Qualcomm Snapdragon 650 MSM8956

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 650 (MSM8956, former Snapdragon 618) is an ARM-based mid-range SoC for (Android based) smartphones and tablets. The chip integrates six CPU cores in two clusters. Two fast ARM Cortex-A72 cores at 1.8 GHz (max.) and four power saving ARM Cortex-A53 cores at 1.2 GHz (max.). In addition to that, the S650 includes a modern Adreno 510 graphics card, 2x 32 Bit LPDDR3-1866 memory controller (14.9 GB/s), an LTE/UMTS radio, and 802.11ac WiFi.

The Cortex-A72 cores are the successor of the Cortex-A57 designs and are based on the ARMv8-ISA (64 Bit). The four slower Cortex-A53 cores are also using the ARMv8-ISA (64 Bit). Both clusters are implemented using the big.LITTLE architecture and therefore all 6 cores can in theory run in parallel to increase performance.

The Snapdragon 650 supports a broad range of wireless standards. Next to WiFi 802.11ac, Bluetooth 4.1 and GPS (Qualcomm IZat Gen8C), the 650 supports a range of 2G, 3G and 4G standards like LTE Cat. 7 up to 300 MBit/s.

Dedicated hardware for encoding and decoding of videos (e.g. H.265 4K30, 1080p120) is also supported by the chip.

The Snapdragon 650 is manufactured at TSMC in 28nm (HPm).

Benchmarks

3DMark - Ice Storm Unlimited Physics 1280x720 offscreen

min: 10801     avg: 11976.8     median: 11541 (13%)     max: 14023 Points

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Sony Xperia X	Adreno 510	3072 MB			10801
Asus ZenPad 3S 10 Z500KL	Adreno 510	4096 MB			11515
Asus ZenPad 3 8.0 Z581KL-1A001A	Adreno 510	4096 MB			11568
Sony Xperia X Compact	Adreno 510	3072 MB			14023

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8625Q -75%

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Samsung Exynos 7570 Quad -4%

AMD E2-9000 -4%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 MSM8992 -4%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 MSM8994 -3%

Samsung Exynos 7578 -3%

Mediatek Helio P10 MT6755 -2%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AB -2%

Mediatek Helio P22 MT6762 -1%

Samsung Exynos 7870 Octa -1%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 650 MSM8956

Intel Celeron N2820 1%

Nvidia Tegra K1 (Denver) 4%

Intel Atom Z3740D 4%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 439 5%

Intel Atom x5-Z8350 5%

UNISOC SC9863A 5%

Samsung Exynos 7904 5%

HiSilicon Kirin 925 5%

AMD E2-9010 6%

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AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 594%

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3DMark - Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited Physics 2560x1440

1675 Points (37%)

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Sony Xperia X	Adreno 510	3072 MB			(!)
Sony Xperia X Compact	Adreno 510	3072 MB			1675

Intel Atom x5-Z8550 -9%

Mediatek Helio X25 MTK6797T -9%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 439 -8%

Mediatek Helio P25 -5%

Samsung Exynos 7884B -5%

HiSilicon Kirin 658 -4%

MediaTek Helio X27 MT6797X -3%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 MSM8996 -2%

Mediatek Helio P20 (LP4) MT6757 -1%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 650 MSM8956

HiSilicon Kirin 659 0%

Mediatek Helio P23 MT6763V 0%

Samsung Exynos 7870 Octa 0%

Samsung Exynos 8890 Octa 1%

Samsung Exynos 7904 2%

Samsung Exynos 7880 2%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 2%

Apple A9X 2%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 6%

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 730 91%

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3DMark - Sling Shot OpenGL ES 3.0 Unlimited Physics 2560x1440

min: 1398     avg: 1546.8     median: 1546 (33%)     max: 1697 Points

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Asus ZenPad 3 8.0 Z581KL-1A001A	Adreno 510	4096 MB			1398
Sony Xperia X	Adreno 510	3072 MB			1486
Asus ZenPad 3S 10 Z500KL	Adreno 510	4096 MB			1606
Sony Xperia X Compact	Adreno 510	3072 MB			1697

