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Cortex A57/A53 MPCore big.LITTLE CPU chip

ARM big.LITTLE is a heterogeneous computing architecture developed by ARM Holdings, coupling relatively battery-saving and slower processor cores (LITTLE) with relatively more powerful and power-hungry ones (big). Typically, only one "side" or the other will be active at once, but all cores have access to the same memory regions, so workloads can be swapped between Big and Little cores on the fly.[1] The intention is to create a multi-core processor that can adjust better to dynamic computing needs and use less power than clock scaling alone. ARM's marketing material promises up to a 75% savings in power usage for some activities.[2] Most commonly, ARM big.LITTLE architectures are used to create a multi-processor system-on-chip (MPSoC).

In October 2011, big.LITTLE was announced along with the Cortex-A7, which was designed to be architecturally compatible with the Cortex-A15.[3] In October 2012 ARM announced the Cortex-A53 and Cortex-A57 (ARMv8-A) cores, which are also intercompatible to allow their use in a big.LITTLE chip.[4] ARM later announced the Cortex-A12 at Computex 2013 followed by the Cortex-A17 in February 2014. Both the Cortex-A12 and the Cortex-A17 can also be paired in a big.LITTLE configuration with the Cortex-A7.[5][6]

The Problem that big.LITTLE Solves

For a given library of CMOS logic, active power increases as the logic switches more per second, while leakage increases with the number of transistors. So, CPUs designed to run fast are different from CPUs designed to save power. When a very fast out-of-order CPU is loafing at very low speeds, a CPU with much less leakage (fewer transistors) could do the same work. For example, it might use a smaller (fewer transistors) memory cache, or a simpler microarchitecture such as a pipeline. big.LITTLE is a way to optimize for both cases: Power and speed, in the same system.

In practice, a big.LITTLE system can be surprisingly inflexible. One issue is the number and types of power and clock domains that the IC provides. These may not match the standard power management features offered by an operating system. Another is that the CPUs no longer have equivalent abilities, and matching the right software task to the right CPU becomes more difficult. Most of these problems are being solved by making the electronics and software more flexible.

Run-state migration

There are three ways[7] for the different processor cores to be arranged in a big.LITTLE design, depending on the scheduler implemented in the kernel.[8]

Clustered switching

Big.Little clustered switching

The clustered model approach is the first and simplest implementation, arranging the processor into identically-sized clusters of "big" or "LITTLE" cores. The operating system scheduler can only see one cluster at a time; when the load on the whole processor changes between low and high, the system transitions to the other cluster. All relevant data are then passed through the common L2 cache, the active core cluster is powered off and the other one is activated. A Cache Coherent Interconnect (CCI) is used. This model has been implemented in the Samsung Exynos 5 Octa (5410).[9]

In-kernel switcher (CPU migration)

Big.Little in-kernel switcher

CPU migration via the in-kernel switcher (IKS) involves pairing up a 'big' core with a 'LITTLE' core, with possibly many identical pairs in one chip. Each pair operates as one so-termed virtual core, and only one real core is (fully) powered up and running at a time. The 'big' core is used when the demand is high and the 'LITTLE' core is employed when demand is low. When demand on the virtual core changes (between high and low), the incoming core is powered up, running state is transferred, the outgoing is shut down, and processing continues on the new core. Switching is done via the cpufreq framework. A complete big.LITTLE IKS implementation was added in Linux 3.11. big.LITTLE IKS is an improvement of cluster migration (§ Clustered switching), the main difference being that each pair is visible to the scheduler.

A more complex arrangement involves a non-symmetric grouping of 'big' and 'LITTLE' cores. A single chip could have one or two 'big' cores and many more 'LITTLE' cores, or vice versa. Nvidia created something similar to this with the low-power 'companion core' in their Tegra 3 System-on-Chip.

Heterogeneous multi-processing (global task scheduling)

Big.Little heterogeneous multi-processing

The most powerful use model of big.LITTLE architecture is Heterogeneous Multi-Processing (HMP), which enables the use of all physical cores at the same time. Threads with high priority or computational intensity can in this case be allocated to the "big" cores while threads with less priority or less computational intensity, such as background tasks, can be performed by the "LITTLE" cores.[10][11]

This model has been implemented in the Samsung Exynos starting with the Exynos 5 Octa series (5420, 5422, 5430),[12][13] and Apple mobile application processors starting with the Apple A11.[14]

Scheduling

The paired arrangement allows for switching to be done transparently to the operating system using the existing dynamic voltage and frequency scaling (DVFS) facility. The existing DVFS support in the kernel (e.g. cpufreq in Linux) will simply see a list of frequencies/voltages and will switch between them as it sees fit, just like it does on the existing hardware. However, the low-end slots will activate the 'Little' core and the high-end slots will activate the 'Big' core.

Alternatively, all the cores may be exposed to the kernel scheduler, which will decide where each process/thread is executed. This will be required for the non-paired arrangement but could possibly also be used on the paired cores. It poses unique problems for the kernel scheduler, which, at least with modern commodity hardware, has been able to assume all cores in a SMP system are equal rather than heterogeneous.

