Comparing Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 617

description_compare Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 and MediaTek MT8173

• Name
  Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 MediaTek MT8173
• Family
  Qualcomm Snapdragon Mediatek MT-Serie
• CPU group
  Qualcomm Snapdragon 610 MediaTek MT81xx MT86xx A72 / A53
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Generation
  2 1

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

• CPU Cores / Threads
  8 / 8 4 / 4
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) normal
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No

• GPU name
  Qualcomm Adreno 405 PowerVR GX6250
• GPU frequency
  0.55 GHz 0.70 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  0.55 GHz 0.70 GHz
• Execution units
  0 2
• Shader
  48 32
• Max. displays
  0 1
• Generation
  4
• Direct X
  11 10
• Technology
  28 nm 28 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2014 Q1/2014

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• h264
  Decode / Encode No
• VP8
  No No
• VP9
  No No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  No No
• VC-1
  Decode No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode No

• Memory type
  LPDDR3-933 LPDDR3-933
• Memory channels
  1 (Single Channel) 2 (Dual Channel)
• ECC
  No No
• AES-NI
  No No

• Technology
  28 nm 28 nm
• Chip design
  Chiplet Chiplet
• Socket
  N/A N/A
• Architecture
  Cortex-A53 Cortex-A72 / Cortex-A53
• Operating systems
  Android Android
• Virtualization
  None None
• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• Release date
  Q4/2015 Q1/2015
• Part Number
  MSM8952 --