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Qualcomm Snapdragon 212 APQ8009 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 8210 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 210 MSM8909

Qualcomm Snapdragon 212 APQ8009

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The Qualcomm Snapdragon 212 APQ8009 is an entry level SoC for Android based tablets and smartphones. It contains four ARM Cortex-A7 CPU cores (quad core) with a clock rate of up to 1.3 GHz, an Adreno 304 graphics card, an LPDDR2/LPDDR3 memory controller (max. 533 MHz), a eMMC 4.5 port, but no 3G/LTE radio module.

The performance of the Cortex-A7 cores is rather low and positioned in the entry level of 2015. In our tests of the CAT S40 smartphone, daily tasks and browsing however imposed no problem for the SoC. 

The integrated Adreno 304 graphics card is clocked at 400 MHz and also positioned in the entry level. Therefore, demanding games may not run smoothly in high settings.

The integrated video engine allows the encoding and decoding of 1080p H.264 videos and decoding of H.265 videos. The main display can be driven with up to 1280x720 Pixels.

The SoC integrates Bluetooth 4.1 + BLE and 802.11n (2.4 GHz) WiFi.

The SoC is manufactured in a 28 nm LP process (at TSMC most likely). Due to the low energy consumption of the SoC it is also suited for small smartphones.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 8210

► remove from comparison Qualcomm 200 8210

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 MSM 8210 is an entry level SoC for smartphones and tablets (mostly Android based). It contains two ARM Cortex A7 processor cores clocked at max 1.2 GHz. Furthermore the SoC (System on a Chip) includes a Adreno 302 graphics card, a 720p video en- and decoder, and a LPDDR2 memory controller.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 210 MSM8909

► remove from comparison Qualcomm 210 MSM8909

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 210 MSM8909 is an entry level SoC for Android based tablets and smartphones. It contains four ARM Cortex-A7 CPU cores (quad core) with a clock rate of up to 1.1 GHz, an Adreno 304 graphics card, an LPDDR2/LPDDR3 memory controller (max. 533 MHz), a eMMC 4.5 port, and a LTE Cat 4 radio module.

The performance of the Cortex-A7 cores is rather low and positioned in the entry level of 2015. In our tests of the CAT S40 smartphone, daily tasks and browsing however imposed no problem for the SoC. 

The integrated Adreno 304 graphics card is clocked at 400 MHz and also positioned in the entry level. Therefore, demanding games may not run smoothly in high settings.

The integrated video engine allows the encoding and decoding of 1080p H.264 videos and decoding of H.265 videos. The main display can be driven with up to 1280x720 Pixels.

The SoC integrates Bluetooth 4.1 + BLE, 802.11n (2.4 GHz) WiFi, and a Cat 4 4G-LTE-Modem (LTE FDD, LTE TDD, WCDMA (DC-HSDPA, HSUPA), CDMA1x, EV-DO Rev. B, TD-SCDMA and GSM/EDGE) with a max. speed of 150 Mbps.

The SoC is manufactured in a 28 nm LP process (at TSMC most likely). Due to the low energy consumption of the SoC it is also suited for small smartphones.

ModelQualcomm Snapdragon 212 APQ8009Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 8210Qualcomm Snapdragon 210 MSM8909
CodenameCortex-A7Cortex-A7Cortex-A7
SeriesQualcomm Snapdragon 200Qualcomm Snapdragon 200Qualcomm Snapdragon 200
Series: Snapdragon 200 Cortex-A7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 212 APQ8009 « 1.3 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 MSM82121.2 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 210 MSM89091.1 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 82101.2 GHz2 / 2 cores Cortex-A7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 212 APQ80091.3 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 MSM82121.2 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 210 MSM89091.1 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 8210 « 1.2 GHz2 / 2 cores Cortex-A7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 212 APQ80091.3 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 MSM82121.2 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 210 MSM8909 « 1.1 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 82101.2 GHz2 / 2 cores Cortex-A7
Clock1300 MHz1200 MHz1100 MHz
Cores / Threads4 / 42 / 24 / 4
Technology28 nm28 nm28 nm
FeaturesBluetooth 4.1, 802.11n (2.4 GHz) WLANUSB 2.0, Bluetooth 4.0, 802.11n WLANUSB 2.0, Bluetooth 4.1, 802.11n (2.4 GHz) WLAN, 4G Modem (LTE Cat 4 up to 150 Mbps, WCDMA, EV-DO, GSM/EDGE), GPS IZat Gen8C
iGPUQualcomm Adreno 304 (400 MHz)Qualcomm Adreno 302Qualcomm Adreno 304 (400 MHz)
ArchitectureARMARMARM
Announced
Manufacturerwww.qualcomm.comwww.qualcomm.comwww.qualcomm.com