Advantages of global task scheduling

  • Finer-grained control of workloads that are migrated between cores. Because the scheduler is directly migrating tasks between cores, kernel overhead is reduced and power savings can be correspondingly increased.
  • Implementation in the scheduler also makes switching decisions faster than in the cpufreq framework implemented in IKS.
  • The ability to easily support non-symmetrical clusters (e.g. with 2 Cortex-A15 cores and 4 Cortex-A7 cores).
  • The ability to use all cores simultaneously to provide improved peak performance throughput of the SoC compared to IKS.

Implementations

SoC Fabrication Big cores Medium cores Little cores GPU Memory interface Wireless radio technologies Availability Devices
HiSilicon K3V3 28 nm 1.8 GHz dual-core Cortex-A15 — 1.2 GHz dual-core Cortex-A7 Mali-T658 H2 2013
HiSilicon Kirin 710 12 nm FinFET 2.2 GHz quad-core Cortex-A73 — 1.7 GHz quad-core Cortex-A53 Mali-G51 MP4 LTE Cat.12 (600 Mbit/s) Q3 2018
List
  • Huawei Nova 3i
  • Huawei Nova 4e
  • Huawei Nova 5i
  • Huawei P20 Lite
  • Huawei P30 Lite
  • Huawei Mate 20 Lite
  • Honor 8x
  • Honor 10i
  • Honor 10 Lite
  • Honor 20i
  • Honor 20 Lite
HiSilicon Kirin 810 7 nm FinFET 2.2 GHz dual-core Cortex-A76 — 1.9 GHz hexa-core Cortex-A55 Mali-G52 MP6 LPDDR4X Q2 2019
List
  • Huawei Nova 5
  • Huawei Nova 5z
  • Huawei Nova 5i Pro
  • Huawei Nova 6 SE
  • Honor 9x
  • Honor 9x Pro
  • Honor 20S
HiSilicon Kirin 920 28 nm 1.7-2.0 GHz quad-core Cortex-A15 — 1.3-1.6 GHz quad-core Cortex-A7 Mali-T628 MP4 LPDDR3 LTE Cat 6 Q3 2014 Huawei Honor 6
HiSilicon Kirin 950/955 16 nm FinFET+ 2.3-2.5 GHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A72 — 1.8 GHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 Mali-T880 MP4 LPDDR4 LTE Cat 6 Q4 2015 (Kirin 950)

Q2 2016 (Kirin 955)

Huawei Mate 8, Huawei P9, Huawei Honor 8
HiSilicon Kirin 960 16 nm FinFET Compact 2.36 GHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A73 — 1.84 GHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 Mali-G71 MP8 LPDDR4-1600 Dual-Channel 64-Bit (28.8GB/s) LTE Cat 12/13 Q4 2016
List
  • Huawei Mate 9
  • Huawei Mate 9 Pro
  • Huawei Mate 9 Porsche Design
  • Huawei P10
  • Huawei P10 Plus
  • Honor 8 Pro
  • Honor V9
  • Honor 9
  • Huawei MediaPad M5
  • Huawei Mediapad M5 Pro
Hisilicon Kirin 970 10 nm FinFET+ 2.36 GHz Quad-Core ARM Cortex-A73 — 1.84 GHz Quad-Core ARM Cortex-A53 Mali-G72 MP12 @746MHz LPDDR4X-1866 Quad-Channel 64-Bit (29.8GB/s) LTE Cat.18/13 Q4 2017
List
  • Huawei Mate 10
  • Huawei Mate 10 Pro
  • Huawei Mate 10 Porsche Design
  • Huawei P20
  • Huawei P20 Pro
  • Huawei Mate RS
  • Huawei Nova 3
  • Huawei Nova 4
  • Honor 10
  • Honor V10/View 10
  • Honor Note 10
  • Honor Play
Hisilicon Kirin 980

(DynamIQ)

7nm FinFET 2.6 GHz Dual-Core ARM Cortex-A76 1.92 GHz Dual-Core ARM Cortex-A76 1.8 GHz Quad-Core ARM Cortex-A55 Mali-G76 MP10 @720MHz LPDDR4X-2133 Quad-Channel 64-Bit (34.1GB/s) LTE Cat.21/13 Q4 2018
List
  • Huawei Mate 20
  • Huawei Mate 20 Pro
  • Huawei Mate 20 X
  • Huawei Mate 20 RS Porsche Design
  • Huawei P30
  • Huawei P30 Pro
  • Huawei Mate 20 X (5G)
  • Huawei Mate X
  • Huawei Nova 5 Pro
  • Huawei Nova 5T
  • Honor 20
  • Honor 20 Pro
  • Honor View 20/V20
  • Honor Magic 2/3D
  • Huawei MediaPad M6 (8.4")
  • Huawei MediaPad M6 (10.8")
Hisilicon Kirin 990

(DynamIQ)

7nm FinFET 2.86 GHz Dual-Core Cortex-A76 2.09 GHz Dual-Core Cortex-A76 1.86 GHz Dual-Core Cortex-A55 Mali-G76 MP16 @600MHz LPDDR4X-2133 Quad-Channel 64-Bit (34.1GB/s) Balong 765 (Cat.19/13) Q4 2019
List
  • Huawei Mate 30
  • Huawei Mate 30 Pro
  • Huawei Nova 6
  • Huawei Nova 6 5G
  • Honor V30
  • Honor V30 Pro
Hisilicon Kirin 990 5G