Mediatek Helio X25 MTK6797T -11%

Mediatek MT8173C -11%

HiSilicon Kirin 655 -10%

Mediatek MT8173 -10%

Samsung Exynos 7580 Octa -7%

Apple A8X -6%

Mediatek Helio P25 -4%

Mediatek Helio P23 MT6763T -3%

Apple A10 Fusion -1%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 650 MSM8956

HiSilicon Kirin 658 0%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 439 1%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 MSM8996 3%

HiSilicon Kirin 659 5%

Intel Atom x5-Z8550 6%

Mediatek Helio P23 MT6763V 6%

Apple A9X 7%

HiSilicon Kirin 950 7%

Samsung Exynos 7870 Octa 8%

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Apple A12X Bionic 204%

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Geekbench 3 - 64 Bit Multi-Core Score

min: 3628     avg: 3788.7     median: 3853 (10%)     max: 3885 Points

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Asus ZenPad 3 8.0 Z581KL-1A001A	Adreno 510	4096 MB			3628
Sony Xperia X	Adreno 510	3072 MB			3853
Sony Xperia X Compact	Adreno 510	3072 MB			3885

Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 MSM8992 -9%

HiSilicon Kirin 930 -8%

Intel Pentium N3540 -8%

HiSilicon Kirin 659 -7%

AMD A9-9410 -7%

Intel Pentium N3710 -5%

AMD A9-9425 -5%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 439 -4%

Intel Celeron 2970M 0%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 650 MSM8956

Samsung Exynos 7904 0%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 1%

HiSilicon Kirin 650 1%

Mediatek Helio P35 MT6765 3%

HiSilicon Kirin 935 4%

Mediatek Helio P25 5%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 5%

Mediatek MT6752 8%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 652 MSM8976 9%

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Intel Core i9-7900X 893%

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Geekbench 3 - 64 Bit Single-Core Score

min: 1484     avg: 1505.3     median: 1514 (31%)     max: 1518 Points

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Sony Xperia X	Adreno 510	3072 MB			1484
Asus ZenPad 3 8.0 Z581KL-1A001A	Adreno 510	4096 MB			1514
Sony Xperia X Compact	Adreno 510	3072 MB			1518

AMD A6 Pro-7050B -13%

Mediatek MT8173 -8%

Samsung Exynos 7420 Octa -8%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 652 MSM8976 -4%

Intel Core 2 Duo P8600 -3%

Nvidia Tegra X1 -3%

Mediatek Helio P60 -3%

Samsung Exynos 7885 -1%

Intel Pentium N4200 0%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 650 MSM8956

Samsung Exynos 9609 0%

AMD E2-9010 1%

HiSilicon Kirin 710 1%

AMD E2-9000 1%

Samsung Exynos 8895 Octa 2%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 670 13%

HiSilicon Kirin 950 14%

HiSilicon Kirin 960s 17%

AMD A10-4600M 17%

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Intel Core i7-8700K 226%

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Geekbench 4.0 - Compute RenderScript Score

3121 Points (25%)

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Asus ZenPad 3 8.0 Z581KL-1A001A	Adreno 510	4096 MB			3121

Mediatek Helio P35 MT6765 -24%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 439 -23%

Samsung Exynos 7904 -23%

Samsung Exynos 7885 -22%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 -21%

Mediatek Helio X20 MT6797 -12%

Samsung Exynos 8890 Octa -12%

Samsung Exynos 7420 Octa -7%

HiSilicon Kirin 955 -1%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 650 MSM8956

HiSilicon Kirin 950 0%

HiSilicon Kirin 960 2%

Samsung Exynos 7884B 4%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 5%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 652 MSM8976 6%

