Qualcomm Adreno 203

The Qualcomm Adreno 203 is an integrated graphics card in ARM based SoCs (e.g. MSM8225Q or 8625Q). It is mostly used for Android based smartphones and tablets and is situated in the entry-level. The GPU supports OpenGL ES 2.0 and OpenVG 1.1. Compared to the Adreno 200, the 203 offers twice the amount of shaders (4x ALU).

Manufacturer	Qualcomm
Adreno 200 Series	Adreno 225 8 @ 400 MHz Adreno 220 8 @ 266 MHz Adreno 205 4 @ 245 MHz Adreno 203 4 @ 245 MHz Adreno 200 2 @ 128 MHz
Pipelines	4 - unified
Core Speed	245 MHz
Shared Memory	yes
technology	45 nm
Date of Announcement	26.09.2012
Link to Manufacturer Page	https://developer.qualcomm.com/discover/...

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Graphics

2073 Points (0%)

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Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Nokia X	S4 Play MSM8625Q	512 MB			2073

PowerVR SGX531 -74%

Qualcomm Adreno 203

NVIDIA Quadro K5100M 6%

PowerVR SGX544 9%

ARM Mali-400 MP 11%

Vivante GC1000+ Dual-Core 12%

NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 3) 18%

ARM Mali-400 MP2 20%

Vivante GC7000UL 25%

ARM Mali-400 MP4 31%

ARM Mali-T720 63%

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti (Desktop) 25022%

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3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Graphics

min: 1131     avg: 1348     median: 1342.5 (0%)     max: 1576 Points

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Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Nokia X	S4 Play MSM8625Q	512 MB			1131
Huawei Ascend G510	S4 Play MSM8225	512 MB			1171
HTC Desire 500	200 8225Q	1024 MB			1514
Huawei Ascend G525	S4 Play MSM8225Q	1024 MB			1576

Vivante GC1000+ Dual-Core -13%

PowerVR SGX544 -5%

ARM Mali-400 MP -2%

Qualcomm Adreno 203

Vivante GC7000UL 5%

PowerVR SGX545 20%

ARM Mali-T720 21%

NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 3) 22%

Vivante GC4000 26%

ARM Mali-400 MP2 26%

Broadcom VideoCore-IV 48%

Qualcomm Adreno 302 48%

ARM Mali-400 MP4 61%

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NVIDIA Quadro RTX 5000 (Laptop) 29375%

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3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Graphics

min: 2269     avg: 2585     median: 2333 (0%)     max: 3029 Points

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Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Nokia X	S4 Play MSM8625Q	512 MB			2269
Huawei Ascend G510	S4 Play MSM8225	512 MB			2319
LG P710 Optimus L7 II	S4 Play MSM8225	768 MB			2333
HTC Desire 500	200 8225Q	1024 MB			2974
Huawei Ascend G525	S4 Play MSM8225Q	1024 MB			3029

PowerVR SGX531 -79%

Qualcomm Adreno 200 -75%

PowerVR SGX540 -46%

Vivante GC1000+ Dual-Core -11%

ARM Mali-400 MP -10%

Qualcomm Adreno 203

ARM Mali-400 MP4 2%

ARM Mali-400 MP2 3%

PowerVR SGX544 4%

PowerVR SGX545 17%

ARM Mali-T720 26%

Vivante GC7000UL 27%

NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 3) 29%

Vivante GC4000 30%

Broadcom VideoCore-IV 36%

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AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT (Desktop) 16416%

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GLBenchmark 2.5 - GLBench 2.5 Egypt HD Offscreen

min: 3.7     avg: 4.4     median: 3.8 (1%)     max: 5.6 fps

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Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
LG P710 Optimus L7 II	S4 Play MSM8225	768 MB			3.7
Huawei Ascend G600	S4 Play MSM8225	768 MB			3.8
HTC Desire 500	200 8225Q	1024 MB			5.6

Qualcomm Adreno 200 -77%

PowerVR SGX531 -53%

NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 2) -11%

Qualcomm Adreno 203

ARM Mali-400 MP 17%

PowerVR SGX540 59%

ARM Mali-400 MP2 65%

Qualcomm Adreno 220 65%

PowerVR SGX545 95%

NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 3) 104%

Qualcomm Adreno 225 122%

PowerVR SGX544 123%

Vivante GC4000 138%

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770M 12509%

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GLBenchmark 2.5 - GLBench 2.5 Egypt HD

min: 6.9     avg: 8.8     median: 7.4 (12%)     max: 12 fps

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Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Huawei Ascend G600	S4 Play MSM8225	768 MB			6.9
LG P710 Optimus L7 II	S4 Play MSM8225	768 MB			7.4
HTC Desire 500	200 8225Q	1024 MB			12