(DynamIQ)

7nm+ FinFET EUV 2.86 GHz Dual-Core Cortex-A76 2.36 GHz Dual-Core Cortex-A76 1.95 GHz Dual-Core Cortex-A55 Mali-G76 MP16 @600MHz LPDDR4X-2133 Quad-Channel 64-Bit (34.1GB/s) Balong 5000 (Sub-6GHz Only) Q4 2019
List
  • Huawei Mate 30 5G
  • Huawei Mate 30 Pro 5G
  • Huawei Nova 6 5G
  • Honor V30 5G
  • Honor V30 Pro 5G
  • Huawei MatePad Pro
Samsung Exynos 5 Octa (5410 model)[15][16] 28 nm 1.6-1.8 GHz quad-core Cortex-A15 — 1.2 GHz quad-core Cortex-A7 PowerVR SGX544MP3 32-bit dual-channel 800 MHz LPDDR3 (12.8 GB/sec) Q2 2013 Exynos 5-based Samsung Galaxy S4
Samsung Exynos 5 Octa (5420 model)[17] 28 nm 1.8-2.0 GHz quad-core Cortex-A15 — 1.3 GHz quad-core Cortex-A7 Mali-T628 MP6 32-bit dual-channel 933 MHz LPDDR3e (14.9 GB/sec) Q4 2013 Exynos 5-based Samsung Galaxy Note 3
Samsung Exynos 5 Octa (5422 model)[13] 28 nm 2.1 GHz quad-core Cortex-A15 — 1.5 GHz quad-core Cortex-A7 Mali-T628 MP6 32-bit dual-channel 933 MHz LPDDR3e (14.9 GB/sec) Q2 2014 Exynos 5-based Samsung Galaxy S5, Odroid-XU3, Odroid-XU4
Samsung Exynos 5 Hexa (5260 model)[13] 28 nm 1.7 GHz dual-core Cortex-A15 — 1.3 GHz quad-core Cortex-A7 Mali-T624 32-bit dual-channel 800 MHz LPDDR3e (12.8 GB/sec) Q2 2014 Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo
Samsung Exynos 5 Octa (5430 model)[18] 20 nm 1.8 GHz quad-core Cortex-A15 — 1.3 GHz quad-core Cortex-A7 Mali-T628 MP6 32-bit dual-channel 1066 MHz LPDDR3e (17.0 GB/sec) LTE Cat 6 Q3 2014 Samsung Galaxy Alpha[19]
Samsung Exynos 7 Octa (5433 model)[20] 20 nm 1.9 GHz quad-core Cortex-A57 — 1.3 GHz quad-core Cortex-A53 Mali-T760 MP6 32-bit dual-channel 825 MHz LPDDR3e (13.2 GB/sec) LTE Cat 6 Q4 2014 Samsung Galaxy Note 4 (SM-N910C)
Samsung Exynos 7 Octa (7420 model)[21] 14 nm 2.1 GHz quad-core Cortex-A57 — 1.5 GHz quad-core Cortex-A53 Mali-T760 MP8 LPDDR4 LTE Cat 9 Q2 2015 Samsung Galaxy S6, Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge, Samsung Galaxy Note 5, Meizu PRO 5
Samsung Exynos 7 Octa (7580 model) 28 nm HKMG 1.5 GHz quad-core Cortex-A53 — 1.5 GHz quad-core Cortex-A53 Mali-T720 MP2 LPDDR3 LTE Cat 6 Q2 2015 Samsung Galaxy J7, Samsung Galaxy S5 Neo, Samsung Galaxy A5/A7 (2016)
Samsung Exynos 7 Hexa (7650 model) 28 nm HKMG 1.7 GHz dual-core Cortex-A72 — 1.3 GHz quad-core Cortex-A53 Mali-T820 MP3 LPDDR3 LTE Cat 6 Q1 2016
Samsung Exynos 7 Octa (7870 model) 14 nm LPP 1.7 GHz quad-core Cortex-A53 — 1.7 GHz quad-core Cortex-A53 Mali-T830 MP2 LPDDR3 LTE Cat 6 Q2 2016
List
  • Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1 (2016)
  • Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016)
  • Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime
  • Samsung Galaxy J5 (2017)
  • Samsung Galaxy J7 (2017)
  • Samsung Galaxy J6 (2018)
  • Samsung Galaxy M10
Samsung Exynos 7 Octa (7880 model) 14 nm LPP 1.9 GHz quad-core Cortex-A53 — 1.9 GHz quad-core Cortex-A53 Mali-T830 MP3 LPDDR3 LTE Cat 7 Q2 2016 Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017), Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017)
Samsung Exynos 7 Octa (7884 model) 14 nm LPP 1.6 GHz dual-core Cortex-A73 — 1.35 GHz hexa-core Cortex-A53 Mali-G71 MP2 LPDDR4 Downlink: LTE Cat 12, Uplink: LTE Cat 13 Q2 2018
List
Samsung Exynos 7 Octa (7885 model) 14 nm LPP 2.2 GHz dual-core Cortex-A73 — 1.6 GHz hexa-core Cortex-A53 Mali-G71 MP2 LPDDR4 Downlink: LTE Cat 12, Uplink: LTE Cat 13 Q1 2018 Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018), Samsung Galaxy A8+ (2018)
Samsung Exynos 7 Octa (7904 model) 14 nm LPP 1.8 GHz dual-core Cortex-A73 — 1.6 GHz hexa-core Cortex-A53 Mali-G71 MP2 LPDDR4 Downlink: LTE Cat 12, Uplink: LTE Cat 13 Q1 2019
List
Samsung Exynos 8 Octa (8890 model) 14 nm LPP 2.6 GHz quad-core M1 "Mongoose" — 1.6 GHz quad-core Cortex-A53 Mali-T880 MP12 LPDDR4 Downlink: LTE Cat 12, Uplink: LTE Cat 13 Q1 2016 Samsung Galaxy S7 (930F/FD), Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge (935F/FD), Samsung Galaxy Note 7 (N930F/FD/G)
Samsung Exynos 9 Octa (8895 model) 10 nm FinFET LPE 2.3 GHz Quad-Core Exynos M2 "Mongoose" — 1.7 GHz Quad-Core Cortex-A53 Mali-G71 MP20 @546MHz LPDDR4X-1794 Dual-Channel 64-Bit (28.7GB/s) Shannon 355 LTE Downlink: LTE Cat 16,

