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Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 626

System on a chip

CPU cores: 8
Process node: 14 nm
Graphics: Qualcomm Adreno 506

Benchmark results

Reported score · version unreported · CPU Score67,290^*Android Compare results
Reported score · version unreported · GPU Score12,351^*Android Compare results
Reported score · version unreported · Total Score79,641^*Android Compare results

Processing & platform

Chipset: Qualcomm MSM8953 Pro Snapdragon 626
Processor: Cortex-A53
CPU cores: 8
Graphics: Qualcomm Adreno 506
Architecture: 64-bit
Manufacturing process: 14 nm (Samsung 14LPP)
Process node: 14 nm

CPU core groups

Cortex-A53^*
Cores
8^*
Listed frequency
2.2 GHz^*

Memory & storage

Storage technologies

Supported eMMC 5.1
Supported SD 3.0 (SDCC)

Supported memory

Supported LPDDR3
Technology
LPDDR3

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

221 Qualcomm Snapdragon 626 (8x 2.2GHz Cortex-A53)^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

Platform: Android^*
Category: SoC^*

CPU Score

67,290^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

Platform: Android^*
Category: SoC^*

GPU Score

12,351^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

Platform: Android^*
Category: SoC^*

Total Score

79,641^*

Scope and conditions

native_context

Platform: Android^*
Category: SoC^*

Specifications 2 · 62 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.^*

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.^*

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.^*

Process Node and Technology — Process Node

14.0^* nm

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.^*

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.^*

Bluetooth — Specification Version

Bluetooth® 4.2^*

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.^*

GPU — Name

Qualcomm® Adreno™ 506^*

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.^*

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.^*

Security — Features

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

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

LTE Category 13 (UL)^*
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.^*

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 — Features

Dual camera 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.^*

Video Playback — Codecs

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

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 4^*
Wi-Fi 5^*

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 — Video Capture

Up to 4K Ultra HD @ 30 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.^*

Wi-Fi — Standards

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

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.^*

NFC — Near Field Communications

Supported^*

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.^*

DSP — Name

Qualcomm® Hexagon™^*

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
Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ Upload+

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.^*

Interfaces — Supported Interfaces

USB 3.0^*

Scope and conditions

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

Universal Serial Bus (USB) — Specification Version

USB 3.0^*

Scope and conditions

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

Part — Part Number(s)

8953Pro^*

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 4K Ultra HD^*

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

Beidou^*
GLONASS^*
GPS^*
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.^*

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.^*

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.^*

Cellular Modem-RF — Modem Name

Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ X9 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.^*

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.^*

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.^*

RF — RF Front-End (RFFE) Features

Qualcomm® Antenna Boost^*

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.^*

DSP — Features

Qualcomm All-Ways Aware™ 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.^*

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.^*

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.^*

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.^*

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.^*

Cellular Modem-RF — Calling Services

Voice over Wi-Fi (VoWiFi) with LTE call continuity^*
HD Voice^*
Ultra HD Voice (EVS)^*
VoLTE with SRVCC to 3G and 2G^*

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 2.2^* 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 — 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.^*

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.^*

Display — UI frame rate

Up to 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 — Peak Upload Speed

Up to 150.0^* 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 (SDCC)^*

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

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

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.^*

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.^*

Process Node and Technology — Technology

LPP^*

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.^*

Wi-Fi — Channels

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

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.^*

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.^*

Camera — Single Camera

Up to 24 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.^*

Mobile Computing — Form Factor

Tablets^*
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.^*

platform gpu

Adreno 506^*

Scope and conditions

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

process node nm

14.0^* nm

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

System configuration

Detailed specifications

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