Qualcomm Adreno 200 -59%

PowerVR SGX531 -36%

NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 2) -33%

Qualcomm Adreno 203

ARM Mali-400 MP 9%

ARM Mali-400 MP2 14%

PowerVR SGX540 16%

Qualcomm Adreno 220 25%

NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 3) 39%

ARM Mali-400 MP4 45%

PowerVR SGX544 46%

Broadcom VideoCore-IV 47%

PowerVR SGX545 60%

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770M 584%

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GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7
GLBench 2.7 T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 +

GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7 - GLBench 2.7 T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16

min: 1.5     avg: 1.7     median: 1.7 (0%)     max: 1.9 fps

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Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
LG P710 Optimus L7 II	S4 Play MSM8225	768 MB			1.5
Huawei Ascend G510	S4 Play MSM8225	512 MB			1.5
HTC Desire 500	200 8225Q	1024 MB			1.8
Huawei Ascend G525	S4 Play MSM8225Q	1024 MB		2.7.2	1.9

PowerVR SGX531 -70%

PowerVR SGX540 -40%

Qualcomm Adreno 203

PowerVR SGX545 67%

Vivante GC1000+ Dual-Core 69%

Broadcom VideoCore-IV 73%

NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 3) 75%

Qualcomm Adreno 225 93%

PowerVR SGX544 95%

ARM Mali-400 MP 141%

Qualcomm Adreno 302 147%

ARM Mali-400 MP4 169%

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NVIDIA Quadro RTX 5000 (Laptop) 116915%

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GLBench 2.7 T-Rex HD Onscreen C24Z16 +

GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7 - GLBench 2.7 T-Rex HD Onscreen C24Z16

min: 3.5     avg: 3.9     median: 3.8 (0%)     max: 4.4 fps

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Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Huawei Ascend G510	S4 Play MSM8225	512 MB			3.5
Huawei Ascend Y300	S4 Play MSM8225	512 MB			3.6
LG P710 Optimus L7 II	S4 Play MSM8225	768 MB			3.8
Huawei Ascend G525	S4 Play MSM8225Q	1024 MB		2.7.2	4.1
HTC Desire 500	200 8225Q	1024 MB			4.4

PowerVR SGX531 -72%

Qualcomm Adreno 200 -69%

PowerVR SGX540 -30%

Qualcomm Adreno 203

NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 3) 32%

PowerVR SGX544 44%

Vivante GC1000+ Dual-Core 52%

ARM Mali-400 MP4 55%

Qualcomm Adreno 225 57%

ARM Mali-400 MP 70%

ARM Mali-T604 MP4 104%

Broadcom VideoCore-IV 104%

ARM Mali-400 MP2 106%

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NVIDIA Quadro RTX 5000 (Laptop) 18147%

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AnTuTu 3DRating - Antutu 3DRating Off-screen

min: 1184     avg: 1235     median: 1194 (41%)     max: 1329 Points

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Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Huawei Ascend Y300	S4 Play MSM8225	512 MB			1184
Huawei Ascend G510	S4 Play MSM8225	512 MB			1187
Huawei Ascend G600	S4 Play MSM8225	768 MB			1194
LG P710 Optimus L7 II	S4 Play MSM8225	768 MB			1282
HTC Desire 500	200 8225Q	1024 MB			1329

Qualcomm Adreno 200 -71%

Qualcomm Adreno 220 -47%

PowerVR SGX531 -40%

NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 2) -26%

PowerVR SGX543MP2 -5%

PowerVR SGX543MP4 -4%

ARM Mali-400 MP -2%

Qualcomm Adreno 203

PowerVR SGX540 2%

PowerVR SGX543MP3 11%

NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 3) 22%

ARM Mali-400 MP2 29%

Vivante GC1000+ Dual-Core 34%

Qualcomm Adreno 305 40%

PowerVR SGX554MP4 40%

Vivante GC4000 42%

Broadcom VideoCore-IV 52%

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ARM Mali-T604 MP4 133%

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AnTuTu 3DRating - Antutu 3DRating Score

min: 1976     avg: 2097     median: 2125 (19%)     max: 2144 Points

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Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Huawei Ascend G510	S4 Play MSM8225	512 MB			1976
LG P710 Optimus L7 II	S4 Play MSM8225	768 MB			2103
HTC Desire 500	200 8225Q	1024 MB			2125
Huawei Ascend Y300	S4 Play MSM8225	512 MB			2139
Huawei Ascend G600	S4 Play MSM8225	768 MB			2144

NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 2) -23%

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PowerVR SGX531 -23%

NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 2) -23%

Qualcomm Adreno 203

Qualcomm Adreno 220 3%

Qualcomm Adreno 200 4%

PowerVR SGX540 11%

ARM Mali-400 MP 14%

ARM Mali-400 MP2 20%

Broadcom VideoCore-IV 22%

NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 3) 44%

PowerVR SGX544 62%

NVIDIA GeForce Tegra 4 67%

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PowerVR SGX543MP3 441%

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AnTuTu v3 - AnTuTu v3 GPU

min: 2365     avg: 2500     median: 2416 (25%)     max: 2792 Points

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Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Huawei Ascend Y300	S4 Play MSM8225	512 MB			2365
Huawei Ascend G510	S4 Play MSM8225	512 MB			2415
Huawei Ascend G600	S4 Play MSM8225	768 MB			2416
LG P710 Optimus L7 II	S4 Play MSM8225	768 MB			2511
HTC Desire 500	200 8225Q	1024 MB			2792

NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 2) -36%

PowerVR SGX531 -35%

Qualcomm Adreno 200 -11%

Qualcomm Adreno 203

Qualcomm Adreno 220 15%

ARM Mali-400 MP 16%

Broadcom VideoCore-IV 22%

PowerVR SGX540 32%

PowerVR SGX554MP4 39%

ARM Mali-400 MP2 49%

NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 3) 51%

PowerVR SGX544 52%

Vivante GC800 68%

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Qualcomm Adreno 330 285%

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Basemark ES 2.0 - Basemark ES 2.0

min: 14.44     avg: 18.9     median: 18.5 (31%)     max: 24.84 fps

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Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Huawei Ascend G600	S4 Play MSM8225	768 MB			14.44
Huawei Ascend G510	S4 Play MSM8225	512 MB			16.16
LG P710 Optimus L7 II	S4 Play MSM8225	768 MB			18.53
Huawei Ascend G525	S4 Play MSM8225Q	1024 MB			20.33
HTC Desire 500	200 8225Q	1024 MB			24.84

NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 2) -76%

PowerVR SGX531 -60%

Qualcomm Adreno 200 -47%

PowerVR SGX540 -37%

NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 3) -28%

PowerVR SGX554MP4 -28%

PowerVR SGX544 -14%

Vivante GC1000+ Dual-Core -5%

Qualcomm Adreno 220 -1%

Qualcomm Adreno 203

Vivante GC4000 24%

ARM Mali-400 MP 37%

ARM Mali-T604 MP4 38%

Vivante GC800 54%

PowerVR SGX544MP2 59%

ARM Mali-T720 MP2 62%

ARM Mali-400 MP2 68%

ARM Mali-T720 70%

Qualcomm Adreno 505 77%

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PowerVR G6200 220%

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NenaMark2 - NenaMark2 Score

min: 28.5     avg: 32.9     median: 31.9 (47%)     max: 40.2 fps

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Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Huawei Ascend G600	S4 Play MSM8225	768 MB			28.5
Huawei Ascend Y300	S4 Play MSM8225	512 MB			31
Huawei Ascend G510	S4 Play MSM8225	512 MB			31.3
Huawei Ascend G525	S4 Play MSM8225Q	1024 MB		2.4	32.5
LG P710 Optimus L7 II	S4 Play MSM8225	768 MB			33.6
HTC Desire 500	200 8225Q	1024 MB			40.2

NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 2) -24%

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Qualcomm Adreno 200 -40%

PowerVR SGX531 -32%

NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 2) -24%

PowerVR SGX540 -1%

Qualcomm Adreno 203

Qualcomm Adreno 220 13%

ARM Mali-400 MP 34%

PowerVR SGX554MP4 37%

Broadcom VideoCore-IV 37%

PowerVR SGX544 46%

ARM Mali-T720 47%

Vivante GC1000+ Dual-Core 48%

Qualcomm Adreno 302 51%

NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 3) 56%

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PowerVR G6200 84%

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PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile 2D Graphics Tests

min: 1516     avg: 1720     median: 1764.5 (6%)     max: 1836 Points

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Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Nokia X	S4 Play MSM8625Q	512 MB			1516
Huawei Ascend G510	S4 Play MSM8225	512 MB			1716
Huawei Ascend G525	S4 Play MSM8225Q	1024 MB			1813
HTC Desire 500	200 8225Q	1024 MB			1836