Uplink: LTE Cat 13

Q1 2017 Samsung Galaxy S8 (950F/FD), Samsung Galaxy S8+ (955F/FD), Samsung Galaxy Note 8 (N950F/FD)
Samsung Exynos 9 Octa (9609 Model) 10 nm FinFET LPE 2.2 GHz Quad-core Cortex-A73 — 1.6 GHz Quad-core Cortex-A53 Mali-G72 MP3 LPDDR4X 64-bit (2×32-bit) Dual-channel Cat.12 3CA 600Mbit/s (DL) /

Cat.13 2CA 150Mbit/s (UL)

Q2 2019 Motorola One Vision, Motorola One Action
Samsung Exynos 9 Octa (9610 Model) 2.3 GHz Quad-core Cortex-A73 — 1.7 GHz Quad-core Cortex-A53 Q4 2018 Samsung Galaxy A50
Samsung Exynos 9 Octa (9611 Model) — Q3 2019 Samsung Galaxy A50s, Samsung Galaxy A51, Samsung Galaxy M30s, Samsung Galaxy Xcover Pro
Samsung Exynos 9 Octa (9810 Model) 10nm FinFET LPP 2.9 GHz Quad-Core Exynos M3 "Meerkat" — 1.9 GHz Quad-Core Cortex-A55 Mali-G72 MP18 @572MHz LPDDR4X-1794 Quad-Channel 64-Bit (28.7GB/s) Shannon 360 LTE Downlink: LTE Cat.18,

Uplink: LTE Cat.13

Q1 2018 Samsung Galaxy S9 (SM-960F/DS), Samsung Galaxy S9+ (SM-965F/DS), Samsung Galaxy Note 9 (SM-N960F/DS), Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Lite (SM-N770F/DS)
Samsung Exynos 9 Octa (9820 Model)

(DynamIQ)

8nm LPP 2.73 GHz Dual-Core Exynos M4 "Cheetah" 2.31 GHz Dual-Core Cortex-A75 1.95 GHz Quad-Core Cortex-A55 Mali-G76 MP12 @702MHz LPDDR4X-2093 Quad-Channel 64-Bit (33.488GB/s) Shannon 5000 LTE Downlink: LTE Cat.20,

Uplink: LTE Cat.13

Q1 2019 Samsung Galaxy S10 (SM-G973F/DS), Samsung Galaxy S10+ (SM-G975F/DS), Samsung Galaxy S10e (SM-G970F/DS)
Samsung Exynos 9 Octa (9825 Model)

(DynamIQ)

7nm+ FinFET EUV 2.73 GHz Dual-Core Exynos M4 "Cheetah" 2.4 GHz Dual-Core Cortex-A75 1.95 Ghz Quad-Core Cortex-A55 Mali-G76 MP12 LPDDR4X-2093 Quad-Channel 64-Bit (33.488GB/s) Shannon 5000 LTE Downlink: LTE Cat.20,

Uplink: LTE Cat.13

Q3 2019 Samsung Galaxy Note 10 (SM-N970F/DS), Samsung Galaxy Note 10 5G (SM-N971F/DS), Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ (SM-N975F/DS), Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ 5G (SM-N976F/DS)
Exynos 9 Octa (980 Model)

(DynamIQ)

8nm FinFET LPP 2.2 GHz Dual-Core Cortex-A77 — 1.8 GHz Hexa-Core Cortex-A55 Mali-G76 MP5 LPDDR4X-2093 Quad-Channel 64-Bit (33.488GB/s) Shannon 5G

LTE Downlink: LTE Cat.16 LTE Uplink: LTE Cat.18 NR: Sub-6GHz

Q3 2019 Vivo X30/X30 Pro
Exynos 9 Octa (990 Model)

