The Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 MSM8952 is a mid-range ARMv8-based SoC largely for Android tablets and smartphones announced in September 2015. In addition to 8 Cortex-A53 CPU cores at up to 1.5 / 1.2 (performance and power saving cluster) GHz, the SoC integrates an Adreno 405 GPU with a LPDDR3-1866 memory controller and supports Wi-Fi (802.11ac), Bluetooth 4.0, UMTS, and LTE. Compared to the older Snapdragon 615, the clock speeds are a bit lower (hits 1.7 GHz max).
CPU
The Cortex-A53 is the successor to the very popular Cortex-A7 design. In addition to the new 64-bit capable ARMv8 ISA, the cores offer a variety of other improvements such as better branch prediction. This leads to a significantly higher performance per clock, which is even above the older Cortex-A9.
The eight cores of the Snapdragon 617 are divided into two quad-core clusters, each optimized for a different operating point. While one cluster can clock up to 1.5 GHz to handle more demanding applications, the other cluster is limited to a maximum of 1.2 GHz for energy-saving purposes. All eight cores can be active at the same time, although most applications aren't parallelized to support 8 cores efficiently.
Overall, the Snapdragon 617 offers a performance similar to that of the older Snapdragon 600 (Krait architecture).
GPU
Another new feature is the integrated graphics unit named Adreno 405 (most likely around 550 MHz). The Adreno 400 series has been substantially redesigned and supports DirectX 11.2 (FL 11_1) including hardware tessellation, OpenGL ES 3.1, and OpenCL 1.2. Furthermore, the performance has been significantly improved, which is now similar to the Adreno 320 and PowerVR G6200.
Features
The Snapdragon 617 offers numerous wireless technologies such as Bluetooth 4.0 and WLAN 802.11a/b/g/n/ac as well as a Multi-SIM cellular modem supporting LTE cat. 4 (up to 150 Mbps), WCDMA, CDMA, EV-DO, TD-SCDMA and GSM/EDGE.
The SoC can encode and decode 1080p videos using dedicated hardware and stream content to displays with up to 2560 x 2048 pixels. A large number of video codecs including H.265 (playback only) will be supported. The camera ISP can handle sensors with up to 21 MP.
Power Consumption
The Snapdragon 617 is manufactured by TSMC in a 28 nm LP process. According to the specifications, we expect a medium or medium-high power consumption for use in medium-sized or larger smartphones and tablets.
| Codename | Cortex-A53 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Series | Qualcomm Snapdragon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Series: Snapdragon Cortex-A53
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| Clock Rate | 1500 MHz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number of Cores / Threads | 8 / 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manufacturing Technology | 28 nm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Features | Adreno 405 GPU, Dual-Stream 802.11ac WLAN, Bluetooth, LTE Cat. 7, GPS (iZat Gen8C), 32/64 Bit LPDDR3-1866 Memory Controller | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| GPU | Qualcomm Adreno 405 ( - 550 MHz) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 64 Bit | 64 Bit support | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Architecture | ARM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcement Date | 09/15/2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Product Link (external) | www.qualcomm.com | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Coolpad Max A8: Qualcomm Adreno 405, 5.50", 0.2 kg
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CAT S60: Qualcomm Adreno 405, 4.70", 0.2 kg
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ZTE Grand X Max 2: Qualcomm Adreno 405, 6.00", 0.2 kg
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Coolpad Max: Qualcomm Adreno 405, 5.50", 0.2 kg
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Lenovo Moto G4: Qualcomm Adreno 405, 5.50", 0.2 kg
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Motorola Moto G 4. Gen Plus: Qualcomm Adreno 405, 5.50", 0.2 kg
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Lenovo Moto G4 Plus: Qualcomm Adreno 405, 5.50", 0.2 kg
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Motorola Moto G 4. Gen: Qualcomm Adreno 405, 5.50", 0.2 kg
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HTC One A9: Qualcomm Adreno 405, 5.00", 0.1 kg
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