PowerVR SGX543MP4 -86%

Qualcomm Adreno 200 -55%

PowerVR SGX543MP3 -32%

Vivante GC4000 -5%

Qualcomm Adreno 203

PowerVR GE8100 3%

Vivante GC1000+ Dual-Core 11%

ARM Mali-450 MP4 22%

NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 3) 26%

PowerVR SGX531 29%

ARM Mali-400 MP 29%

PowerVR SGX544 33%

PowerVR SGX554MP4 33%

ARM Mali-400 MP2 33%

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Apple A13 Bionic GPU 1055%

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PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile 3D Graphics Tests

min: 451     avg: 551     median: 563.5 (2%)     max: 624 Points

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Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Nokia X	S4 Play MSM8625Q	512 MB			451
Huawei Ascend G510	S4 Play MSM8225	512 MB			556
HTC Desire 500	200 8225Q	1024 MB			571
Huawei Ascend G525	S4 Play MSM8225Q	1024 MB			624

PowerVR GE8100 -61%

Qualcomm Adreno 200 -37%

PowerVR SGX531 -16%

Qualcomm Adreno 203

Broadcom VideoCore-IV 4%

Qualcomm Adreno 302 4%

PowerVR SGX543MP4 7%

PowerVR SGX540 11%

Vivante GC4000 15%

PowerVR GE8300 16%

ARM Mali-T720 18%

ARM Mali-400 MP 21%

PowerVR GE8322 / IMG8322 25%

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ARM Mali-G52 MP2 2624%

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Smartbench 2012 - Smartbench 2012 Gaming Index

min: 1725     avg: 1890     median: 1858.5 (40%)     max: 2183 points

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Model	CPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Huawei Ascend G510	S4 Play MSM8225	512 MB			1725
Huawei Ascend G600	S4 Play MSM8225	768 MB			1745
Huawei Ascend Y300	S4 Play MSM8225	512 MB			1766
LG P710 Optimus L7 II	S4 Play MSM8225	768 MB			1951
Huawei Ascend G525	S4 Play MSM8225Q	1024 MB			1968
HTC Desire 500	200 8225Q	1024 MB			2183

unknown -34%

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NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 2) -36%

unknown -34%

PowerVR SGX531 -17%

Qualcomm Adreno 220 -8%

ARM Mali-400 MP4 -3%

Qualcomm Adreno 200 -1%

Qualcomm Adreno 203

Vivante GC800 1%

PowerVR SGX554MP4 2%

PowerVR SGX540 3%

PowerVR SGX544 16%

ARM Mali-400 MP 19%

Vivante GC1000+ Dual-Core 22%

NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 3) 24%

ARM Mali-400 MP2 27%

Broadcom VideoCore-IV 31%

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ARM Mali-T880 MP4 143%

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* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance

Notebook reviews with Qualcomm Adreno 203 graphics card

HTC Desire 500: Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 8225Q, 4.3", 0.1 kg
  Review » Review HTC Desire 500 Smartphone

Huawei Ascend G510: Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8225, 4.5", 0.2 kg
  Review » Review Huawei Ascend G510 Smartphone

Huawei Ascend G525: Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8225Q, 4.5", 0.2 kg
  Review » Review Huawei Ascend G525 Smartphone

Huawei Ascend G600: Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8225, 4.5", 0.1 kg
  Review » Review Huawei Ascend G600 Smartphone

Huawei Ascend Y300: Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8225, 4", 0.1 kg
  Review » Review Huawei Ascend Y300 Smartphone

LG P710 Optimus L7 II: Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8225, 4.3", 0.1 kg
  Review » Review LG P710 Optimus L7 II Smartphone

Nokia X: Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8625Q, 4", 0.1 kg
  Review » Nokia X Smartphone Review

Archos 80 Xenon: unknown, 8", 0.5 kg
  External Review » Archos 80 Xenon

Archos Platinum 50: Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8225, 5", 0.2 kg
  External Review » Archos Platinum 50

HTC Desire 300: Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8225, 4.3", 0.1 kg
  External Review » HTC Desire 300

HTC Desire 500: Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 8225Q, 4.3", 0.1 kg
  External Review » HTC Desire 500

Huawei Ascend G525: Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8225Q, 4.5", 0.2 kg
  External Review » Huawei Ascend G525

Huawei Ascend Y300: Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8225, 4", 0.1 kg
  External Review » Huawei Ascend Y300

LG P710 Optimus L7 II: Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8225, 4.3", 0.1 kg
  External Review » LG P710 Optimus L7 II

Nokia X: Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8625Q, 4", 0.1 kg
  External Review » Nokia X