"Diving deeper into the technology, the Snapdragon 625 is the first processor in the lineup to tap into 14nm FinFET (fin-shaped field effect transistor) technology, which lowers power consumption by 35 percent. The processor includes an octa-core ARM Cortext-A53 CPU and comes equipped with an X9 LTE modem to support 4G-plus. That means users can achieve speeds of 150 Mbps, which is three times as fast as traditional LTE devices."