(DynamIQ)

7nm+ FinFET EUV Dual-Core "Exynos M5" Dual-Core Cortex-A76 Quad-Core Cortex-A55 Mali-G77 MP11 LPDDR5-2750 Quad-Channel 64-Bit (44GB/s) External: Exynos 5123 Modem NSA/SA

LTE Downlink: LTE Cat.24 LTE Uplink: LTE Cat.22 NR: Sub-6GHz, mmWave

Q4 2019
Renesas Mobile MP6530[22] 28 nm 2.0 GHz dual-core Cortex-A15 — 1.0 GHz dual-core Cortex-A7 PowerVR SGX544 Dual-channel LPDDR3 LTE Cat 4
Allwinner A80 Octa[23] 28 nm Quad-core Cortex-A15 — Quad-core Cortex-A7 PowerVR G6230 Dual-channel DDR3/DDR3L/LPDDR3 or LPDDR2[24]
MediaTek MT6595[25] 28 nm 2.2 GHz quad-core Cortex-A17 — 1.7 GHz quad-core Cortex-A7 PowerVR G6200 (600 MHz) 32-bit dual-channel 933 MHz LPDDR3 (14.9 GB/sec) LTE Cat 4 Q2 2014
MediaTek MT6595M 28 nm 2.0 GHz quad-core Cortex-A17 — 1.5 GHz quad-core Cortex-A7 PowerVR G6200 (450 MHz) 32-bit dual-channel 933 MHz LPDDR3 (14.9 GB/sec) LTE Cat 4 Q2 2014
MediaTek MT6595 Turbo 28 nm 2.5 GHz quad-core Cortex-A17 — 1.7 GHz quad-core Cortex-A7 PowerVR G6200 (600 MHz) 32-bit dual-channel 933 MHz LPDDR3 (14.9 GB/sec) LTE Cat 4 Q3 2014
MediaTek Helio P20 (MT6757) 16nm FFC 2.3 GHz quad-core Cortex-A53 — 1.6 GHz quad-core Cortex-A53 Mali-T880 MP2 @ 900 MHz 16-bit dual-channel 1600 MHz LPDDR4x (12.8 GB/sec) Cat-6 Q3 2016
List
  • Sony Xperia XA1/XA1 Plus/XA1 Ultra
  • Samsung Galaxy C7 (2017)
  • Samsung Galaxy J7 Max
  • Meizu E2
  • Meizu X
  • Elephone Z1
  • Alcatel Idol 5S
  • Infinix Hot 7 Pro
MediaTek Helio P25 (MT6757CD) 2.6 GHz quad-core Cortex-A53 — Mali-T880 MP2 @ 1 GHz Q2 2017
List
  • Meizu M10
  • Meizu Pro 7
  • Blackview A80 Pro
  • Gionee S10
  • Doogee S60
  • Ulefone F1
MediaTek Helio P23 2.3/2.5 GHz quad-core Cortex-A53 — 1.65 GHz quad-core Cortex-A53 Mali-G71 MP2 @ 770 MHz Cat-6, Cat-7 DL / Cat-13 UL Q3 2017
List
  • Oppo A83
  • Gionee S11
  • Blackview Max 1
  • Doogee S80
  • Ulefone Armor 3T
  • Vivo Y75
  • Elephone U
  • Alcatel 7
MediaTek Helio P30 2.3 GHz quad-core Cortex-A53 — Mali-G71 MP2 @ 950 MHz + VPU Cat-7 DL / Cat-13 UL Gionee M7
MediaTek Helio P60 (MT6771) 12nm HPM 2.0 GHz quad-core Cortex-A73 — 2.0 GHz quad-core Cortex-A53 Mali-G72 MP3 @ 800 MHz Dual-channel LPDDR4x @ 1800 MHz Cat-7 (DL) / Cat-13 (UL) Q1 2018
List
  • Realme 1
  • Realme 3
  • ZTE Blade A7
  • Oppo A3
  • Oppo F7
  • Nokia 5.1 Plus
  • Nokia X5
  • Vivo V11i
  • Vivo Z3i
MediaTek Helio P65 (MT6768) 2.0 GHz dual-core Cortex-A75 — 2.0 GHz hexa-core Cortex-A55 Mali-G52 MC2 @ 820 MHz Up to 8GB, dual-channel LPDDR4x @ 1866 MHz Cat-4, Cat-7 DL / Cat-13 UL Q3 2019
List
  • Vivo Y19
  • Vivo Y5s
  • Vivo V17 Neo
  • Vivo S1 (SEA)
  • Vivo Y7s
MediaTek Helio P70 2.1 GHz quad-core Cortex-A73 — 2.0 GHz quad-core Cortex-A53 Mali-G72 MP3 @ 900 MHz Up to 8GB, dual-channel LPDDR4x @ 1800 MHz Cat-7 (DL) / Cat-13 (UL) Q4 2018
List
  • Moto G8 Play
  • Motorola One Macro
  • Vivo V15
  • Vivo S1
  • Oppo F11/F11 Pro
  • Oppo F15
  • Oppo Reno2 F
  • ZTE Blade V10
  • Realme U1
MediaTek Helio P90 12nm FinFET+ 2.2 GHz dual-core Cortex-A75 — 2.0 GHz hexa-core Cortex-A55 PowerVR GM9446 @ 970 MHz Up to 8GB, Dual-channel LPDDR4x @ 1866 MHz Cat-12 (DL) / Cat-13 (UL) Q1 2019 Oppo Reno Z, Oppo Reno2 Z
MediaTek Helio G70 12nm FFC 2.0 GHz dual-core Cortex-A75 — 1.7 GHz hexa-core Cortex-A55 Mali-G52 MC2 @ 820 MHz Cat-7 (DL) / Cat-13 (UL) Q2 2020 Realme C3
MediaTek Helio G80 — Mali-G52 MC2 @ 950 MHz
MediaTek Helio G90 2.05 GHz dual-core Cortex-A76 — 2.0 GHz hexa-core Cortex-A55 Mali-G76 MC4 @ 720 MHz Up to 10GB, Dual-channel LPDDR4x @ 2133 MHz Cat-12 (DL) / Cat-13 (UL) Q3 2019
MediaTek Helio G90T (MT5785V) — Mali-G76 MC4 @ 800 MHz Redmi Note 8 Pro
MediaTek Dimensity 800 7nm N7 2 GHz Quad-Core Cortex-A76 — 2 GHz Quad-Core Cortex-A55 Mali-G57 MC4 LPDDR4X-1866 Dual-Channel 32-Bit (17.1GB/s) 2G/3G/4G/5G Multi Mode NSA/SA

