Notebookcheck Logo

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8225 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8625Q vs Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8225Q

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8225

► remove from comparison

The Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 MSM8225 is an entry level SoC for (Android) tablets and smartphones. It contains a Cortex-A5 based dual core processor and an Adreno 203 graphics card. 

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8625Q

► remove from comparison Qualcomm S4 Play MSM8625Q

The Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8625Q is an entry level ARM SoC for cheap Android based smartphones. It integrates four Cortex-A5 cores clocked at up to 1.2 GHz, a Adreno 203 graphics card, a LPDDR2 memory controller and a CDMA/UMTS, GSM, GPRS, EDGE, HSPA, EV-DO Rev. A/B modem.

The Corex-A5 cores offer a lower performance per MHz than the Cortex A7 and A9 cores and therefore the SoC suffers from a rather low single thread performance. 

The SoC is manufactured in 45nm at TSMC, but thanks to the small Cortex-A5 cores, the SoC can be used in small smartphones.

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8225Q

► remove from comparison Qualcomm S4 Play MSM8225Q

The Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8225Q is an entry level SoC for Android based tablets and smartphones. It contains four ARM Cortex-A5 CPU cores with a clock rate of up to 1.2 GHz, an Adreno 203 graphics card, an LPDDR2 memory controller, and a UMTS radio module.

The performance of the Cortex-A5 cores is rather low (per clock) and therefore the quad-core is only on par with dual-core Cortex-A9 SoCs. The single threaded performance is however much lower.

The integrated video engine allows the encoding and decoding of 720p videos.

ModelQualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8225Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8625QQualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8225Q
SeriesQualcomm SnapdragonQualcomm SnapdragonQualcomm Snapdragon
CodenameCortex-A5Cortex-A5Cortex-A5
Series: Snapdragon Cortex-A5
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8625Q1.2 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A5
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8225Q1.2 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A5
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8225 « 1.5 GHz2 / 2 cores Cortex-A5
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8625Q « 1.2 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A5
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8225Q1.2 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A5
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM82251.5 GHz2 / 2 cores Cortex-A5
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8625Q1.2 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A5
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8225Q « 1.2 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A5
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM82251.5 GHz2 / 2 cores Cortex-A5
Clock1500 MHz1200 MHz1200 MHz
Cores / Threads2 / 24 / 44 / 4
Technology45 nm45 nm45 nm
iGPUQualcomm Adreno 203Qualcomm Adreno 203Qualcomm Adreno 203
ArchitectureARMARMARM
Announced
FeaturesCDMA/UMTS (GSM, GPRS, EDGE, HSPA, 1×Rev.A, 1×EV-DO Rev.A/B)GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSPA
Manufacturerwww.qualcomm.comwww.qualcomm.com

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
min: 2825     avg: 3027     median: 3026.5 (2%)     max: 3228 Points
2907 Points (2%)
3418 Points (3%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
3273 Points (3%)
2902 Points (2%)
5648 Points (5%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
3003 Points (3%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
min: 182     avg: 205.3     median: 196 (2%)     max: 247 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
min: 306     avg: 491.5     median: 437.5 (4%)     max: 785 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
min: 763     avg: 874     median: 835.5 (2%)     max: 1060 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
min: 403     avg: 454.3     median: 420.5 (1%)     max: 573 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
min: 489     avg: 583     median: 545.5 (1%)     max: 753 Points
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Multi Thread
min: 66.4     avg: 75.2     median: 75.2 (3%)     max: 83.9 MFLOPS
75.9 MFLOPS (3%)
91.8 MFLOPS (3%)
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Single Thread
min: 40.38     avg: 45.2     median: 45.2 (4%)     max: 50.1 MFLOPS
44.1 MFLOPS (4%)
40.7 MFLOPS (4%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
36221 ms (42%)
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
2178 ms (24%)
2430 ms (27%)
2379 ms (26%)
Sunspider - Sunspider 0.9.1 Total Score *
min: 1807     avg: 2161     median: 2174.5 (21%)     max: 2487 ms
2433 ms (23%)
2262 ms (21%)
Quadrant Standard Edition 2.0 - Quadrant Standard 2.0 Total Score
2525 points (6%)
2130 points (5%)
4508 points (10%)
AnTuTu v3 - AnTuTu v3 CPU
min: 2276     avg: 2473     median: 2449.5 (16%)     max: 2716 Points
AnTuTu v4 - AnTuTu v4 Total Score
7655 Points (18%)
11419 Points (27%)
AndEBench - AndEBench Java
110 Iter./s (3%)
93 Iter./s (3%)
229 Iter./s (7%)
AndEBench - AndEBench Native
2785 Iter./s (9%)
2387 Iter./s (8%)
5544 Iter./s (18%)
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
3040 Points (0%)
2697 Points (0%)
6341 Points (1%)

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8225 → 100% n=10

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8625Q → 92% n=10

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8225Q → 149% n=10

- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation

v1.26
log 28. 15:23:50

#0 checking url part for id 3773 +0s ... 0s

#1 checking url part for id 5974 +0s ... 0s

#2 checking url part for id 4732 +0s ... 0s

#3 not redirecting to Ajax server +0s ... 0s

#4 did not recreate cache, as it is less than 5 days old! Created at Thu, 28 Mar 2024 05:35:32 +0100 +0.001s ... 0.001s

#5 composed specs +0.018s ... 0.019s

#6 did output specs +0s ... 0.019s

#7 getting avg benchmarks for device 3773 +0.003s ... 0.021s

#8 got single benchmarks 3773 +0.011s ... 0.032s

#9 getting avg benchmarks for device 5974 +0.002s ... 0.035s

#10 got single benchmarks 5974 +0.005s ... 0.04s

#11 getting avg benchmarks for device 4732 +0.002s ... 0.042s

#12 got single benchmarks 4732 +0.006s ... 0.048s

#13 got avg benchmarks for devices +0s ... 0.048s

#14 min, max, avg, median took s +0.085s ... 0.134s

#15 return log +0s ... 0.134s

Please share our article, every link counts!
> Expert Reviews and News on Laptops, Smartphones and Tech Innovations > Benchmarks / Tech > Processor Comparison - Head 2 Head
Redaktion, 2017-09- 8 (Update: 2023-07- 1)