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Qualcomm Snapdragon 617

System on a chip

CPU cores: 8
Process node: 28 nm
Graphics: Qualcomm Adreno 405

Benchmark results

Reported score · version unreported · CPU Score29,650^*Android Compare results
Reported score · version unreported · GPU Score10,524^*Android Compare results
Reported score · version unreported · Total Score40,174^*Android Compare results

Processing & platform

Chipset: Qualcomm MSM8952 Snapdragon 617
Processor: Cortex-A53
CPU cores: 8
Graphics: Qualcomm Adreno 405
Architecture: 64-bit
Manufacturing process: 28 nm (TSMC 28LP)
Process node: 28 nm

CPU core groups

Cortex-A53^*
Cores
4^*
Listed frequency
1.5 GHz^*
Cortex-A53^*
Cores
4^*
Listed frequency
1.2 GHz^*

Memory & storage

Storage technologies

Supported eMMC 5.1
Supported SD 3.0 (UHS-I)

Supported memory

Supported LPDDR3
Technology
LPDDR3

Connectivity & software

Software interfaces

OpenGL ES 3.1

System configuration

Detailed specifications

Specifications 1 · 6 fields

Platform

Android^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

Platform: Android^*
Category: SoC^*

Category

SoC^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

Platform: Android^*
Category: SoC^*

Device

237 Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 (4x 1.5GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x 1.2GHz Cortex-A53)^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

Platform: Android^*
Category: SoC^*

CPU Score

29,650^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

Platform: Android^*
Category: SoC^*

GPU Score

10,524^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

Platform: Android^*
Category: SoC^*

Total Score

40,174^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

Platform: Android^*
Category: SoC^*

Specifications 2 · 56 fields

cores

8^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Location — Features

Pedestrian Navigation^*
Sensor-assisted Navigation^*
Low Power Geofencing and Tracking^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

CPU — Clock Speed

Up to 1.5^* GHz

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Cellular Modem-RF — Peak Upload Speed

Up to 100.0^* Mbps

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Wi-Fi — Peak QAM

256 QAM^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Cellular Modem-RF — Calling Services

Voice over Wi-Fi (VoWiFi) with LTE call continuity^*
HD Voice over 3G and VoLTE^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Memory — Speed

933.0^* MHz

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Series — Snapdragon Mobile Platform Series

6 Series^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Location — Location and Global Emergency Services

Assisted GPS^*
LTE Observed Time Difference of Arrival (OTDOA)^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Technology — Technology Category

Mobile^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Cellular Modem-RF — Performance Enhancement Technologies

Qualcomm® RF Front-End (RFFE) solution

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Charging — Qualcomm® Quick Charge™ technology support

Qualcomm® Quick Charge™ 3.0 technology^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Video Playback — Resolution

Up to 1080p^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Wi-Fi — Peak Speed

Up to 433.0^* Mbps

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

GPU — Name

Qualcomm® Adreno™ 405^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Cellular Modem-RF — Modem Name

Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ X8 LTE modem^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Wi-Fi — Spectral Bands

2.4^* GHz
5.0^* GHz

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

CPU — Architecture

64-bit^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

GPU — APIs

OpenGL® ES 3.1^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Wi-Fi — Generation

Wi-Fi 5^*
Wi-Fi 4^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Display — Maximum External Display Resolution

External display support^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Camera — Slow Motion Video Capture

Up to 1080p @ 60 fps^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Cellular Modem-RF — Multi SIM

LTE Dual SIM^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Mobile Computing — Form Factor

Smartphones^*
Tablets^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Product Tier — Tier

Mid^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Cellular Modem-RF — Cellular Technology

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Wi-Fi — Channels

80.0^* MHz
20.0^* MHz
40.0^* MHz

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Wi-Fi — Spatial Streams

Up to 1^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Memory — Type

LPDDR3^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Video Playback — Codecs

H.265 (High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC))^*
H.264 (Advanced Video Coding (AVC))^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Wi-Fi — Standards

802.11g^*
802.11a^*
802.11b^*
802.11n^*
802.11ac^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

CPU — Number of Cores

8^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Storage — eMMC

eMMC 5.1^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Security — Features

Qualcomm® Processor Security^*
Qualcomm® Device Lock Authentication^*
Qualcomm® Content Protection^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Interfaces — Supported Interfaces

USB 2.0^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Cellular Modem-RF — Cellular Modem-RF Specs

2x20 MHz carrier aggregation (UL)^*
2x20 MHz carrier aggregation (DL)^*
LTE Category 7 (DL)^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Camera — Image Signal Processor (ISP) Number

Dual ISP^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Display — Pixels

1900 × 1200^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Audio — Qualcomm® cVc™ Echo Cancelling and Noise Suppression (ECNS) technology support

Qualcomm® cVc™ Echo Cancelling and Noise Suppression^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Part — Part Number(s)

8952^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Location — Satellite Systems

GPS^*
GLONASS^*
Beidou^*
Galileo^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Display — Maximum On-Device Display Resolution

WUXGA^*
FHD+^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

architecture

64-bit^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Cellular Modem-RF — Peak Download Speed

Up to 300.0^* Mbps

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Storage — SD

SD 3.0 (UHS-I)^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Bluetooth — Specification Version

Bluetooth® 4.1^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Wi-Fi — Features

Integrated baseband^*
MU-MIMO^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Wi-Fi — Peak Speed (range)

300-999 Mbps^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Product Function — Application Processors

Smartphones^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Camera — Single Camera

Up to 21 MP^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Bluetooth — Connection Technology

Bluetooth® Low Energy^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Location — Location Support

Qualcomm® Location^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Wi-Fi — MIMO Configuration

1x1^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Applications — Product Applications

Mobile Computing^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

Universal Serial Bus (USB) — Specification Version

USB 2.0^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

platform gpu

Adreno 405^*

Scope and conditions

scope: Manufacturer product-table options and reference capabilities. Variants may differ; no installed-device or exact laptop-SKU configuration is inferred.^*

* Provisional data

Benchmark results

Processing & platform

CPU core groups

Memory & storage

Storage technologies

Supported memory

Connectivity & software

Software interfaces

System configuration

Detailed specifications

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