
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 A523 +
600 Points (2%)
131%
A523 +
min: 853     avg: 865     median: 865 (9%)     max: 877 Points
159%
A523 +
min: 2498     avg: 2942     median: 2941.5 (3%)     max: 3385 Points
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 A523 +
827 Points (11%)
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 A523 +
2451 Points (6%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 A523 +
3276 Points (5%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 A523 +
965 Points (14%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
100%
425 +
min: 10742     avg: 13125     median: 13191 (15%)     max: 16192 ms
106%
A523 +
min: 8641.2     avg: 8707     median: 8706.8 (10%)     max: 8772.4 ms
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
100%
425 +
min: 2411     avg: 2952     median: 3052 (3%)     max: 3374 Points
200%
A523 +
min: 5911     avg: 6113     median: 6112.5 (5%)     max: 6314 Points
WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
100%
1 A523 +
min: 26     avg: 28     median: 28 (8%)     max: 30 Points
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
100%
425 +
min: 24     avg: 26     median: 26 (5%)     max: 28 Points
158%
A523 +
41 Points (9%)
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 MEM
100%
1 425 +
min: 4077     avg: 4924     median: 4503 (14%)     max: 7325 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 UX
100%
1 425 +
min: 11600     avg: 14212     median: 14071.5 (17%)     max: 16206 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 GPU
100%
1 425 +
min: 1132     avg: 1684     median: 1713 (1%)     max: 2126 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 CPU
100%
1 425 +
min: 15748     avg: 22159     median: 23055.5 (14%)     max: 23413 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 Total Score
100%
1 425 +
min: 32557     avg: 42979     median: 43584 (8%)     max: 46710 Points
Antutu v9 - AnTuTu v9 Total Score
100%
1 A523 +
min: 126757     avg: 131411     median: 131411 (8%)     max: 136065 Points
Antutu v9 - AnTuTu v9 CPU
100%
1 A523 +
min: 34895     avg: 37521     median: 37521 (10%)     max: 40147 Points
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
100%
1 A523 +
2085 Points (0%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work 2.0 Battery Life
100%
1 425 +
5253 min (100%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Computer Vision
100%
1 425 +
1999 Points (11%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage
100%
1 425 +
2799 Points (6%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage 2.0 random write internal
100%
1 A523 +
8.6 MB/s (6%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage 2.0 seq write internal
100%
1 A523 +
87.8 MB/s (3%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage 2.0 random read internal
100%
1 A523 +
13 MB/s (16%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage 2.0 seq read internal
100%
1 A523 +
127.1 MB/s (4%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage 2.0 score
100%
1 A523 +
7006 Points (11%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score 3.0
100%
1 A523 +
min: 5224     avg: 5487     median: 5486.5 (25%)     max: 5749 Points
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
100%
1 A523 +
227 Points (9%)
Power Consumption - Geekbench 5.5 Power Consumption 150cd *
100%
1 A523 +
5.8 Watt (3%)
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption 150cd 1min *
100%
1 A523 +
1.2 Watt (1%)

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 (MSM8917) → 100% n=6

Average Benchmarks Allwinner A523 → 161% n=6

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