Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 vs MediaTek MT6737

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 630, vs MediaTek MT6737. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 and MediaTek MT6737
Processor Performance
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Gaming Performance
Graphics and OpenCL/Vulkan tests
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
AnTuTu 10
AnTuTu 10
Qualcomm Snapdragon 630
167245
MediaTek MT6737
59089
CPU6119216596
GPU271432974
Memory3901727828
UX3989311691
NanoReview Score16724559089
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 630
227
MediaTek MT6737
n/a
Graphics Test1 fpsn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 630
181
MediaTek MT6737
141
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 630
960
MediaTek MT6737
594
File Compressionn/a39.4 MB/s
HTML5 Browsern/a17.9 pages/s
PDF Renderingn/a17.5 MP/sec
Background Blurn/a0.89 frames/s
Photo Processingn/a5.03 frames/s
Image Detectionn/a6.57 frames/s
HDRn/a17.1 MP/sec
Ray Tracingn/a1.04 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A53
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53
4/1.3 (Cortex-A53)
Process Samsung TSMC
Cores count 8 4
Frequency 2200 1300
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8-A
L2 cache 15 MB n/a
Process tech. 14 nm 28 nm
Transistor count 2 billion 1 billion
Power (TDP) 5 W 7 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 508 Mali-T720 MP2
Architecture Adreno 500 Midgard 3rd gen
GPU Frequency 650 MHz 650 MHz
Execution Units 1 2
Shader Units 96 10
Total shader 96 20
FLOPS 124.8 GFLOPS 26 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.0 n/a
OpenCL 2.0 1.1
DirectX 11 n/a

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Hexagon 642 No

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR4 LPDDR3
Memory Frequency 1333 MHz 640 MHz
Bus 2x16 bit 1x32 bit
Bandwidth 5.3 Gbit/s 6.4 Gbit/s
Max RAM 8 GB 3 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type - eMMC 5.1
- UFS 2.1
eMMC 5.0
Max. resolution 1900x1200 pixels 1280x720 pixels
Camera 1x24 pixels 1x13 pixels
Video recording 4K at 30FPS 1K at 30FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS 1080p at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
H.264
Audio codecs - AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem X12 MT6169
4G Support LTE Cat. 13 LTE Cat. 4
5G Support No No
Download speed Up to 600 MB/s Up to 150 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 150 MB/s Up to 50 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 5 4
Bluetooth version 5.0 4.1
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
GPS

Other

Announced May, 2017 yr January, 2016 yr
Class Mid-range Mid-range
Codename SDM630 MT6737

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 the clear winner in this comparison.

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