Mediatek Helio P70 8%

HiSilicon Kirin 710 18%

Intel Atom x5-Z8300 19%

Samsung Exynos 9810 23%

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 304%

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Geekbench 4.0 - 64 Bit Multi-Core Score

min: 2691     avg: 3017     median: 3017 (11%)     max: 3343 Points

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Asus ZenPad 3 8.0 Z581KL-1A001A	Adreno 510	4096 MB			2691
Sony Xperia X Compact	Adreno 510	3072 MB			3343

Mediatek MT6753 -19%

Intel Atom x5-E8000 -16%

Mediatek MT8173C -15%

Intel Celeron N3350 -14%

Nvidia Tegra K1 -9%

AMD A6-9220 -7%

Mediatek Helio P10 MT6755 -7%

AMD A4-5150M -4%

Intel Pentium 3558U 0%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 650 MSM8956

AMD A6-9225 1%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 3%

Intel Atom x5-Z8550 3%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 652 MSM8976 4%

AMD A9-9410 5%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 439 7%

Samsung Exynos 7870 Octa 9%

HiSilicon Kirin 655 9%

Mediatek MT8176 10%

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Intel Core i9-7900X 813%

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Geekbench 4.0 - 64 Bit Single-Core Score

min: 1388     avg: 1434     median: 1434 (25%)     max: 1480 Points

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Sony Xperia X Compact	Adreno 510	3072 MB			1388
Asus ZenPad 3 8.0 Z581KL-1A001A	Adreno 510	4096 MB			1480

Intel Celeron N3060 -24%

Intel Pentium N3710 -18%

Samsung Exynos 7884B -15%

Samsung Exynos 7904 -13%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 632 -12%

Samsung Exynos 7420 Octa -9%

AMD A8-7410 -5%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 652 MSM8976 -4%

Intel Celeron N3450 -1%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 650 MSM8956

Mediatek MT8173C 1%

Mediatek Helio P70 4%

Intel Celeron N3350 4%

AMD E2-9010 5%

Samsung Exynos 7885 7%

AMD E2-9000 8%

Intel Pentium N4200 9%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 MSM8996 10%

Mediatek MT8176 11%

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Intel Core i7-9700K 301%

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Geekbench 4.3 - 64 Bit Single-Core Score

1458 Points (23%)

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Asus ZenPad 3S 10 Z500KL	Adreno 510	4096 MB			1458

Qualcomm Snapdragon 212 APQ8009 -71%

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Mediatek MT8173 -17%

Samsung Exynos 7884B -17%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 632 -15%

Samsung Exynos 7904 -10%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 MSM8994 -7%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 -7%

Samsung Exynos 5433 Octa -7%

Intel Celeron N3450 -4%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 652 MSM8976 0%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 650 MSM8956

Mediatek Helio P70 1%

Mediatek Helio P60 1%

Intel Celeron N3350 3%

Nvidia Tegra X1 4%

Samsung Exynos 7885 5%

HiSilicon Kirin 710 7%

Intel Pentium N4200 8%

Mediatek MT8176 9%

AMD E2-9000 9%

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Intel Core i9-9900K 322%

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Geekbench 4.3 - 64 Bit Multi-Core Score

2869 Points (7%)

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Asus ZenPad 3S 10 Z500KL	Adreno 510	4096 MB			2869

Mediatek MT8321 -61%

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Mediatek MT6750N -8%

Intel Celeron N3350 -7%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AC -7%

AMD A4-5000 -6%

Apple A8 -4%

Nvidia Tegra K1 (Denver) -3%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 MSM8992 -2%