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
6539 Points (5%)
min: 3939     avg: 4030.3     median: 4041.5 (3%)     max: 4075 Points
min: 5756     avg: 6080.7     median: 6198 (5%)     max: 6288 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
6517 Points (5%)
min: 3578     avg: 3905.2     median: 4027 (3%)     max: 4033 Points
min: 5766     avg: 6036.7     median: 6168 (5%)     max: 6176 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
min: 6786     avg: 6968     median: 6968 (6%)     max: 7150 Points
min: 4136     avg: 4246     median: 4262 (4%)     max: 4322 Points
min: 735     avg: 5256.3     median: 6489.5 (5%)     max: 6892 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited Physics
0 Points (0%)
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited Physics
565 Points (6%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
423 Points (4%)
min: 390     avg: 417     median: 424 (4%)     max: 437 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
1118 Points (1%)
min: 944     avg: 1059.3     median: 1099 (1%)     max: 1135 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
1075 Points (2%)
min: 580     avg: 601     median: 604 (1%)     max: 609 Points
min:      avg: 761.8     median: 1013 (2%)     max: 1021 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
331 Points (6%)
min: 315     avg: 322.8     median: 324.5 (6%)     max: 327 Points
min:      avg: 228.3     median: 300 (6%)     max: 313 Points
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Multi Thread
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Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Single Thread
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Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 15229     avg: 17580.3     median: 18237 (65%)     max: 19275 ms
min: 16366     avg: 19147.9     median: 17651 (63%)     max: 28189.8 ms
min: 16784     avg: 20423     median: 18532.5 (66%)     max: 28189.8 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
min:      avg: 774     median: 891.5 (108%)     max: 826 ms
min: 2196     avg: 2255     median: 2255 (273%)     max: 826 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 0.9.1 Total Score *
min: 1625     avg: 1648.5     median: 1648.5 (732%)     max: 225.2 ms
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 1948     avg: 2224.7     median: 2152 (2%)     max: 2574 Points
min: 0     avg: 802.7     median: 583 (0%)     max: 1904 Points
min: 1506     avg: 1911.6     median: 1932 (1%)     max: 2170 Points
AnTuTu v4 - AnTuTu v4 Total Score
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AnTuTu v5 - AnTuTu v5 Total Score
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AnTuTu v6 - AnTuTu v6 Total Score
min: 22422     avg: 26396.7     median: 24924 (9%)     max: 31844 Points
min: 19230     avg: 23253.2     median: 24213 (9%)     max: 25825 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 MEM
2797 Points (14%)
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 UX
8481 Points (10%)
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 GPU
702 Points (0%)
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 CPU
13712 Points (8%)
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 Total Score
25692 Points (5%)
AndEBench - AndEBench Java
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AndEBench - AndEBench Native
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PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
min: 1295     avg: 3053.8     median: 3466 (0%)     max: 3641 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score 2.0
2304 Points (15%)
min: 2152     avg: 2283.7     median: 2300 (15%)     max: 2399 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score
min: 2720     avg: 2914.5     median: 2914.5 (15%)     max: 3109 Points
min: 2882     avg: 3147.5     median: 3003.5 (15%)     max: 3741 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Computer Vision
1305 Points (9%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage
2277 Points (5%)
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v1.33
Errors [Close]

#0 Warning cache corrupt or update under way as 223.6> for benchmark 118, setting:435 +0s ... 0.065s

#1 Warning cache corrupt or update under way as 145.5> for benchmark 118, setting:435 +0s ... 0.065s

#2 Warning cache corrupt or update under way as 184.9> for benchmark 118, setting:435 +0s ... 0.066s

#3 Warning cache corrupt or update under way as 55.9> for benchmark 118, setting:434 +0s ... 0.066s

#4 Warning cache corrupt or update under way as 77.5> for benchmark 118, setting:434 +0s ... 0.066s

#5 Warning cache corrupt or update under way as 70.4> for benchmark 118, setting:434 +0s ... 0.067s