NR : Sub-6GHz 2CC CA, mmWave

Q2 2020
MediaTek Dimensity 1000 2.6 GHz Quad-Core Cortex-A77 — Mali-G77 MP9 LPDDR4X-1866 Quad-Channel 64-Bit (29.8GB/s) Q1 2020 Oppo Reno3
Qualcomm Snapdragon 439 (SDM439) 12 nm FinFET 1.9 GHz Quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 — 1.45 GHz Quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 Adreno 505 LPDDR3 Single-channel 933 MHz Download: Cat 7, up to 300 Mbit/s; Upload: Cat 13, up to 150 Mbit/s Q2 2018
List
  • Vivo Y3
  • Vivo U1
  • Nokia 4.2
  • Redmi 7A
  • Redmi 8
  • Redmi 8A
  • Alcatel 3 (2019)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 415 (MSM8929)[26] 28 nm 1.4 GHz Quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 — 998 MHz Quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 Adreno 405 32-bit single-channel 667 MHz LPDDR3 LTE Cat 4 Q1 2015 Lenovo Vibe K5
Qualcomm Snapdragon 615/616 (MSM8939/v2/v3)[27] 1.5-1.7 GHz Quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 — 1.0-1.2 GHz Quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 Q3 2014
List
  • Moto X Play
  • Asus ZenFone 2 Laser
  • ZTE Blade A711
  • ZTE Blade X9
  • Lenovo Vibe Shot Z90
  • Lenovo Vibe X2 Pro
  • Samsung Galaxy J7 (2015/2016)
  • Samsung Galaxy A7 (2015/2016)
  • Samsung Galaxy A8 (2015)
  • Nubia Z9 mini
  • LG G4s Beat
  • Vivo Y37A
  • Vivo X6A
  • Oppo R5
  • Oppo R7s
  • HTC Desire 820
  • HTC One M8s
  • Xiaomi Mi4i
  • Redmi 3
  • Honor 5X
  • Huawei GX8
  • Lenovo Vibe K5 Plus
Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 (MSM8952)[28] 1.5 GHz Quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 — 1.2 GHz Quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 32-bit single-channel 933 MHz LPDDR3 LTE Cat 7 Q4 2015
List
  • HTC One A9
  • Alcatel Idol 4
  • Moto G4
  • Samsung Galaxy C5
  • ZTE Axon 7 mini
  • ZTE Axon Max
  • Nubia Z11 mini
  • Huawei G9 Lite
  • Honor 5A
  • BlackBerry DTEK50
Qualcomm Snapdragon 650 (MSM8956)[29] 1.8 GHz Dual-core ARM Cortex-A72 — 1.4 GHz Quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 Adreno 510 32-bit dual-channel 933 MHz LPDDR3 LTE Cat 7 Q4 2015
List
Qualcomm Snapdragon 652 (MSM8976)[30] 1.8 GHz Quad-core ARM Cortex-A72 — 1.4 GHz Quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 LTE Cat 7 Q4 2015
List
  • Xiaomi Mi Max
  • Samsung Galaxy A9/A9 Pro
  • Samsung Galaxy C9
  • HTC 10 Lifestyle
  • HTC U11 EYEs
  • Alcatel Idol 4S
  • BQ Aquaris X5 Plus
  • Nubia Z11 Max
  • Nubia Z17 Mini
  • Sharp Z3
  • Vivo X6/X6 Plus
  • Vivo X7/X7 Plus
  • Vivo X9s
  • LG G5 SE
  • Asus ZenFone 3 Ultra
  • Xiaomi Mi Max
Qualcomm Snapdragon 653 (MS8976 Pro)[31] 1.95 GHz Quad-core ARM Cortex-A72 — 1.44 GHz Quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 LTE Cat 7 Q4 2016
List
  • Oppo F3 Plus
  • Nubia Z17 Mini/MiniS
  • Nubia Z17 Lite
  • Vivo X9s Plus
  • Oppo R9s Plus
Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 (SDM630)[32] 14 nm 2.2 GHz Quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 — 1.8 GHz Quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 Adreno 508 LPDDR4 Dual-channel 1333 MHz Download: Cat 12, up to 600 Mbit/s; Upload: Cat 13, up to 150 Mbit/s Q2 2017
List
Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 (SDM636)[33] 1.8 GHz Quad-core Kryo 260 Gold (Cortex-A73) — 1.6 GHz Quad-core Kryo 260 Silver (Cortex-A53) Adreno 509 Q3 2017
List
Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 (SDM660)[34] 2.2 GHz Quad-core Kryo 260 Gold (Cortex-A73) — 1.84 GHz Quad-core Kryo 260 Silver (Cortex-A53) Adreno 512 LPDDR4 Dual-channel 1866 MHz Q2 2017
List
Qualcomm Snapdragon 632 (SDM632)[35] 1.8 GHz Quad-core Kryo 250 Gold (Cortex-A73) — 1.8 GHz Quad-core Kryo 250 Silver (Cortex-A53) Adreno 506 LPDDR3 Download: Cat 7, up to 300 Mbit/s; Upload: Cat 13, up to 150 Mbit/s Q2 2018
List
  • Moto G7
  • Moto G7 Play
  • Moto G7 Power
  • Honor 8C
  • LG W30 Pro
  • Redmi 7
  • Redmi Y3
  • Meizu Note 8
Qualcomm Snapdragon 670 (SDM670)[36] 10 nm 2.0 GHz Dual-core Kryo 360 Gold (Cortex-A75) — 1.7 GHz Hexa-core Kryo 360 Silver (Cortex-A55) Adreno 615 LPDDR4X Dual-channel 1866 MHz Download: Cat 12, up to 600 Mbit/s; Upload: Cat 13, up to 150 Mbit/s Q3 2018
List
  • Pixel 3a/Pixel 3a XL
  • Oppo R17
  • Vivo Z3
  • Vivo X23
Qualcomm Snapdragon 675 (SM6150)[37] 11 nm 2.0 GHz Dual-core Kryo 460 Gold (Cortex-A76) — 1.7 GHz Hexa-core Kryo 460 Silver (Cortex-A55) Adreno 612 Q1 2019
List
Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 (SM6125)[38] 2.0 GHz Quad-core Kryo 260 Gold (Cortex-A73) — 1.8 GHz Quad-core Kryo 260 Silver (Cortex-A53) Adreno 610 LPDDR3/LPDDR4X Dual‑channel up to 1866 MHz Q2 2019
List
Qualcomm Snapdragon 710 (SDM710)[39] 10 nm 2.2 GHz Dual-core Kryo 360 Gold (Cortex-A75) — 1.7 GHz Hexa-core Kryo 360 Silver (Cortex-A55) Adreno 616 LPDDR4X up to 8 GB, Dual-channel 16-bit (32-bit), 1866 MHz (14.9 GB/s) Download: Cat 15, up to 800 Mbit/s; Upload: Cat 13, up to 150 Mbit/s Q2 2018
List
Qualcomm Snapdragon 712 (SDM712)[40] 2.3 GHz Dual-core Kryo 360 Gold (Cortex-A75) — Q1 2019
List
  • Vivo Z1x
  • Vivo Z1 Pro
  • Vivo V17
  • Vivo S5
  • Vivo Z5
  • Realme 5 Pro
  • Realme XT
  • Xiaomi Mi 9 SE
Qualcomm Snapdragon 730 (SM7150-AA/AB)[41] 8 nm 2.2 GHz Dual-core Kryo 470 Gold (Cortex-A76) — 1.8 GHz Hexa-core Kryo 470 Silver (Cortex-A55) Adreno 618 LPDDR4X up to 8 GB, Dual-channel 16-bit (32-bit), 1866 MHz (14.9 GB/s) Download: Cat 15, up to 800 Mbit/s; Upload: Cat 13, up to 150 Mbit/s Q2 2019
List
Qualcomm Snapdragon 765 (SM720-AA/AB)[42]

(DynamIQ)

7 nm 2.3 or 2.4 GHz Single-core Kryo 475 Prime 2.2 GHz Single-core Kryo 475 Gold 1.8 GHz Hexa-core Kryo 465 Silver Adreno 620 LPDDR4X, Dual-channel 16-bit (32-bit), 2133 MHz (17 GB/s) Qualcomm X52 5G/LTE

5G: download up to 3,7 Gbit/s, upload: up to 1,6 Gbit/s; LTE: download Cat 24, up to 1200 Mbit/s, upload Cat 22, up to 210 Mbit/s

