The Snapdragon 200 is a processor used in budget and mid-end mobile phones. The chipset has been used on a number of mobile phones as it is easy on the battery power of the phone. There are a number of advantages with the Snapdragon 200.
The Snapdragon 200 MSM8612 is a very competitive quad-core CPU performance. The quad ARM Cortex-A7 CPUs are designed to enable an improved user experience. The Snapdragon 200 has been used in the following phones and the specs for the Snapdragon 200 chipset has been added below. The Snapdragon 200 has download speeds of up to 42 Mbps and supports the following mobile technologies. These are WCDMA (DC-HSPA+), TD-SCDMA, CDMA 1x, EV-DO as well as GSM/EDGE. The chipset 
also has 802.11n WiFi ability as well as support for dual and triple SIM cards. Near Field Communications (NFC) is also supported as well as Bluetooth 4.1. USB version 2 is also standard as well a having the ability to support up to 8MP camera’s.
Video capture on this chipset as well as playback is up to 720p which is good for any mid-end phone. There is also built in codec support for H.264 (AVC) as well as H.265 (HEVC).
Qualcomm Snapdragon 200: MSM8612
| Primary CPU | 4x ARM Cortex-A7 processor cores |
| Word Length | 32 bit |
| Data Bus | 32 bit |
| GPU | 400 MHz Qualcomm Adreno 302 GPU |
| Graphics API |
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| Digital signal microprocessor | Embedded 384 MHz Hexagon |
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| Component Interfaces |
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| RAM Interface | LP-DDR / LP-DDR2 SD RAM |
| Primary Camera | 8MP |
| Video Encoding | 720p |
| Video Decoding | 720p |
| Display Resolution | 1280 x 720 pixels |
| GPS Module | gpsOne IZat Gen7A |
The Snapdragon 200, MSM8612 is just an average processor however for a quad core it is a very efficient processor when compared to dual core processors in its ability to multitask.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 MSM8210
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Primary CPU | 2x ARM Cortex-A7 processor cores |
| Word Length | 32 bit | |
| Data Bus | 32 bit | |
| GPU | Qualcomm Adreno 302 | |
| Display Resolution | 1280 x 720 pixels | |
| GPS Module | gpsOne IZat Gen7A GPS module |
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 MSM8610
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Primary CPU | 4x ARM Cortex-A7 processor cores |
| Word Length | 32 bit | |
| Data Bus | 32 bit | |
| GPU | Qualcomm Adreno 302 | |
| Display Resolution | 1280 x 720 pixels | |
| GPS Module | gpsOne IZat Gen7A |
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 MSM8625Q (Snapdragon S4 Play)
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Primary CPU | 2x ARM Cortex-A7 processor cores |
| Word Length | 32 bit | |
| Data Bus | 32 bit | |
| GPU | Qualcomm Adreno 203 | |
| Display Resolution | 840 x 480 pixels | |
| GPS Module | gpsOne Gen 7A GPS module |
CPU support for up to 1.4 GHz and it normally comes with either an Adreno™ 302 GPU or an Adreno™ 203 GPU. The memory speed is 333 Mhz. All of this on a 32bit architecture. The Snapdragon 210 namely brings 4G LTE (Cat 4) and this is not very common, but is only present in a handful of devices such as the HTC Desire 520 and Microsoft Lumia 550.
