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Qualcomm Snapdragon 625

Released Feb 11, 2016Mobile Chipset

The battery-life legend of the Redmi Note 4 and Moto G5 Plus era: eight Cortex-A53 cores on 14nm that simply would not drain. Slow then, slower now, missed always.

Pros

  • Iconic battery efficiency
  • Ultra reliable
  • Powered some of the best-selling phones ever

Cons

  • All-A53 CPU has no fast cores at all
  • Adreno 506 minimal GPU
  • A relic in 2026
26.2Inno Score

Below average

Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.

CPU20
Benchmarks20
Efficiency46.7

Full specifications

Everything we track for the Qualcomm Snapdragon 625

General

Announced
2016
Process
14 nm
TDP (typical)
4 W
Architecture
Armv8

CPU

Cores
8
Core configuration
8x2.0 GHz Cortex-A53
Max clock
2 GHz

GPU

GPU
Qualcomm Adreno 506

AI

NPU
Qualcomm Hexagon 546

Memory

Memory type
LPDDR3-933
Max bandwidth
7.5 GB/s

Connectivity

Modem
Snapdragon X9 LTE
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 5
Bluetooth
4.2

Media

Max display
FHD @ 60Hz
Video capture
4K@30fps

Benchmarks

AnTuTu 10
145,000Top 97%
Geekbench 6 (single)
160Top 97%
Geekbench 6 (multi)
700Top 96%

Quick answers

Is the Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 good in 2026?

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 earns an Inno Score of 26.2/100 (“Below average”) based on its specs and benchmark results. The battery-life legend of the Redmi Note 4 and Moto G5 Plus era: eight Cortex-A53 cores on 14nm that simply would not drain. Slow then, slower now, missed always.

What is the Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 AnTuTu score?

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 scores 145,000 points in AnTuTu 10. In Geekbench 6 it reaches 160 single-core and 700 multi-core.

What are the key specs of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 625?

Cores: 8 · Process: 14 nm · AnTuTu 10: 145,000 · GPU: Qualcomm Adreno 506

What are the closest alternatives to the Qualcomm Snapdragon 625?

Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are MediaTek Helio G85, Qualcomm Snapdragon 439, Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.

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