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Qualcomm Snapdragon 626 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 636

Qualcomm Snapdragon 626

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The Qualcomm Snapdragon 626 (SD626) is a mid-range octa-core SoC with eight ARM Cortex-A53 cpu cores at up to 2.2 GHz, an Adreno 506 GPU, a DDR3L-1866 memory controller and a X9 LTE (Cat 7, 4G+, 300 Mbps down, 150 Mbps up) modem. Furthermore, the chip supports 802.11ac WiFi and Bluetooth 4.1. It is manufactured in 14nm FinFet. The processor performance should be a bit higher than the average Snapdragon 625, due to the 200 MHz higher maximum clock speed.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 636

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The Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 (SDM636) is a mid-range octa-core SoC with eight custom Kryo 260 cores at up to 1.8 GHz, an Adreno 509 GPU, a LPDDR4-2666 memory controller (1333 MHz) and a X12 LTE (Cat 12/13, 300 Mbps down, 150 Mbps up) modem. Furthermore, the chip supports 802.11ac WiFi and Bluetooth 5.0. It is manufactured in 14nm FinFet. Qualcomm states a 40% faster performance compared to the old Snapdragon 630 (8x ARM Cortex-A53).

ModelQualcomm Snapdragon 626Qualcomm Snapdragon 636
SeriesQualcomm SnapdragonQualcomm Snapdragon
CodenameCortex-A53Kryo 260
Series: Snapdragon Kryo 260
Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 compare2.2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
Qualcomm Snapdragon 626 « 2.2 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) compare1.4 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
Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 compare2.2 GHz8 / 8 cores Kryo 260
Qualcomm Snapdragon 662 compare1.8 - 2 GHz8 / 8 cores Kryo 260
Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 compare2.2 GHz8 / 8 cores Kryo 260
Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 « 1.8 GHz8 / 8 cores Kryo 260
Clock2200 MHz1800 MHz
Cores / Threads8 / 88 / 8
Technology14 nm14 nm
FeaturesAdreno 506 GPU, 802.11ac WLAN, Bluetooth 4.1, LTE Cat. 7, Dual-Channel LPDDR3-1866 Memory ControllerAdreno 509 GPU, X12 LTE Modem, Hexagon 680 DSP, Spectra 160 ISP
iGPUQualcomm Adreno 506Qualcomm Adreno 509
ArchitectureARMARM
Announced
Manufacturerwww.qualcomm.comwww.qualcomm.com

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
100%
626 +
min: 16939     avg: 17078     median: 17084 (14%)     max: 17204 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited Physics
100%
626 +
min: 2045     avg: 2079     median: 2083.5 (25%)     max: 2105 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited Physics
100%
626 +
min: 2065     avg: 2086     median: 2085.5 (24%)     max: 2107 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
100%
626 +
187 Points (1%)
278 Points (1%)
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
100%
626 +
1098 Points (3%)
1256 Points (4%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
100%
626 +
min: 907     avg: 926     median: 928.5 (9%)     max: 939 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
100%
626 +
min: 4369     avg: 4481     median: 4496.5 (5%)     max: 4562 Points
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 626 +
889 Points (12%)
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 626 +
4362 Points (11%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 626 +
4804 Points (8%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 626 +
837 Points (13%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
100%
626 +
868 Points (7%)
2016 Points (16%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
100%
626 +
1883 Points (17%)
2801 Points (25%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
100%
626 +
7485 Points (15%)
8155 Points (16%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
100%
626 +
4212 Points (8%)
4063 Points (8%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
100%
626 +
4557 Points (12%)
5063 Points (13%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
100%
626 +
min: 7667     avg: 8504     median: 8761.5 (10%)     max: 8825 ms
min: 4105     avg: 4688     median: 4739.5 (6%)     max: 5066 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
9121 ms (100%)
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
100%
626 +
min: 4424     avg: 4760     median: 4705.5 (4%)     max: 5204 Points
min: 8163     avg: 8665     median: 8559 (8%)     max: 9746 Points
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
100%
1 SD 636 +
min: 46     avg: 54.4     median: 54 (11%)     max: 61 Points
AnTuTu v6 - AnTuTu v6 Total Score
100%
626 +
min: 63428     avg: 66058     median: 66613 (23%)     max: 67578 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 MEM
100%
626 +
5406 Points (17%)
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 UX
100%
626 +
21477 Points (26%)
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 GPU
100%
626 +
13693 Points (4%)
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 CPU
100%
626 +
41767 Points (26%)
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 Total Score
100%
626 +
82343 Points (15%)
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 UX
100%
1 SD 636 +
27466 Points (23%)
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 MEM
100%
1 SD 636 +
30326 Points (24%)
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 GPU
100%
1 SD 636 +
24483 Points (4%)
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 CPU
100%
1 SD 636 +
62945 Points (23%)
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 Total Score
100%
1 SD 636 +
145220 Points (14%)
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
100%
1 SD 636 +
min: 157795     avg: 157981     median: 157981 (21%)     max: 158167 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score 2.0
100%
626 +
min: 4660     avg: 4848     median: 4903 (32%)     max: 4924 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score
100%
626 +
min: 5621     avg: 5849     median: 5839 (29%)     max: 6096 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Computer Vision
100%
1 SD 636 +
min: 3056     avg: 3090     median: 3071.5 (16%)     max: 3160 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage
100%
1 SD 636 +
min: 3406     avg: 5546     median: 5299.5 (11%)     max: 8180 Points

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Snapdragon 626 → 100% n=22

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 → 132% n=22

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