Intel Atom x5-E8000 -2%

AMD A6-9220 0%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 650 MSM8956

HiSilicon Kirin 935 1%

Mediatek Helio P10 MT6755 2%

Nvidia Tegra K1 3%

AMD A4-5150M 6%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 439 10%

AMD A6-9225 11%

Intel Pentium 3558U 13%

Mediatek MT8176 13%

Intel Celeron N3160 15%

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Ryzen 9 3900X 1433%

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Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Total Score *

min: 3323     avg: 3555.2     median: 3547 (6%)     max: 3803 ms

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Asus ZenPad 3S 10 Z500KL	Adreno 510	4096 MB		Chrome Version 58	3323.5
Sony Xperia X Compact	Adreno 510	3072 MB		Chrome 53	3417
Sony Xperia X	Adreno 510	3072 MB		Chrome 51.0.02704.81	3677
Asus ZenPad 3 8.0 Z581KL-1A001A	Adreno 510	4096 MB		Chrome 53	3803.2

Intel Xeon W-2145 -83%

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Mediatek MT8173C -7%

Intel Core M-5Y10a -6%

Intel Core M-5Y10 -5%

Intel Core i3-4158U -4%

Intel Core 2 Duo P8600 -3%

Intel Celeron N3450 -2%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 670 -2%

Intel Core i3-4012Y -1%

AMD A8-5550M 0%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 650 MSM8956

Mediatek MT8176 1%

Intel Celeron N3350 2%

Intel Core i5-4210Y 3%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 652 MSM8976 5%

AMD Pro A8-8600B 8%

AMD A10-7300 9%

Samsung Exynos 9610 10%

Intel Core i3-4005U 11%

Mediatek MT8173 12%

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Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227A 1573%

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Octane V2 - Total Score

min: 8167     avg: 8464     median: 8368 (16%)     max: 8952 Points

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Asus ZenPad 3S 10 Z500KL	Adreno 510	4096 MB		Chrome Version 58	8167
Asus ZenPad 3 8.0 Z581KL-1A001A	Adreno 510	4096 MB		Chrome 53	8349
Sony Xperia X	Adreno 510	3072 MB		Chrome 51.0.02704.81	8388
Sony Xperia X Compact	Adreno 510	3072 MB		Chrome 53	8952

Nvidia Tegra K1 (Denver) -3%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 632 -2%

AMD FX-7500 -2%

Intel Pentium N3710 -2%

Samsung Exynos 7420 Octa -2%

AMD E2-7110 -1%

AMD Pro A8-8600B -1%

Intel Atom x7-Z8700 -1%

Intel Core i5-3337U 0%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 650 MSM8956

Samsung Exynos 7904 1%

Mediatek MT8173 1%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 2%

Intel Pentium N3700 2%

Mediatek Helio P60 3%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 MSM8996 5%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 652 MSM8976 7%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 MSM8996 Pro 7%

Intel Core M-5Y10 9%

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Intel Core i7-7740X 470%

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AnTuTu v6 - Total Score

min: 71734     avg: 75785     median: 76878 (27%)     max: 77650 Points

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Asus ZenPad 3 8.0 Z581KL-1A001A	Adreno 510	4096 MB			71734
Sony Xperia X Compact	Adreno 510	3072 MB			76216
Asus ZenPad 3S 10 Z500KL	Adreno 510	4096 MB			77540
Sony Xperia X	Adreno 510	3072 MB			77650

Samsung Hummingbird S5PC110 / Exynos 3110 -93%

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Mediatek MT8173 -16%

Mediatek Helio P23 MT6763V -13%

HiSilicon Kirin 659 -13%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 626 -13%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 MSM8992 -13%

Samsung Exynos 7884B -11%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 -9%

Intel Atom x5-Z8500 -5%

Samsung Exynos 7904 -3%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 650 MSM8956

MediaTek Helio X27 MT6797X 0%

Mediatek MT8176 1%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 MSM8994 2%

Samsung Exynos 7420 Octa 3%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 652 MSM8976 9%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 632 10%

Mediatek Helio X20 MT6797 11%

Samsung Exynos 7885 13%

Nvidia Tegra K1 15%

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Samsung Exynos 9820 263%

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PCMark for Android - Work 2.0 performance score

4462 Points (37%)

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Asus ZenPad 3S 10 Z500KL	Adreno 510	4096 MB			4462

