Snapdragon 632 vs Snapdragon 630
We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 632 (with Adreno 506 graphics) and Snapdragon 630 (Adreno 508). Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.
Review
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulkan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
DeviceFacts Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 632
- Supports 42% higher memory bandwidth (7.5 against 5.3 GB/s)
- Higher GPU frequency (~12%)
- Shows better (up to 13%) AnTuTu 11 score – 243K vs 215K
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 630
- Performs 79% better in floating-point computations
- 22% higher CPU clock speed (2200 vs 1800 MHz)
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 123089 | 93536 |
| GPU | 15195 | 23673 |
| Memory | 44974 | 39705 |
| UX | 60433 | 58409 |
| Total score | 243691 | 215323 |
| Samples | Less than 3 | Less than 3 |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Asset compression | 72.6 MB/sec | - |
| HTML 5 Browser | 30.4 pages/sec | - |
| PDF Renderer | 45.7 Mpixels/sec | - |
| Image detection | 12.2 images/sec | - |
| HDR | 36.8 Mpixels/sec | - |
| Background blur | 1.41 images/sec | - |
| Photo processing | 7.79 images/sec | - |
| Ray tracing | 1.85 Mpixels/sec | - |
| Samples | 90 tests | 2 tests |
PCMark 3.0
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 6029 | 4633 |
| Video editing score | 5429 | 5279 |
| Data manipulation score | 4740 | 3808 |
| Photo editing score | 8531 | 8495 |
| Writing score | 6803 | 4712 |
| Phones tested | Less than 3 | - |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 632 and Snapdragon 630CPU
| Architecture | 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 250 Gold (Cortex-A73 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 250 Silver (Cortex-A53) |
4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A53 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53 |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Frequency | 1800 MHz | 2200 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8-A | ARMv8-A |
| L2 cache | - | 1.5 MB |
| Process | 14 nanometers | 14 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 2 billion | 2 billion |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 5 W | 5 W |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | Samsung |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 506 | Adreno 508 |
| Architecture | Adreno 500 | Adreno 500 |
| GPU frequency | 725 MHz | 650 MHz |
| Pipelines | 1 | 1 |
| Shading units | 48 | 96 |
| Total shaders | 48 | 96 |
| FLOPS | 69.6 Gigaflops | 124.8 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 11 | 11 |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 546 | Hexagon 642 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR3 | LPDDR4 |
| Memory frequency | 933 MHz | 1333 MHz |
| Bus | 1x 32 Bit | 2x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 7.5 Gb/s | 5.3 Gb/s |
| Max size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | eMMC 5.1 | eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1 |
| Max display resolution | 1900 x 1200 | 1900 x 1200 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 40MP, 2x 13MP | 1x 24MP, 2x 13MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 30FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 30FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | - H.264 - H.265 - VP8 - VP9 |
- H.264 - H.265 - VP8 - VP9 |
| Audio codecs | - AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
- AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | X9 | X12 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 7 | LTE Cat. 13 |
| 5G support | No | No |
| Download speed | Up to 300 Mbps | Up to 600 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 150 Mbps | Up to 150 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 5 |
| Bluetooth | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS |
Info
| Announced | June 2018 | May 2017 |
| Class | Mid range | Mid range |
| Model number | SDM632 | SDM630 |
| Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 632 official site | Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 official site |
| Successor | - | - Qualcomm Snapdragon 632 |
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