Qualcomm Snapdragon 425/427/430/435 (MSM8917/MSM8920/MSM8937/MSM8940)

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Qualcomm QM215
Manufacturer Qualcomm
Name QM215
Architecture aarch64
CPU 4x 1.3 GHz ARM Cortex-A53
GPU Adreno 308
Year 2019
Process 28nm
Mainline yes
Community Page https://github.com/msm89x7-mainline
Components
CPU
UART
Storage
USB
Display
GPU
Pinctrl
I²C
SPI
Audio
Video
Thermal
WiFi
Bluetooth
Modem
GPS
Camera
Suspend
Ethernet


Qualcomm MSM8917
Manufacturer Qualcomm
Name MSM8917
Architecture aarch64
CPU 4x 1.4 GHz ARM Cortex-A53
GPU Adreno 308
Year 2016
Process 28nm
Mainline yes
Community Page https://github.com/msm89x7-mainline
Components
CPU
UART
Storage
USB
Display
GPU
Pinctrl
I²C
SPI
Audio
Video
Thermal
WiFi
Bluetooth
Modem
GPS
Camera
Suspend
Ethernet


Qualcomm MSM8920
Manufacturer Qualcomm
Name MSM8920
Architecture aarch64
CPU 4x 1.4 GHz ARM Cortex-A53
GPU Adreno 308
Year 2017
Process 28nm
Components
CPU
UART
Storage
USB
Display
GPU
Pinctrl
I²C
SPI
Audio
Video
Thermal
WiFi
Bluetooth
Modem
GPS
Camera
Suspend
Ethernet


Qualcomm MSM8937
Manufacturer Qualcomm
Name MSM8937
Architecture aarch64
CPU 8x 1.4 GHz ARM Cortex-A53
GPU Adreno 505
Year 2016
Process 28nm
Mainline yes
Community Page https://github.com/msm89x7-mainline
Components
CPU
Partial
UART
Works
Storage
Works
USB
Works
Display
GPU
Pinctrl
Works
I²C
Works
SPI
Audio
Video
Thermal
WiFi
Bluetooth
Modem
GPS
Camera
Suspend
Ethernet


Qualcomm MSM8940
Manufacturer Qualcomm
Name MSM8940
Architecture aarch64
CPU 8x 1.4 GHz ARM Cortex-A53
GPU Adreno 505
Year 2016
Process 28nm
Mainline yes
Community Page https://github.com/msm89x7-mainline
Components
CPU
Partial
UART
Works
Storage
Works
USB
Works
Display
GPU
Pinctrl
Works
I²C
Works
SPI
Audio
Video
Thermal
WiFi
Bluetooth
Modem
GPS
Camera
Suspend
Ethernet


MSM8917, MSM8937, MSM8940 are Qualcomm SoCs released in 2016.

MSM8920 is a improved version of MSM8917 (higher clocked GPU and faster modem) released in 2017.

QM215 is a stripped-down version of MSM8917 released in 2019 for low-end devices.

According to Wikipedia, MSM8917/8920/8937/8940 are pin and software compatible, and are software compatible with SDM429/439/450/632, MSM8953/8953Pro.

Devices

QM215 (Qualcomm 215)

Device Codename Mainline Category
Nokia 2780 Flip nokia-weeknd Y testing

MSM8917 (Snapdragon 425)

Device Codename Mainline Category
Samsung Galaxy J2 Pro 2018 samsung-j2y18lte testing
Samsung Galaxy J4+ samsung-j4primelte testing
Samsung Galaxy J6+ samsung-j6primelte N testing
Wiko View wiko-v12bnlite testing
Xiaomi Redmi 4A xiaomi-rolex testing
Xiaomi Redmi 5A xiaomi-riva N testing
Xiaomi Redmi Go xiaomi-tiare testing

MSM8920 (Snapdragon 427)

Device Codename Mainline Category
Motorola Moto E4 motorola-perry testing

MSM8937 (Snapdragon 430)

Device Codename Mainline Category
Asus Max M1 asus-x00p N testing
BQ Aquaris U bq-chaozu testing
BQ Aquaris U Plus bq-tenshi testing
HMD Global Nokia 6 nokia-ple N testing
Huawei Honor 7 (AUM) huawei-aum N testing
Lenovo K5 Play lenovo-l38011 Y testing
Lenovo K6 Note lenovo-karatep testing
Lenovo K6 Power lenovo-karate testing
Motorola Moto E5 Play motorola-james testing
Motorola Moto G5 motorola-cedric P testing
Motorola Moto G5s motorola-montana testing
Motorola Moto G6 Play motorola-aljeter testing
Pantech SKY I'm Back pantech-ef71 testing
Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2019) samsung-gtowifi testing
Xiaomi Redmi 3S xiaomi-land testing

MSM8940 (Snapdragon 435)

Device Codename Mainline Category
LG Stylo 3 Plus lg-sf340n N testing
Xiaomi Redmi 4x xiaomi-santoni Y testing
Xiaomi Redmi Note 5A Prime xiaomi-ugg testing

SDM439 (Snapdragon 439)

Device Codename Mainline Category
Nokia 4.2 nokia-panther N testing
Xiaomi Redmi 7A xiaomi-pine testing
Xiaomi Redmi 8 xiaomi-olive testing

CPU

There is currently no working clock driver and rely on the bootloader for providing clock frequency. So 8 cores will be slower than 4 cores on MSM8937/8940 platform.

See Also