#6 Warning cache corrupt or update under way as 33491>28189.8 for benchmark 241, setting:699 +0s ... 0.071s

#7 Warning cache corrupt or update under way as 1539>826 for benchmark 124, setting:649 +0s ... 0.072s

#8 Warning cache corrupt or update under way as 2314>826 for benchmark 124, setting:649 +0s ... 0.072s

#9 Warning cache corrupt or update under way as 1672>225.2 for benchmark 124, setting:437 +0s ... 0.073s

#10 Warning cache corrupt or update under way as 13137> for benchmark 238, setting:693 +0s ... 0.077s

#11 Warning cache corrupt or update under way as 14033> for benchmark 292, setting:819 +0s ... 0.077s

#12 Warning cache corrupt or update under way as 18064> for benchmark 292, setting:819 +0s ... 0.077s

#13 Warning cache corrupt or update under way as 180> for benchmark 222, setting:657 +0s ... 0.081s

#14 Warning cache corrupt or update under way as 3184> for benchmark 222, setting:656 +0s ... 0.081s

log 07. 11:33:29

#0 ran 0s before starting gpusingle class +0s ... 0s

#1 checking url part for id 8007 +0s ... 0s

#2 checking url part for id 5931 +0s ... 0s

#3 checking url part for id 6977 +0s ... 0s

#4 not redirecting to Ajax server +0s ... 0s

#5 did not recreate cache, as it is less than 5 days old! Created at Wed, 07 May 2025 11:33:12 +0200 +0s ... 0s

#6 composed specs +0.003s ... 0.004s

#7 did output specs +0s ... 0.004s

#8 getting avg benchmarks for device 8007 +0.001s ... 0.004s

#9 got single benchmarks 8007 +0.001s ... 0.006s

#10 getting avg benchmarks for device 5931 +0.001s ... 0.006s

#11 got single benchmarks 5931 +0.007s ... 0.014s

#12 getting avg benchmarks for device 6977 +0.001s ... 0.014s

#13 got single benchmarks 6977 +0.011s ... 0.025s

#14 got avg benchmarks for devices +0s ... 0.025s

#15 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0.003s ... 0.028s

#16 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0.003s ... 0.031s

#17 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0.003s ... 0.035s

#18 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0.003s ... 0.037s

#19 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0.003s ... 0.04s

#20 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0.003s ... 0.043s

#21 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0.003s ... 0.045s

#22 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0.003s ... 0.048s

#23 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0.003s ... 0.051s

#24 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0.002s ... 0.054s

#25 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0.002s ... 0.056s

#26 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0.001s ... 0.057s

#27 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0.001s ... 0.058s

#28 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0.001s ... 0.059s

#29 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0.001s ... 0.06s

#30 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0.001s ... 0.061s

#31 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0.001s ... 0.062s

#32 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0.001s ... 0.063s

#33 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0.001s ... 0.063s

#34 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0.001s ... 0.064s

#35 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0.001s ... 0.065s

#36 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0s ... 0.065s

#37 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0s ... 0.065s

#38 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0s ... 0.066s

#39 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0s ... 0.066s

#40 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0s ... 0.066s

#41 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0s ... 0.067s

#42 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0.001s ... 0.068s

#43 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0.001s ... 0.069s

#44 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0.001s ... 0.071s

#45 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0.001s ... 0.072s

#46 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0.001s ... 0.072s

#47 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0.001s ... 0.073s

#48 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0.001s ... 0.074s

#49 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0.001s ... 0.075s

#50 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0.001s ... 0.076s

#51 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0s ... 0.077s

#52 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0s ... 0.077s

#53 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0s ... 0.077s

#54 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0s ... 0.078s

#55 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0s ... 0.078s

#56 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0s ... 0.079s

#57 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0s ... 0.079s

#58 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0s ... 0.079s

#59 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0s ... 0.08s

#60 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0s ... 0.08s

#61 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0s ... 0.081s

#62 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0s ... 0.081s

#63 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0.001s ... 0.082s

#64 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0s ... 0.082s

#65 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0s ... 0.083s

#66 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0s ... 0.083s

#67 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0s ... 0.083s

#68 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0.001s ... 0.084s

#69 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0.001s ... 0.084s

#70 min, max, avg, median took s +0s ... 0.085s

#71 return log +0s ... 0.085s

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