We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 [with Adreno 506 graphics] and MediaTek Helio P22 [PowerVR GE8320]. Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.
Review
General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulkan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 625
- Performs 3x better in floating-point computations
- Shows better [up to 8%] AnTuTu 10 score – 156K vs 145K
Pros of MediaTek Helio P22
- Announced 2-years and 4-months later
- Supports 60% higher memory bandwidth [11.92 against 7.46 GB/s]
- Has a smaller size transistor [12 versus 14 nm]
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarks
AnTuTu 10
The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
CPU 60796 53446 GPU 16056 15021 Memory 39758 41519 UX 39521 35779 Total score 156962 145859
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GeekBench 6
The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Asset compression 62.9 MB/sec - HTML 5 Browser 27.2 pages/sec - PDF Renderer 27.4 Mpixels/sec - Image detection 9.55 images/sec - HDR 26.5 Mpixels/sec - Background blur 1.19 images/sec - Photo processing 6.81 images/sec - Ray tracing 1.67 Mpixels/sec -
3DMark
A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan [Metal]
3DMark Wild Life Performance
Graphics test 1 FPS - Score 159 -
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 625 and Helio P22
CPU
Architecture 8x 2 GHz – Cortex-A53 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A53 4x 1.5 GHz – Cortex-A53 Cores 8 8 Frequency 2000 MHz 2000 MHz Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8-A Process 14 nanometers 12 nanometers Transistor count 2 billion 5.5 billion TDP 5 W 5 W Manufacturing Samsung TSMC
Graphics
GPU name Adreno 506 PowerVR GE8320 Architecture Adreno 500 PowerVR Series8XE [Rogue] GPU frequency 650 MHz 650 MHz Execution units 1 4 Shading units 96 8 Total shaders 96 32 FLOPS 124.8 Gigaflops 41 Gigaflops Vulkan version 1.0 1.1 OpenCL version 2.0 1.2 DirectX version 11 -
Memory
Memory type LPDDR3 LPDDR4X Memory frequency 933 MHz 1600 MHz Bus 1x 32 Bit 2x 16 Bit Max bandwidth 7.46 Gbit/s 11.92 Gbit/s Max size 8 GB 6 GB
Multimedia [ISP]
Neural processor [NPU] Hexagon 546 CorePilot Storage type eMMC 5.1 eMMC 5.1 Max display resolution 1900 x 1200 1600 x 720 Max camera resolution 1x 24MP, 2x 13MP 1x 21MP, 2x 13MP Video capture 4K at 30FPS 1K at 30FPS Video playback 4K at 30FPS 1080p at 30FPS Video codecs H.264, H.265 H.264, H.265 Audio codecs AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Connectivity
Modem X9 - 4G support LTE Cat. 7 LTE Cat. 7 5G support No No Download speed Up to 300 Mbps Up to 300 Mbps Upload speed Up to 150 Mbps Up to 150 Mbps Wi-Fi 5 5 Bluetooth 4.1 5.0 Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Cast your vote
So, which SoC would you choose?
Snapdragon 625
493 [59.3%]
Total votes: 831
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