Features Snapdragon 625 positioning it as a mid-range microprocessor in the lineup of Qualcomm. It was officially introduced in 2016 and was intended for the implementation of affordable and functional mobile devices with good performance and reasonable cost. It is his technical specifications that will be described and reviewed in this short review. In addition to this, the advantages of this CPU will be indicated.
Microprocessor purpose
As noted earlier, for assembling mid-range smartphones by the standards of 2016, the microprocessor of the Snapdragon 625 model was intended. The characteristics of this chip allow you to create quite functional mobile devices. But at the same time, their autonomous functioning is quite good. In addition, the cost of such computing systems is very affordable. All these factors in combination have led to the fact that the microprocessor modification under consideration is quite common in smartphones and other mid-level mobile gadgets.
Chip specifications
Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 specs indicate eight cores. Each of them can successfully operate at a frequency of 2.0 GHz and is based on the Cortex-A53 architecture. The key advantage of the latter is energy efficiency, but its performance is far from the highest level. But this minus is offset by a high clock frequency. Also, this model of the chip due to the presence of 8 real blocks of processing the program code shows good performance in parallel tasks. The semiconductor base of this CPU model is manufactured according to the tolerance standards of 14 nm. This fact provides high energy efficiency smartphones based on this chip.
RAM
This microprocessor is equipped with an integrated RAM controller. The latter is aimed at working in single-channel mode with a declared bandwidth of 7.5 Gb / s. Supported memory types are LPDDR3 and LPDDR4X. In the first case, the real frequency of the RAM chips is 933 MHz, and in the second - 1600 MHz. Again, the presence of a faster memory device can improve the performance of the smartphone. It should also be noted that this chip model is equipped with either 4 GB of RAM or 6 GB.
Integrated graphics
The specifications of the Snapdragon 625 MSM8953 indicate the presence of an integrated video card in its composition. Its model is Adreno 506. This integrated solution includes 96 computing modules. The integrated video buffer is 128 KB. The clock frequency of this accelerator is 650 MHz. This accelerator is most optimally used in combination with 5 '' HD screens with a resolution of 1280x768. But technically, this graphics adapter can also display a FullHD picture. In this case, the resolution is already 1920X1080, and the screen size of the smartphone has been increased to 5.5 ”.
Wireless communications
Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 MSM8953 features a fairly large number of integrated wireless transmitters. This list included:
- Support for 2G / 3G / 4G cellular networks. In this case, the maximum speed of obtaining information in this case can reach 300 Mb / s. This value is true if high-quality 4G / LTE coverage is present. In the case of 3G, the highest value of the speed of obtaining information will be 42 Mbit / s. But in 2G, this value is reduced to 500 Kbps. This speed allows you to only exchange text information.
- The CPU includes a WiFi transmitter. With it, you can connect to a short-range wireless network and receive data from the "global web" at speeds of up to 150 Mbps.
- The third important transmitter is GPS. It implements the navigation functions of a computing system.
- The Bluetooth transmitter complements this entire list. This component of the mobile gadget allows not only to output an audio signal to wireless speakers, but also to exchange important information with similar devices.
Reviews
Features Snapdragon 625 positioned simultaneously as an energy-efficient, productive and affordable solution for mobile computing systems. These are the strengths of this semiconductor device. The drawbacks of this CPU currently do not exist. In 2-3 years, this chip model will become obsolete and this will become its key minus.
Conclusion
In this short review, we reviewed the features of the Snapdragon 625. This microprocessor currently belongs to mid-range solutions. Now he has enough speed. But a large margin in performance, this model of silicon chip can not boast. Therefore, the owners of gadgets based on it will soon enough be forced to think about buying a new mobile device. The rest of this semiconductor system is devoid of any significant drawbacks. This is another successful and sought-after microprocessor with integrated graphics system from Qualcomm.