Qualcomm Snapdragon 636
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 650

vs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 650 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 14 nm (14 nm vs 28 nm)
  • Newer Launch Date: October 2017 (October 2017 vs February 2015)

Basic

Qualcomm
Label Name
Qualcomm
October 2017
Launch Date
February 2015
SmartPhone Mid range
Platform
SmartPhone Mid range
Samsung
Manufacturing
Samsung
SDM636
Model Name
MSM8956
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 260 Gold (Cortex-A73)
4x 1.6 GHz – Kryo 260 Silver (Cortex-A53)
Architecture
2x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A72
4x 1.4 GHz – Cortex-A53
8
Cores
6
14 nm
Technology
28 nm
1800 MHz
Frequency
1800 MHz
2
Transistor count
1

GPU Specifications

Adreno 509
GPU name
Adreno 510
720 MHz
GPU frequency
600 MHz
0.1843 TFLOPS
FLOPS
0.1536 TFLOPS
128
Shading units
128
1
Execution units
1
2.0
OpenCL version
2.0
1.0
Vulkan version
1.0
1900 x 1200
Max display resolution
2560 x 1600
11
DirectX version
11

Connectivity

Up to 600 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 300 Mbps
LTE Cat. 13
4G support
LTE Cat. 7
No
5G support
No
5.0
Bluetooth
4.1
5
Wi-Fi
5
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Memory Specifications

LPDDR4
Memory type
LPDDR3
1333 MHz
Memory frequency
933 MHz
2x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
2x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

-
L2 Cache
256 KB
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
1x 24MP, 2x 16MP
Max camera resolution
1x 21MP, 2x 13MP
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
Storage type
eMMC 5.1
4K at 30FPS
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
5 W
TDP
9 W
ARMv8-A
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
Hexagon 680
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon V56

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 636
295 +1%
Snapdragon 650
291
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 636
1088 +45%
Snapdragon 650
750
FP32 (float)
Snapdragon 636
188 +21%
Snapdragon 650
156