Q4 2019 Redmi K30 5G, Oppo Reno3 Pro, Realme X50 5G
Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 (MSM8992)[43] 20 nm 1.8 GHz Dual-core Cortex-A57 — 1.5 GHz Quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 Adreno 418 32-bit 933 MHz LPDDR3 (14.9 GB/s) LTE Cat 6/7 H1 2015
List
Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 (MSM8994)[44] 20 nm 2.0 GHz Quad-core Cortex-A57 — 1.5 GHz Quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 Adreno 430 32-bit dual-channel 1600 MHz LPDDR4 (25.6 GB/s) LTE Cat 6/7 H1 2015
List
Qualcomm Snapdragon 820/821 (MSM8996/MSM8996 Pro)[45][46] 14 nm LPP 1.8–2.34 GHz Dual-core Kryo — 1.36–2.19 GHz Dual-core Kryo Adreno 530 LPDDR4-1866 Dual-Channel 64-Bit (29.8GB/s) Downlink: LTE Cat 12,

Uplink: LTE Cat 13

Q4 2015
List
Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 (MSM8998)[47] 10 nm FinFET 2.35–2.45 GHz Quad-core Kryo — 1.8–1.9 GHz Quad-core Kryo Adreno 540 @710MHz LPDDR4X-1866 Dual-Channel 64-Bit (29.8GB/s) Qualcomm X16 LTE Downlink: LTE Cat 16,

Uplink: LTE Cat 13

Q4 2016
List
Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 (SDM845)[48] 10nm FinFET LPP 2.8 GHz Quad-Core "Kryo 385 Gold" — 1.8 GHz Quad-Core "Kryo 385 Silver" Adreno 630 @710MHz LPDDR4X-1866 Quad-Channel 64-Bit (29.9GB/s) Qualcomm X20 LTE Downlink: LTE Cat.18

Uplink: LTE Cat.13

Q1 2018
List
Qualcomm Snapdragon 850 (SDM850) 10nm FinFET LPP 2.95 GHz Quad-Core "Kryo 385 Gold" — 1.8GHz Quad-Core "Kryo 385 Silver" Adreno 630 @710MHz LPDDR4X-1866 Quad-Channel 64-Bit (29.9GB/s) Qualcomm X20 LTE Downlink: LTE Cat.18

Uplink: LTE Cat.13

Q3 2018
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 (SM8150)[49]

(DynamIQ)

7nm FinFET N7 2.84 GHz Single-Core "Kryo 485 Gold Prime" 2.42 GHz Tri-Core "Kryo 485 Gold" 1.8 GHz Quad-Core "Kryo 485 Silver" Adreno 640 @585MHz LPDDR4X-2133 Quad-Channel 64-Bit (34.13GB/s) Qualcomm X24 LTE Downlink: LTE Cat.20

Uplink: LTE Cat.13

Q1 2019
List
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855+ (SM8150-AC)[50]

(DynamIQ)

7nm FinFET N7 2.96 GHz Single-Core "Kryo 485 Gold Prime" 2.42 GHz Tri-Core "Kryo 485 Gold" 1.8 GHz Quad-Core "Kryo 485 Silver" Adreno 640 @672MHz LPDDR4X-2133 Quad-Channel 64-Bit (34.13GB/s) Qualcomm X24 LTE Downlink: LTE Cat.20

Uplink: LTE Cat.13

Q3 2019
List
Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 (SM8250)[51]

(DynamIQ)

7nm+ FinFET EUV (N7P) 2.84 GHz Single-Core "Kryo 585 Gold Prime" 2.42 GHz Tri-Core "Kryo 585 Gold" 1.8 GHz Quad-Core "Kryo 585 Silver" Adreno 650 LPDDR5-2750 Quad-Channel 64-Bit (44GB/s)

or LPDDR4X-2133 Quad-Channel 64-Bit (33.4GB/s)

External: Qualcomm X55 5G NSA/SA

LTE Downlink: LTE Cat.22 LTE Uplink: LTE Cat.13 5G: Sub-6GHz, mmWave

Q4 2019 ZTE Axon 10s Pro 5G
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx (8cx) 7nm FinFET N7 2.84 GHz Quad-Core "Kryo 495" — 1.8 GHz Quad-Core "Kryo 495" Adreno 680 LPDDR4X-2133 Octa-Channel 128-Bit (68.26GB/s) Qualcomm X24 LTE Downlink: LTE Cat.20

Uplink: LTE Cat.13

Q3 2019
Microsoft SQ1 (SQ1) 7nm FinFET N7 3 GHz Quad-Core "Kryo 495" — 1.8 GHz Quad-Core "Kryo 495" Adreno 685 LPDDR4X-2133 Octa-Channel 128-Bit (68.26GB/s) Qualcomm X24 LTE Downlink: LTE Cat.20

Uplink: LTE Cat.13

Q3 2019 Microsoft Surface Pro X

Successor

In May 2017, ARM announced DynamIQ as the successor to big.LITTLE.[52] DynamIQ is expected to allow for more flexibility and scalability when designing multi-core processors. In contrast to big.LITTLE, it increases the maximum number of cores in a cluster to 8, allows for varying core designs within a single cluster, and up to 32 total clusters. The technology also offers more fine grained per core voltage control and faster L2 cache speeds. However, DynamIQ is incompatible with previous ARM designs and is initially only supported by the Cortex-A75 and Cortex-A55 CPU cores.

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Further reading

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