Snapdragon 425 vs Snapdragon 4 Gen 2
We compared the 4-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 (Adreno 308) with the newer 8-core Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 (Adreno 613) SoC. Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.
Review
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulkan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2
- Performs 10.2x better in floating-point computations
- Has a smaller size transistor (4 versus 28 nm)
- Supports 379% higher memory bandwidth (25.6 against 5.34 GB/s)
- Shows significantly better (up to 3.1x) AnTuTu 11 score β 568K vs 180K
- Has 4 more cores
- 57% higher CPU clock speed (2200 vs 1400 MHz)
- Higher GPU frequency (~60%)
- Better instruction set architecture
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 77856 | 201238 |
| GPU | 6377 | 46388 |
| Memory | 37315 | 157900 |
| UX | 59386 | 162869 |
| Total score | 180934 | 568395 |
| Samples | Less than 3 | [17 tests] |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Asset compression | - | 113 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | - | 56 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | - | 83.7 Mpixels/sec |
| Image detection | - | 44.7 images/sec |
| HDR | - | 72.7 Mpixels/sec |
| Background blur | - | 6.33 images/sec |
| Photo processing | - | 22.8 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | - | 3.15 Mpixels/sec |
| Samples | - | 14 tests |
Compute Score (GPU)
| Background blur | - | 0.62 images/sec |
| Face detection | - | 0.32 images/sec |
| Horizon detection | - | 0.03 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge detection | - | 0.04 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian blur | - | 0.02 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature matching | - | 0.01 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo matching | - | 1.34 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle physics | - | 25.4 FPS |
| API | - | OpenCL |
| Samples | - | 5 tests |
PCMark 3.0
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | - | 9242 |
| Video editing score | - | 4380 |
| Data manipulation score | - | 7347 |
| Photo editing score | - | 19716 |
| Writing score | - | 13346 |
| Phones tested | - | 8 models |
Recent User Tests
Qualcomm Snapdragon 425
No benchmark results yet
Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-10 (Sharwin) | AnTuTu 12 | 561406 |
| π 2026-07-24 (Googoo gaga) | AnTuTu 11 | 598730 |
| π 2026-06-21 -> LCSOnanoreview | Geekbench 6 CPU | 902 / 2038 |
| π 2026-05-16 -> LCSOnanoreview | AnTuTu 11 | 618186 |
| π 2026-05-15 (Arun gurjar) | AnTuTu 11 | 531608 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 425 and Snapdragon 4 Gen 2CPU
| Architecture | 4x 1.4 GHz β Cortex-A53 | 2x 2.2 GHz β Cortex-A78 6x 2 GHz β Cortex-A55 |
| Cores | 4 | 8 |
| Frequency | 1400 MHz | 2200 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8-A | ARMv8.2-A |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | - |
| Process | 28 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 1 billion | - |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 5 W | 4 W |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | Samsung |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 308 | Adreno 613 |
| Architecture | Adreno 300 | Adreno 600 |
| GPU frequency | 598 MHz | 955 MHz |
| Pipelines | 1 | 1 |
| Shading units | 24 | 128 |
| Total shaders | 24 | 128 |
| FLOPS | 24 Gigaflops | 244.5 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.0 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL version | 1.2 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 11 | 12.1 |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 536 | Yes |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR3 | LPDDR5 |
| Memory frequency | 667 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Bus | 2x 16 Bit | 2x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 5.34 Gb/s | 25.6 Gb/s |
| Max size | 4 GB | 8 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | eMMC 5.1 | UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1 |
| Max display resolution | 1280 x 800 | 2520 x 1200 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 16MP | 1x 108MP, 2x 16MP |
| Video capture | 1K at 30FPS | 1K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 1080p at 60FPS | 1080p at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | - H.264 - H.265 |
- H.264 - H.265 - VP9 |
| Audio codecs | - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
- AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | X6 | Snapdragon X61 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 5 | LTE Cat. 22 |
| 5G support | No | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 150 Mbps | Up to 2500 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 75 Mbps | Up to 900 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 5 |
| Bluetooth | 4.1 | 5.1 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | February 2016 | June 2023 |
| Class | Low end | Mid range |
| Model number | MSM8917 | SM4450 |
| Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 official site | Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 official site |
| Successor | - Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 | - |
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