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	Qualcomm Snapdragon 652 MSM8976 1800 MHz 8 / 8 » Qualcomm Snapdragon 650 MSM8956 1800 MHz 6 / 6
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
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 (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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Qualcomm Snapdragon 652 MSM8976 -6%

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%

Samsung Exynos 7870 Octa -1%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 650 MSM8956

Mediatek Helio P22 MT6762 1%

Intel Celeron N2820 1%

Samsung Exynos 7884B 3%

Nvidia Tegra K1 (Denver) 4%

Intel Atom Z3740D 4%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 439 4%

Intel Atom x5-Z8350 5%

HiSilicon Kirin 925 6%

Samsung Exynos 7904 6%

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AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT 603%

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

1675 Points (21%)

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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

Mediatek MT6739WW -61%

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Intel Atom x5-Z8550 -9%

Mediatek Helio X25 MTK6797T -9%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 439 -5%

Samsung Exynos 7884B -5%

HiSilicon Kirin 658 -4%

MediaTek Helio X27 MT6797X -3%

Mediatek Helio P23 MT6763V -1%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 MSM8996 -1%

Mediatek Helio P20 (LP4) MT6757 -1%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 650 MSM8956

Samsung Exynos 7870 Octa 0%

Samsung Exynos 8890 Octa 1%

Samsung Exynos 7880 2%

Samsung Exynos 7904 2%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 2%

Apple A9X 2%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 6%

Nvidia Tegra K1 14%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 16%

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Intel Core i9-9980HK 376%

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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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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

Qualcomm Snapdragon 210 MSM8909 -63%

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Mediatek MT8173C -11%

Intel Celeron N4000 -10%

HiSilicon Kirin 655 -10%

Mediatek Helio P25 -10%

Mediatek MT8173 -10%

Samsung Exynos 7580 Octa -7%

Apple A8X -6%

Mediatek Helio P23 MT6763T -3%

Apple A10 Fusion -1%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 650 MSM8956

HiSilicon Kirin 658 0%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 439 3%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 MSM8996 3%

HiSilicon Kirin 659 5%

Mediatek Helio P23 MT6763V 5%

Intel Atom x5-Z8550 6%

Apple A9X 7%

HiSilicon Kirin 950 7%

Samsung Exynos 7884B 8%

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MediaTek Dimensity 1000+ 255%

0%

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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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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 215 -72%

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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 i9-10980XE 1586%

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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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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

Qualcomm Snapdragon 215 -79%

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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%

Mediatek MT8183 -2%

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%

Mediatek Helio G80 11%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 670 13%

HiSilicon Kirin 950 14%

Mediatek Helio P65 15%

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Intel Core i7-8700K 227%

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Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4 64 Bit Single-Core

min: 1388     avg: 1434     median: 1434 (22%)     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

Apple A5x -77%

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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%

Mediatek MT8183 -3%

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 i7-1165G7 351%

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Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4 64 Bit Multi-Core

min: 2691     avg: 3017     median: 3017 (7%)     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

Apple A5x -81%

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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 -6%

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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AMD Ryzen 9 3900 1261%

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Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1+ 64 Bit Single-Core

1458 points (22%)

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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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Qualcomm Snapdragon 632 -15%

AMD A6-9220e -14%

Samsung Exynos 7904 -10%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 MSM8994 -7%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 -7%

Samsung Exynos 5433 Octa -7%

Mediatek MT8183 -4%

Intel Celeron N3450 -4%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 652 MSM8976 0%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 650 MSM8956

Intel Celeron N3350 1%

Mediatek Helio P60 2%

Mediatek Helio P70 2%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 3%

Nvidia Tegra X1 4%

Samsung Exynos 7885 5%

Intel Celeron J3355 5%

HiSilicon Kirin 710 7%

Intel Pentium N4200 8%

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Intel Core i7-1165G7 353%

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Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1+ 64 Bit Multi-Core

2869 points (5%)

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

AMD E1-2100 -64%

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Mediatek MT6750N -8%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AC -7%

AMD A4-5000 -6%

Intel Celeron J3355 -4%

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

AMD A4-5150M 0%

HiSilicon Kirin 935 1%

Mediatek Helio P10 MT6755 2%

Nvidia Tegra K1 3%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 439 9%

AMD A6-9225 11%

Intel Celeron N4000 12%

Intel Pentium 3558U 13%

Mediatek MT8176 13%

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Intel Core i9-9980XE 1822%

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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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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

Apple A13 Bionic -84%

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Intel Core M-5Y10a -6%

Intel Core M-5Y10 -5%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 710 -5%

Intel Core i3-4158U -4%

Intel Core 2 Duo P8600 -3%

Intel Celeron N3450 -2%

Intel Core i3-4012Y -1%

Intel Celeron N3350 -1%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 670 -1%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 650 MSM8956

Mediatek MT8176 1%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 712 3%

Intel Core i5-4210Y 3%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 652 MSM8976 5%

Mediatek Helio P65 6%

Mediatek Helio P60T 7%

Mediatek Helio G70 7%

AMD Pro A8-8600B 8%

AMD A10-7300 9%

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Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227A 1573%

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Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score

min: 8167     avg: 8464     median: 8368.5 (14%)     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

Marvell PXA1088 -87%

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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%

Samsung Exynos 7904 -1%

Intel Atom x7-Z8700 -1%

Intel Core i5-3337U 0%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 650 MSM8956

Mediatek MT8173 1%

Intel Pentium N3700 2%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 2%

Mediatek MT8183 2%

Mediatek Helio P70 3%

Mediatek Helio P60 3%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 MSM8996 5%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 5%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 652 MSM8976 7%

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Intel Core i7-1165G7 602%

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AnTuTu v6 - AnTuTu v6 Total Score

min: 71734     avg: 75785     median: 76878 (26%)     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%

Samsung Exynos 7884B -13%

Mediatek Helio P23 MT6763V -13%

HiSilicon Kirin 659 -13%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 626 -13%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 MSM8992 -13%

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 9825 286%

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PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score 2.0

4462 Points (29%)

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

Mediatek MT6735P -53%

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HiSilicon Kirin 935 -13%

Samsung Exynos 7880 -9%

Nvidia Tegra 4 -7%

Nvidia Tegra K1 -7%

Mediatek Helio P20 (LP4) MT6757 -5%

Mediatek Helio X20 MT6797 -4%

MediaTek Helio X27 MT6797X -1%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 429 0%

Mediatek Helio P25 0%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 650 MSM8956

HiSilicon Kirin 658 0%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 0%

MediaTek MT8168 2%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 439 4%

UNISOC SC9863A 4%

Mediatek Helio P22 MT6762 5%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 652 MSM8976 5%

HiSilicon Kirin 659 8%

Mediatek Helio P23 MT6763T 8%

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 865+ (Plus) 180%

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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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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 P20 (LP4) MT6757 -6%

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 P25 5%

Mediatek Helio X25 MTK6797T 6%

Samsung Exynos 5433 Octa 6%

Nvidia Tegra K1 6%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 7%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 MSM8996 Pro 8%

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Intel Core i5-8350U 272%

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- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* 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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