Mediatek MT6580M

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Samsung Exynos 7870 Octa -15%

HiSilicon Kirin 935 -13%

Samsung Exynos 7880 -9%

Nvidia Tegra 4 -7%

Nvidia Tegra K1 -7%

Mediatek Helio P25 -6%

Mediatek Helio P20 (LP4) MT6757 -5%

Mediatek Helio X20 MT6797 -4%

MediaTek Helio X27 MT6797X -1%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 650 MSM8956

HiSilicon Kirin 658 0%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 0%

UNISOC SC9863A 2%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 439 3%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 429 4%

Mediatek Helio P22 MT6762 4%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 652 MSM8976 5%

Mediatek Helio P23 MT6763V 7%

HiSilicon Kirin 659 8%

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Intel Core i5-8350U 168%

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PCMark for Android - Work performance score

min: 4379     avg: 5269.3     median: 5340 (27%)     max: 6018 Points

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Sony Xperia X	Adreno 510	3072 MB			4379
Sony Xperia X Compact	Adreno 510	3072 MB			4770
Asus ZenPad 3S 10 Z500KL	Adreno 510	4096 MB			5910
Asus ZenPad 3 8.0 Z581KL-1A001A	Adreno 510	4096 MB			6018

Intel Core i7-7500U -95%

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Mediatek Helio P25 -5%

Samsung Exynos 7880 -4%

HiSilicon Kirin 960s -4%

Intel Atom x5-Z8300 -4%

Intel Atom Z3560 -4%

Samsung Exynos 7420 Octa -3%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 -1%

Intel Atom x5-Z8500 -1%

HiSilicon Kirin 650 -1%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 650 MSM8956

Intel Atom Z3735F 0%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 652 MSM8976 1%

MediaTek Helio X27 MT6797X 2%

Mediatek Helio X25 MTK6797T 6%

Samsung Exynos 5433 Octa 6%

Nvidia Tegra K1 6%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 7%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 MSM8996 Pro 8%

Samsung Exynos 7885 10%

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Intel Core i5-8350U 272%

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* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance

Reviews for the Qualcomm Snapdragon 650 MSM8956 processor

Asus ZenPad 3 8.0 Z581KL-1A001A (Qualcomm Adreno 510, 7.9")
» Asus ZenPad 3 8.0 Z581KL Tablet Review - Review
» Asus ZenPad 3 8.0 Z581KL-1A001A - External Review

Asus ZenPad 3S 10 Z500KL (Qualcomm Adreno 510, 9.7")
» Asus ZenPad 3S 10 LTE (Z500KL) Tablet Review - Review
» Asus ZenPad 3S 10 Z500KL - External Review

Asus Zenpad Z10 ZT500KL (Qualcomm Adreno 510, 9.7")
» Asus Zenpad Z10 ZT500KL - External Review

Asus ZenPad Z8-ZT581KL (Qualcomm Adreno 510, 7.9")
» Asus ZenPad Z8-ZT581KL - External Review

Oppo R11 ( unknown, 5.5")
» Oppo R11 - External Review

Oppo R11 Plus ( unknown, 6")
» Oppo R11 Plus - External Review

Sony Xperia X (Qualcomm Adreno 510, 5")
» Sony Xperia X Smartphone Review - Review
» Sony Xperia X - External Review

Sony Xperia X Compact (Qualcomm Adreno 510, 4.6")
» Sony Xperia X Compact Smartphone Review - Review
» Sony Xperia X Compact - External Review

Vivo V9 Pro (Qualcomm Adreno 510, 6.3")
» Vivo V9 Pro - External Review

Xiaomi Mi Max 6.4 inch ( unknown, 6.4")
» Xiaomi Mi Max 6.4 inch - External Review

Xiaomi Mi Note 3 (Qualcomm Adreno 510, 5.5")
» Xiaomi Mi Note 3 - External Review

Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Pro (Qualcomm Adreno 510, 5.5")
» Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Pro - External Review

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