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).
Series Qualcomm Snapdragon Codename Cortex-A72/-A53 Series: Snapdragon Cortex-A72/-A53 Clock Rate 1800 MHz Number of Cores / Threads 6 / 6 Manufacturing Technology 28 nm Features Adreno 510 GPU, 802.11ac WLAN, Bluetooth 4.1, LTE Cat. 7 (max. 300 Mbps), NFC, GPS (Qualcomm IZat Gen8C), Dual-Channel LPDDR3-1866 Memory Controller GPU Qualcomm Adreno 510 64 Bit 64 Bit support Architecture ARM Announcement Date 02/18/2015 Product Link (external) Qualcomm Snapdragon 650 MSM8956
Benchmarks 3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
min: 10801 avg: 11977 median: 11541.5 (12%) max: 14023 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited Physics
1675 Points (21%)
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3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited Physics
min: 1398 avg: 1547 median: 1546 (27%) max: 1697 Points
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Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 3628 avg: 3789 median: 3853 (6%) max: 3885 points
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Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1484 avg: 1505 median: 1514 (31%) max: 1518 points
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Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1388 avg: 1434 median: 1434 (22%) max: 1480 points
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Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 2691 avg: 3017 median: 3017 (7%) max: 3343 points
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Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
1458 points (20%)
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Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
2869 points (5%)
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Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 3323.5 avg: 3555 median: 3547 (6%) max: 3803.2 ms
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Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 8167 avg: 8464 median: 8368.5 (13%) max: 8952 Points
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AnTuTu v6 - AnTuTu v6 Total Score
min: 71734 avg: 75785 median: 76878 (26%) max: 77650 Points
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PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score 2.0
4462 Points (29%)
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PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score
min: 4379 avg: 5269 median: 5340 (27%) max: 6018 Points
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Reviews for the Qualcomm Snapdragon 650 MSM8956 processor
Asus ZenPad 3 8.0 Z581KL-1A001A (Qualcomm Adreno 510, 7.90")
» 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, 9.70")
» Asus ZenPad 3S 10 LTE (Z500KL) Tablet Review - Review » Asus ZenPad 3S 10 Z500KL - External Review
Asus Zenpad Z10 ZT500KL (Qualcomm Adreno 510, 9.70")
» Asus Zenpad Z10 ZT500KL - External Review
Asus ZenPad Z8-ZT581KL (Qualcomm Adreno 510, 7.90")
» Asus ZenPad Z8-ZT581KL - External Review
Oppo R11 ( unknown, 5.50")
» Oppo R11 - External Review
Oppo R11 Plus ( unknown, 6.00")
» Oppo R11 Plus - External Review
Sony Xperia X (Qualcomm Adreno 510, 5.00")
» Sony Xperia X Smartphone Review - Review » Sony Xperia X - External Review
Sony Xperia X Compact (Qualcomm Adreno 510, 4.60")
» Sony Xperia X Compact Smartphone Review - Review » Sony Xperia X Compact - External Review
Vivo V9 Pro (Qualcomm Adreno 510, 6.30")
» Vivo V9 Pro - External Review
Xiaomi Mi Max 6.4 inch ( unknown, 6.40")
» Xiaomi Mi Max 6.4 inch - External Review
Xiaomi Mi Note 3 (Qualcomm Adreno 510, 5.50")
» Xiaomi Mi Note 3 - External Review
Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Pro (Qualcomm Adreno 510, 5.50")
» Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Pro - External Review
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