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).
| Codename | Cortex-A72/-A53 | ||||||||
| Series | Qualcomm Snapdragon | ||||||||
Series: Snapdragon Cortex-A72/-A53
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| 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) | www.qualcomm.com | ||||||||
- Average benchmark values
Vivo V9 Pro: Qualcomm Adreno 510, 6.30", 0.2 kg
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Sony Xperia X: Qualcomm Adreno 510, 5.00", 0.2 kg
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